Take advantage of this rare opportunity to visit the congressional office of your senators and representatives and/or their staff. SHRM brings you a unique chance to let your member of congress know, in person, how pending workplace legislation affects you as an HR professional. In so doing, you join forces with the participants of HRVoice—many of whom have heralded the tremendous Capitol Hill visit as the highlight of their conference experience.
The appointments are scheduled by SHRM in advance, a briefi ng is held to familiarize you with current legislative issues, and a special boot camp is scheduled Sunday afternoon to help you practice what to say during the visit. During lunch on Tuesday you and other SHRM members from your state delegation will sit together before the visit to share experiences and ideas for the group Hill meetings.
To participate in the Hill visits, you must sign up on the registration form and SHRM must receive your registration by February 28, 2012.
Reminder: Your home ZIP code is needed to correctly identify your congressional district. You will receive a special logistics letter before the conference as well as a Hill Visit packet when you arrive on site at the conference.
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David M. Lusk
senior associate, Member Advocacy
SHRM
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David Lusk joined the SHRM Government Affairs Team as the Senior Associate for Member Advocacy in 2010. Lusk oversees SHRM’s traditional member advocacy efforts. He is also responsible for the development of the Advocacy Team, a SHRM initiative that will elevate the visibility of the HR profession by establishing a strong member presence in each of the 435 congressional districts.
With over 15 years of policy experience, Lusk most recently specialized in grassroots and grasstops internet engagement with Capitol Advantage -- now a part of the CQ-Roll Call Group. He also focused on health policy as a staff member for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce and in the state affairs department of the Health Insurance Association of America. He is based in Alexandria, Va.
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Kathleen Coulombe
Senior Advisor, Government Relations
SHRM
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Kathleen Coulombe is a Senior Advisor, Government Relations at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). In this capacity, she is actively involved in tax and benefit public policy issues on Capitol Hill that impact the Human Resource profession. Prior to working in this capacity, Coulombe served as the State Affairs Specialist where she managed public policy issues on the state level for SHRM. She is based in Alexandria, Va.
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Lisa K. Horn
Vice President, Government Affairs
SHRM
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Michael Layman
senior associates, Government Affairs
SHRM
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Michael Layman is senior associate in Government Affairs at SHRM. Layman promotes SHRM’s views on employment, labor relations, and civil rights legislation with House and Senate offices and the Administration. He also serves as Chair of the National Coalition to Protect Family Leave, a broad-based group of organizations, companies and associations dedicated to protecting the integrity of the Family and Medical Leave Act and supporting public policy that promotes voluntary, employer-provided leave benefits to maximize flexibility for both employers and employees.
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Michael P. Aitken
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
SHRM
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Mike Aitken has worked at SHRM since 2003 and currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs. Prior to joining SHRM, he served for 14 years as associate director for Governmental and External Relations at the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Previously, Aitken worked on state public policy issues at Bonner & Associates, a public affairs firm in Washington, DC. Currently, he is based in Alexandria, VA.