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SHRM 2012 Employment Law and Legislative Conference
 

This is your opportunity to network with lobbyists, outside media and SHRM staff over cocktails. Have your voice heard and establish ties that will help you prepare for your visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Business Attire Preferred.

This reception will be a widely attended event as defined under the House and Senate Ethics Rules.

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The reception will take place at the National Museum of the American Indian. It is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. The museum works in collaboration with the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere to protect and foster their cultures by reaffirming traditions and beliefs, encouraging contemporary artistic expression, and empowering the Indian voice.

The museum's extensive collections, assembled largely by George Gustav Heye (1874–1957), encompass a vast range of cultural material—including more that 800,000 works of extraordinary aesthetic, religious, and historical significance, as well as articles produced for everyday, utilitarian use. The collections span all major culture areas of the Americas, representing virtually all tribes of the United States, most of those of Canada, and a significant number of cultures from Central and South America as well as the Caribbean. Chronologically, the collections include artifacts from Paleo-Indian to contemporary arts and crafts. The museum's holdings also include film and audiovisual collections, paper archives, and a photography archive of more than 300,000 images depicting both historic and contemporary Native American life.

 
Date(s) & Time(s): 
Monday, March 5, 2012 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Presenter: 
Curtis Midkiff
Director of Social Engagement
SHRM
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In his role as the Director of Social Engagement for SHRM, Midkiff provides strategic leadership and direction to various departments in their efforts to maximize the potential of social media to achieve their departmental and organizational goals. He also works closely with SHRM chapters and state councils across the country, providing them assistance and social media training.    In addition, he is a recognized thought leader on the subject of social media strategy as it relates to employee engagement initiatives.

SESSIONS:
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.

SESSIONS:
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.

SESSIONS:
Lisa K. Horn
Vice President, Government Affairs
SHRM
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SESSIONS:
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.

SESSIONS:
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.

 

SESSIONS:
Location: 
National Museum of the American Indian
Amount of Credit: 
0.00
Credit Type: 
 Not Available for Credit
Session Type: 
Networking & Special Event
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