Monday
April 15

Session / Speakers

Room

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration/Information/Cyber Cafe

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Pre-Conference Workshop - Federal Funding and Foundation Opportunities

Moderator:
- TBD

Confirmed Speakers:
- Rebecca Boggs - Senior Program Officer, Humanities Initiative at Hispanic Serving Institutions, National Endowment for the Humanities
- C. Gary Rogers - Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- David N. Levin - Senior Program Manager and Diversity Coordinator, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
- Dr. Michael Sesma - Branch Chief for Postdoctoral Training Division Training, Workforce Development and Diversity, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health

Ashlawn North

Noon - 1:30 pm

Opening Lunch Session: HSIs and the New Policy Environment

Confirmed Speakers:
- Mark Hugo Lopez - Associate Director, 
Pew Research Hispanic Center
- Peter Zamora - Director of Federal relations for the Council of Chief State School Officers
- Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-4)

National Ballroom

1:30 pm - 1:45 pm

Break

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm

Early Afternoon Session - Key Legislative Proposals in the 113th Congress: Authorization Bills

Confirmed Speakers:
- Mildred Otero - Chief Education Counsel, Senate HELP Committee
- Amy Jones - Education Policy Advisor & Senior Counsel - House Education and the Workforce Committee
- Assistant Secretary Jane Oates - U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- María Cardona - Co-chair of inSPIRESTEMUSA

National Ballroom

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Break

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm

Late Afternoon Session - The Budget's Impact on HSIs: Appropriations for FY 2013

Confirmed Speakers:
- Joan Wodiska - Director of the Education and Workforce Committee at the National Governors Association
- Frank Micciche - Vice President for Partnership and Coalitions for the Campaign to Fix the Debt
- Dominic Gabello, Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham

National Ballroom

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Questions and Answers for Legislative Hill Day

HACU's Government Relations Staff/National Ballroom

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Student Advocacy 101

HACU's Government Relations Staff/Ashlawn North

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

HACU Alumni (HAA) Reception

Tuesday
April 16

8:00 am - Noon

Registration/Information/Cyber Cafe

9:00 am - 10:30 am

Breakfast Session - Hispanic Legislative Priorities for the 113th Congress

Confirmed Speakers:
- Brandon McBride - Senior Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
- Congressman Tony Cardenas (CA-29)

National Ballroom

10:30 am -11:15 am

Capitol Hill Overview (Box Lunches provided)

HACU's Government Relations Staff/National Ballroom

11:30 am

Buses leave hotel for Capitol Hill Visits

Noon - 4:00 pm

Capitol Hill Visits

4:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Post-Capitol Hill Debriefing

HACU's Government Relations Staff / 121 Cannon House Office Building

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Capitol Hill Reception - Honoring our Champions in Congress

Confirmed Speakers:
- Congressman Gene Green (TX-29)
- Congressman John Lewis (GA-5th)
- Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02)