Special Exhibit
The Eaton and Palisades Fires have impacted us all. Move LA’s longtime photographer Ted Soqui and Altadenian curated a special exhibit to raise awareness and funding for the rebuilding effort. Please visit the display and the silent auction to support this effort.
12:00 pm
Registration Opens
12:30 pm
Lunch
12:45 pm
Invocation
Rev. Mark Hallahan
Welcome
Dr. Daniel Tabor, President, Move LA Leadership Board
Eli Lipmen, Paul Van Ast Ted Soqui, Executive Director, Move LA
After the Fires: Silent Auction to Aid Rebuilding
Paul Van Ast, San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity and Ted Soqui, Photojournalist
Introduction
Councilwoman Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, Move LA Board Member, Long Beach City Council
1pm
Lunch Program
Secretary Toks Omishakin, California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA)
Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Chair, LA County Board of Supervisors
Ernesto Medrano, Executive Secretary, Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council
I. Implementing Move LA’s $4 Billion Per Year Public Investment Programs on Transit & Affordable Housing
2 pm – 3:45 pm
PLENARY 1
Everyone With a Home: Measures A and ULA and Rebuilding from the Fires
INTRODUCTION: Joan Ling, Move LA Board Member
MODERATOR: Eli Lipmen, Executive Director, Move LA
PANELISTS:
Mayor Rex Richardson, City of Long Beach; LACAHSA Chair
Laura Raymond, Member, ULA Citizen Oversight Committee; Principal, LJ Raymond Strategies
Shomari Davis, Senior Manager, Workforce Development, Building Decarbonization Coalition
Joe Donlin, Director, United to House LA
Vanessa Delgado, President, Azure Development
Anish Saraiya, Director of Altadena Recovery
2 pm – 2:45 pm
(Breakout Room)
Putting Voters’ Money to Work for Better Transit
INTRODUCTION: Marlene Grossman, Move LA President Emeritus
MODERATOR: Marisa Garcia, Activism Director, Move LA
PANELISTS:
Monica Benavides, Chief Deputy District Director, Caltrans District 7
Conan Cheung, Chief Operating Officer, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Brian Lee, Chief of Transit, City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Matthew Gaines, Political Director, I.U.O.E. Local Union No. 12, Move LA Board Member
Nile Malloy, Climate Justice Director, California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA)
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3 pm – 3:45 pm
(Breakout Room)
Creating a Climate Resilient Region
MODERATOR: Denny Zane, Founder and Policy Director, Move LA
PANELISTS:
Sarah Jepson, Planning Director, Southern California Association of Governments
Coby King, President and CEO, High Point Strategies, LLC
Javier Hernandez, Director of Innovation & Communications, City of Pico Rivera
Alejandro Huerta, Senior Program Director, Enterprise Community Partners
3:45 pm Break
II. MLA’s Big Vision for the Future
4 pm – 5:45 pm
PLENARY 2
With a Boatload of $$, Could LA Build, Build and Re-Build for Clean Air and Climate Health
INTRODUCTION: Francisco Oaxaca, Chief, Communications & Community Relations, L.A. Care Health Plan
MODERATOR: Denny Zane, Founder and Policy Director, Move LA
PANELISTS:
Mike Aparicio, Skanska (ret.)
Eddie Alvarez, Council Representative, LA/OC Building and Construction Trades Council, Move LA Board Member
Ted Bardacke, CEO, Clean Power Alliance
Cecilia Estolano, CEO and Founder, Estolano Advisors
Alma Marquez, CEO, ARCHES H2
Kendall Helm, Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer, LADWP
Joe Lyou, President and CEO, Coalition for Clean Air
Bonnie Nixon, Director of Sustainability, Long Beach Container Terminal
Bryn Moncelsi, Deputy Director, Climate Resolve, Move LA Board Member
Tanya Peacock, Past Chair, California Hydrogen Business Council
Dr. Ram Ramanthan, Professor of Climate Sciences, UC San Diego
Coby Skye, President, Blue Skye Environmental Consulting
Terry Tamminen, CEO, AltaSea
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4 pm – 4:45 pm
(Breakout Room)
Mega Events: Get LA Ready for the World Cup, Paralympics, and Olympics
INTRODUCTION: Adam Lane, Waymo
MODERATOR: Rani Narula-Woods, CEO, Excellence in Innovation
SPEAKERS:
Karen Mack, Executive Director, LA Commons
Marcel Porras, Deputy Chief Innovation Officer, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Chris Torres, Co-Founder, Festival Trail
Hilary Norton, Co-Founder, Festival Trail, Move LA Board Executive Committee
Eli Lipmen, Executive Director, Move LA and Co-Founder, Festival Trail
5 pm – 5:45 pm
(Breakout Room)
It’s Time to Move California
INTRODUCTION: Allan T. Marks, SidePorch, UC Berkeley, UCLA
MODERATOR: Rani Narula-Woods, CEO, Excellence in Innovation
SPEAKERS:
Senator Scott Wiener, California State Senate Budget Chair
Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, California State Assembly, District 54
Nailah Pope-Harden, Deputy Director for Equity and Tribal Affairs, Caltrans
Mark Tollefson, Chief of Staff, California High Speed Rail
Jeanie Ward-Waller, Director of Transportation Advocacy, Fearless Advocacy Inc.
Eli Lipmen, Executive Director, Move CA and Move LA
Dr. Steven Cliff, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board
5:45pm
Concluding Remarks & Raffle @ Reception
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