41
the
st
Spring Leadership
Conference
June 3-5, 2015
THANK YOU
TO OUR SPONSORS
The 41st Annual
MARO Spring Leadership Conference
June 3-5, 2015
SPECIAL EVENTS
\\ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 9:00 – 11:00 PM
MARO Hospitality, Suite 905
Enjoy the view from the Presidential Suite while you
share a libation with colleagues and friends.
\\ THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 6:00 PM
Beer Tasting Reception, Courtyard
Sample some of the best brews Short’s Brewing
Company has to offer while enjoying hors d’oeuvres
and musical interludes.
\\ THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 7:15 PM
Banquet and Leadership Academy Recognition,
Dome
\\ FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 7:30 AM
Networking Breakfast, Dome
Wednesday, June 3
AGENDA
11:00 AM Registration Opens
11:30 AM Workers’ Comp Fund Annual Meeting and Luncheon
(Comp Fund members only)
Minerva’s Board Room
1:00 PM Conference Opens, Welcoming Remarks - Dome
Todd Culver, Executive Director - MARO
1:15- 2:00 PM The State of Non Profits in Michigan
Donna Murray Brown, President, Michigan Non Profit Association
2:00 – 3:15 PM Organizational Culture
Dan Denison, Professor of Organization and Management,
International Institute for Management Development
3:15 PM Break – Moomers Ice Cream,
Sponsored by The Lighthouse Group
3:30 – 4:30 PM Breakout Sessions
Source America/Ability One Update (Lakes Rooms)
Chris Stream, Executive Director & Nancy Yoder, Director of
Business Development
Source America, North Central Region
Ask the Labor Lawyer (Courtyard Rooms)
Robert C. Stone, Chair, Labor and Employment Law
Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge
Benefits Planning & Financial Literacy (Lakes Rooms)
Bryon MacDonald, World Institute on Disability
Joe Longcor, MI Dept. of Community Health
4:45 p.m. MARO ANNUAL MEETING, DOME
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
9:00-11:00 p.m. MARO HOSPITALITY SUITE, Room 905
Thursday, June 4
(All general sessions are in the Dome)
AGENDA
6:30 AM Yoga – At the Beach, weather permitting.
Meet in lobby. Alternate (indoor) site: Courtyards
7:30 AM Breakfast at the Top of the Park
8:30 – 9:30 AM Effective Messaging to Enhance Your Nonprofit
Sharon Emery, Vice President, Truscott Rossman
9:30 – 10:45 AM National Disability Policy Update
Leann Fox, Director of Government Affairs - ACCSES
10:45 Break
11:00 AM – 12:00 Noon Transition Update
Aligning the E’s – Education and Employment
Maria Peak, Coordinator – Michigan Transition Outcomes Project (MITOP)
Dave Malott, MITOP Liaison to Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS)
Shannon McVoy, Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP)
Cynthia Wright, MRS
12:00 AM Lunch at the Top of the Park and in the Courtyard Rooms
1:15 – 2:45 PM Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
& Employment First
Genni Sasnett, Independent Human Services Consultant
Panel of MARO Organizations Participating in an ODEP TA Grant Project
Chris Girard, President / CEO - Do-All, Inc.; Cherie Johnson, Executive
Director - ROOC, Inc.; Jennifer Tucker, Mission Services Director - Goodwill
Industries of West Michigan; Chris Zeigler, CEO - MRC Industries
2:45 Break
3:00 – 4:00 PM Bureau of Services for Blind Persons Update
Ed Rodgers, Director Bureau of Services for Blind Persons/LARA
6:00 p.m. Beer Tasting Reception, Courtyard
Sponsored by Berends Hendricks Stuit
7:15 p.m. Banquet and Leadership Academy Recognition, Dome
Featuring guest speaker Jimmy King
Friday, June 5
AGENDA
7:30 a.m. Networking Breakfast in the Dome
8:30 – 9:30 AM Michigan Legislative Update
Sandi Jones, Muchmore Harrington Smalley
State Senator Wayne Schmidt, 37th District
9:30 – 10:30 AM Michigan Department of Health and Human
Services Update
Tom Renwick, DHHS – Director of Community Based Services
10:45 – 11:45 AM Michigan Rehabilitation Services Update
Suzanne Howell, Director - Michigan Rehabilitation Services/DHHS
11:45 AM
ADJOURN
SEE YOU BACK IN
TRAVERSE CITY
AT THE GRAND TRAVERSE RESORT
November 4-6 2015
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