Join the League of Women Voters of Virginia for our annual Pre-Session in which you will learn about the legislative priorities of the League and our partners. This year’s Pre-Session will be virtual. Register at Eventbrite for free and read the current program schedule.

Guests Include:

Susan Beals, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Elections

Stephen E. Cummings, Secretary of Finance, Commonwealth of Virginia

Brian Koziol, Executive Director Virginia Housing Alliance

Kathy Harkey, Executive Director, Virginia Alliance on Mental Illness

Jamie Lockhart, Executive Director, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia & Planned Parenthood Virginia PAC

Helena Burger and Susan Lydick, Co-Chairs RevUP Virginia

Kim Bobo, Executive Director, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy

More than 20 partners in attendance

Liz White, Executive Director, UpVoteVA

Karin Bowles, Vice President of Strategy, Virginia Early Education Foundation

Traci Clark, Director of Elections, Botetourt County, Virginia

C. Jay Coles, Senior Policy & Advocacy Associate, Verified Voting

Janine Greenwood, Co-Vice Presidents for Public Policy, AAUW

Denise Murden, Co-Vice Presidents for Public Policy, AAUW

Rob Poggenklass, Executive Director, Justice Forward Virginia

Lauren Colletta, Senior Advisor, Common Cause Virginia

Jay Speer, Executive Director, Virginia Poverty Law Center

Mike Fox, Moms Demand Action

Dean Wanderer, Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights

Megan Ryne, Virginia Coalition for Open Government

Jonathan Ygelsis, Policy Director, Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance

Sheba William, Executive Director, Nolef Turns

Schedule

9:00 AM Welcome Joan Porte, President, League of Women Voters of Virginia,

9:05 - 9:15 AM Susan Beals, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Elections, https://www.elections.virginia.gov/

9:15 – 9:30 AM Stephen E. Cummings, Secretary of Finance, Commonwealth of Virginia https://www.finance.virginia.gov/about-us/

9:30 – 9:45 AM League of Women Voters of Virginia, Legislative Priorities

V. Denise Harrington, Advocacy Chair, and Issue Group Leaders www.lwvv-va.org

9:45 – 9:55 AM Liz White, Executive Director, UpVote Virginia https://upvoteva.org

9:55 – 10:05 AM Karen Bowles, Vice President, Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (VECF) https://vecf.org/

10:05 – 10:15 AM Traci Clark, Director of Elections & General Registrar, County of Botetourt, Virginia, and President Voter Registrars Associates of Virginia https://www.varegistrars.org

10:15 -10:25 AM -C. Jay Coles, Sr. Policy and Advocacy, Verified Voting https://verifiedvoting.org/

10:25 – 10:35 AM Break

10:35– 10:45 AM Isabel McLain, Director of Policy, The Virginia Housing Alliance www.vahousingalliance.org

10:45 – 10:55 AM Kathy Harkey, Executive Director, Virginia Alliance on Mental Illness https://namivirginia.org

10:55 – 11:05 AM Jamie Lockhart, Executive Director
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia & Planned Parenthood Virginia PAC https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-virginia-league

11:05 – 11:15 AM Helena Berger and Susan Lydick, Co-Chairs, REV UP Virginia https://www.facebook.com/REVUPVirginia

11:15 – 11:25 AM Dr. James J. Fedderman, President, Virginia Education Association https://www.veanea.org/

11:25 - 11:35 AM Jonathan Yglesias, Policy Director, Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance https://vsdvalliance.org

11:40 – 11:50 AM Narissa S. Rahaman, Executive Director, Equality Virginia https://equalityvirginia.org

• 11:50 AM – 12:00 PM - 11:50 AM – 12:00 PM – Lisa Sales, President, Virginia NOW, https://vanow.org/

12:45 PM Lunch Break

12:45 – 12:55 PM Dean Wanderer, Chair, Immigrant Task Force, Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights https://www.virginiaimmigrantrights.org

12:55 – 1:05 PM Meghan Rhyne, Executive Director, Virginia Coalition for Open Government https://www.opengovva.org

1:05 – 1:15 PM Lauren Coletta, Senior Advisor, Common Cause, Virginia https://www.commoncause.org/page/common-cause-virginia/

1:15 – 1:25 PM James W “Jay” Speer, Executive Director, Virginia Poverty Law Center https://vplc.org

1:25 – 1:35 PM Rob Poggenklass, Executive Director, Justice Forward Virginia https://justiceforwardva.com

1:35 – 1:45 PM Janine Greenwood and Denise Murden, Co Vice Presidents for Public Policy, American Association of University Women https://aauw-va.aauw.net

1:45 – 1:55 P Kim Bobo, Executive Director, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, https://virginiainterfaithcenter.org/

1:55 – 2:10 PM - Break

2:10 – 2:20 PM Tim Cywinski, Communications Manager, Virginia Chapter, Sierra Club https://www.sierraclub.org/virginia

2:20 – 2:30 PM Mike Fox, Legislative Lead, Moms Demand Action, Virginia https://momsdemandaction.org/tag/virginia

2:30 - 2:40 PM Sheba Williams, Executive Director, No Lef Turns https://www.nolefturns.org