Budget Summit

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NWC, Inc. 2009 Budget Summit Presentations

Tuesday, March 10

Welcome/Introduction

Mr. Fred Caver
President, Caver and Associates
and Vice Chairman NWC

Major General Merdith W.B. (Bo) Temple
Deputy Commanding General for Military and International Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Keynote Address:
The Honorable James L. Oberstar
Chairman,
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives

Mr. Roger Cockrell
Professional Staff Member U.S. Senate, Committee on Appropriations,
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development

Ms. Karin Jacoby
Executive Director, MO-ARK;
Rob Vining, Vice President, HNTB Corporation
“Update from the Committee on Levy Safety"

Wednesday, March 11

Ms. Taunja Berquam
Professional Staff Member
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations,
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development

Mr. Steven L. Stockton, P.E.,
Director of Civil Works,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
“America's Water Resources, Infrastructure: A View to the Future"

General Barry McCaffrey, USA (Ret.)
Former Cabnet Officer and Drug Czar under President Clinton, one of the architects of the
success of Desert Storm, and currently Chairman of Federal Advisory Board of HNTB
"Transition to Power: Challenges Facing the Obama Administration"

Mr. Gary Loew
Chief, Programs Integration Division, Civil Works Directorate,
Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
"Budgets and Appropriations: Restoring our Infrastructure"

Luncheon

Keynote Speaker:
Mr. Roger Bohnert
Deputy Associate Administrator for Intermodal System Development at the Maritime Administration
"America's Marine Highway"