Schedule is Subject to Change
Monday, May 6
7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Registration
Location: Anasazi Lobby
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Long Term Recovery Group Training *Pre-Registration Required
Location: Yucca/Palo Verde
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Home Rules: Arizona Edition *Pre-Registration Required
Location: Yucca/Palo Verde
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
National Member & State/Territory VOAD Meeting (Closed)
Location: Anasazi Ballroom
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Annual Meeting (Open)
Location: Anasazi Ballroom
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
State/Territory VOAD Leadership Meet and Greet (Closed)
Location: Palacio Loft
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Committee Appreciation Reception (Invite Only)
Location: Apache Ballroom
Tuesday, May 7
7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Reflection Room Open
Location: Gila
7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Registration
Location: Anasazi Lobby
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Exhibit Hall & Silent Auction Open
Location: Hohokam Ballroom
8:00 am – 11:45 am
Exhibitor Meet & Greet
Location: Hohokam Lobby
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Service Project – Heat Relief Kit Assembly
Location: Sunrise/Sunset
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Committee Leadership Meeting (Closed)
Location: Palacio Veranda Room
10:00 am – 11:00 am
First Time Attendee Orientation (First Time Attendees Only)
Location Apache Ballroom
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Meet the VALs
Location: Palacio Lounge
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Welcome Luncheon
Keynote: Jennifer Gray Thompson, After the Fire USA
Location: Anasazi Ballroom
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Committee Meetings Group 1
Community Preparedness: Geronimo
International : Saguaro/Cholla
Long Term Recovery Groups: Cochise
Donations: Yucca/Palo Verde
3:00 pm – 4:15 pm
Committee Meetings Group 2
Communications: Geronimo
Advocacy: Yucca/Palo Verde
Mass Care: Cochise
Disaster Health: Saguaro/Cholla
4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
Committee Meetings Group 3
Emotional Spiritual Care: Palacio Veranda Room
Disaster Case Management: Cochise
Volunteer Management: Yucca/Palo Verde
Housing: Saguaro/Cholla
Migration, Displacement, Refugee: Geronimo
5:45 pm – 6:45 pm
Member & Partner Reception (Invite Only)
Location: Palacio Lounge
7:00 pm
Awards Dinner (Business Formal)
Location: Anasazi Ballroom
Wednesday, May 8
7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Reflection Room Open
Location: Gila
7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Registration
Location: Anasazi Lobby
9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Exhibit Hall & Silent Auction Open
Location: Hohokam Ballroom
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Networking Breakfast
Anasazi Ballroom
9:45 am – 11:00am
Workshop Session 1 – Click Here to View Session Descriptions
Community Preparedness – Taking it to the Streets
Speaker(s): Kate Amaral
Location: Geronimo
Deployment Done Right: A Responsible Approach to Domestic and International Disaster Response
Speaker(s): Ashley Bustillo, Eric Burkes, Dave Hearn
Location: Saguaro/Cholla
Multi-Agency Resource Centers: What’s New, What Still Works, and The Future
Speaker(s): Monica Montoya, Biju Panicker, Kathleen Oldaker
Location: Cochise
Systemic Legal Issues and How They Impede Survivor Recovery
Speaker(s): John Lawless, Christa Figgins, Alejandro Figueroa Quevedo, Shanon Granado
Location: Palacio Veranda Room
Designing and Adapting a Complexity-Aware Housing Focused Recovery Program amid Cascading Disasters
Speaker(s): Laura Gorbea, Kate Pifer, Amanda Silva
Location: Sunrise
Team Leadership in Times of Disaster: Building a Culture of Self-Care for Disaster Response Teams
Speaker(s): Amy Dominguez, Linda Paradiso
Location: Palacio Lounge
Innovation, Equity, and Capacity-Building: Alternatives to Traditional Recovery Models
Speaker(s): Laura Olson, Steven Zimmer, Rosina Philippe, Caroline Hamilton-Arnold
Location: Yucca/Palo Verde
Talk Story: What they don’t teach you about Leading a State or Territory VOAD
Speaker(s): Emily Kukulies, Andrea Finklestein, Matt Glei, Victor Leonardi
Location: Sunset
11:00 am – 1:30 pm
Lunch on Your Own
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Workshop Session 2 – Click Here to View Session Descriptions
Navigating FEMA Public Assistance 5.0
Speaker(s): Marcus Coleman, Robert Pespane
Location: Geronimo
Who defines the question and metrics? A case study in community-driven evaluation
Speaker(s): Laura Gorbea, Damary Pagán, Kate Pifer
Location: Sunrise
Disaster Legal issue Spotting to Improve Case Management Outcomes
Speaker(s): Kristine Hansen, Josh Gaul, Shirley Peng, Laurie Fried
Location: Palacio Lounge
Decolonizing Volunteerism
Speaker(s): Edwin Gonzalez, Kathy Lee-Cornell, Jim Kirk, Nell Herring
Location: Cochise
Together We Can Make the Difference
Speaker(s): Carrie Bamper, Aaron Karpas, Melissa Pacella
Location: Saguaro/Cholla
What’s Our Role? Supporting Welcoming Committees
Speaker(s): Sally Ray, Cari Cullen
Location: Sunset
When Access was Denied, We Need a New Design
Speaker(s): Emily Kukulies, Gay Williams, John Williams
Location: Palacio Veranda Room
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Location: Hohokam Ballroom
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Workshop Session 3 – Click Here to View Session Descriptions
Disaster Case Management Modernization
Speaker(s): Victoria Crouse
Location: Geronimo
Security for Your Client & Agency Data
Speaker(s): Douglas Zimmerman
Location: Sunset
Engaging a Younger Generation of Disaster Volunteers
Speaker(s): Chris Gibson, Diana Marquez
Location: Cochise
A Framework for Improving Organizational Preparedness and Response Across the Feeding America Network
Speaker(s): Audrey Denney, Patrick Crawford
Location: Palacio Lounge
Más que el idioma / More than language: Providing Culturally-Informed Disaster Emotional and Spiritual Care to Latino/x Communities across the U.S.
Speaker(s): Elia Madera, Edwin González-Castillo, Rodrigo Olivares, Marisa Blanco
Location: Sunrise
Whole Community Approach for a Family Assistance Center (FAC)
Speaker(s): Paige Saucer, Melissa Stroop
Location: Palacio Veranda Room
Transforming disaster through a Digital MARC and Virtual Unmet Needs Roundtable
Speaker(s): Kevin Peach, Alayne Chapman
Location: Saguaro/Cholla
Restoring and Preserving Underserved Disaster Survivor Home Equity: A New Approach for Return-on-Investment
Speaker(s): Rita Pratte, Mike Sullivan, Kristen Monteleone
Location: Yucca/Palo Verde
Thursday, May 9
7:00 am – 12:00 pm
Reflection Room Open
Location: Gila
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Registration
Location: Anasazi Lobby
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Exhibit Hall & Silent Auction Open
Location: Hohokam Ballroom
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Expo Breakfast
Hohokam Ballroom
9:45 am – 11:00 am
Workshop Session 4 – Click Here to View Session Descriptions
FEMA Individual Assistance Regulatory Modernization
Speaker(s): Frank Matranga
Location: Cochise
Unseen Value of Volunteerism: Who’s Helping Who?
Speaker(s): Elizabeth Saunders
Location: Sunset
Donations: A Help or Hinderance to Serving Whole Communities?
Speaker(s): Charlene Sargent, Kathy Fulton, Dante Gliniecki, Don Bonchack
Location: Saguaro/Cholla
Adapting to Disasters: CORE’s Experiences and Learnings with Relief Compass
Speaker(s): George Hernandez, Kerry Reeve
Location: Palacio Veranda Room
Building Back Better: A different approach to nonprofit practice
Speaker(s): Kristina Peterson, Tim Reinhold, Mark Morelock, Kevin King
Location: Geronimo
When the Sidewalks Boil
Speaker(s): Caroline Hamilton-Arnold, Katie Sexton-Wood, Melissa Guiardo, Dave Hondula
Location: Sunrise
Financial resilience before, during, and after disasters
Speaker(s): Kate Bulger, Kirsten Trusko
Location: Palacio Lounge
Utilizing Technology and Partnerships to Ensure Equitable Post-Disaster Financial Assistance: A Case Study of Maui United way’s Wildfire Emergency Assistance Program
Speaker(s): Kristen Day, Rachel Small, Nicholas Winfrey, Annie Davies
Location: Yucca/Palo Verde
11:15 am – 12:00 pm
Last Look at Exhibits & Silent Auction
Location: Hohokam Ballroom
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm
Plenary Luncheon
Keynote: Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, Feeding America
Location: Anasazi Ballroom
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Workshop Session 5 – Click Here to View Session Descriptions
Individual Assistance Data – What Do These Numbers Really Mean?
Speaker(s): Chris Smith, Diana Rothe-Smith
Location: Yucca/Palo Verde
Post-Disaster Insurance Issues
Speaker(s): Emily Rogan, Annie Barbour, Ben LaTurno
Location: Palacio Veranda Room
Closing Training Gaps: A Guide to No-Cost Resources to Improve Your Operational Capabilities
Speaker(s): Bill Dozier
Location: Saguaro/Cholla
Sharing and Shifting Power: Transform Disaster Response and Philanthropy Through Trust
Speaker(s): Amelia Hoover, Antoine Richards, Pualani Enos, Crystal Fox
Location: Palacio Lounge
The U.S. Fire Administration: Influencing the Future Through Engagement
Speaker(s): Tiffany Warren
Location: Sunrise
CISA Priority Telecommunications Services (GETS, WPS, & TSP) – Learn How You Can Enhance Your Emergency Communications Capability
Speaker(s): Cathy Orcutt
Location: Sunset
United in Recovery: An Innovative Approach to Establishing an LTRG
Speaker(s): Caitlyn Eck, Jeannie Sutton, Susan Marticek, Christy Rojas
Location: Cochise
Caring for Our Communities: Disaster Preparedness for Older Adults and Caregivers
Speaker(s): Justin Knighten, Marcus Coleman, Dr. Jennifer Olsen
Location: Geronimo
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm
Closing Reception – Kick Off to 2025!
Location: Anasazi Courtyard