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2024 Schedule at a Glance

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