2017 Impact Ohio Dayton Conference

Thursday, November 9
8:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Sinclair Community College

In 2017, Impact Ohio held its first regional conferences. At the Impact Ohio 2017 Dayton Conference, key government officials, business leaders, and community members discussed issues important to the city.

At the conference, attendees heard first-hand from government leaders, political analysts, pundits, and policy experts on issues that affect their community.

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Conference Welcome Jennifer Flatter, Chief Executive Officer, Impact Ohio Chris Kershner, Executive Vice President, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	Observations from the Fourth Estate Moderator Jeremy Ratliff, Director of Branding and Programming, AM 1290 and News 95.7 WHIO Panelists Laura Bischoff, Statehouse Reporter, Dayton Daily News Jim Otte, WHIO-TV Statehouse and I-Team Reporter, Host of WHIO Reports Lynn Hulsey, Political Reporter, Dayton Daily News
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Opiates: New Solutions for Attacking the Epidemic Moderator Brittany Otto, News Director, WHIO Radio Panelists Helen Jones-Kelley, Executive Director, Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Montgomery County Representative Jeff Rezabek, Member, Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee and Civil Justice Committee Representative Robert Sprague, Member, Ohio House Finance Committee and Finance Subcommittee on Health & Human Service
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	How Important is the Dayton Region to Ohio Politics? Moderator Chris Kershner, Executive Vice President, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Panelists Mike Dawson, Creator of ohioelectionresults.com Janetta King, President & CEO, Innovation Ohio
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM	Break
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM	Keynote Luncheon: Political Insight: The State of the Parties Moderator Tom Raga, President & CEO, Dayton Power & Light Panelists David Pepper, Chairman, Ohio Democratic Party Matt Carle, President, Cornerstone Consulting