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August 12, 2021

Legislative Summit

Aug 12, 2021 | 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
Join us for the region's most anticipated advocacy event of the year - the 12th Annual Federal Legislative Summit! Doors open at 8am and the program begins at 8:30am. The program will feature comments from Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, a keynote address and the highly-anticipated Congressional Report. Breakfast will also be served. This in-person event is brought to you by the Lincoln Chamber, Greater Omaha Chamber and Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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$75 per seat - Breakfast included
**Limited seats available – Register here today!**

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Jill O'Donnell

Jill Kosch O’Donnell is the director of the Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance and a professor of practice at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She leads the effort to build and grow the Yeutter Institute across its mission areas of education, research, and public engagement. Her prior experience spans Capitol Hill, international organizations, research entities and the private sector. Jill earned her Master of Arts in international relations and international economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and her undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. A native of Columbus, Nebraska, she began her international policy career in Washington, D.C., serving on the legislative staff of U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel.

 

Submit a question for the delegation prior to the event. If you prefer that your question remain anonymous, you are not required to fill in your contact information. There will also be a opportunity to submit a question the day of the event using the cards on your table.

SCHEDULE:

8 am          DOORS OPEN

8:30 am     WELCOME

  • Wendy Birdsall, CCE, President, Lincoln Chamber of Commerce

BREAKFAST SERVED

9:10 am      NEBRASKA GOVERNOR REMARKS

  • Pete Ricketts

9:15 am      KEYNOTE SPEAKER

  • Jill O'Donnell, Director, Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance

9:45 am      BREAK

10 am         CONGRESSIONAL REPORT WITH Q&A

  • David Brown, President and CEO, Greater Omaha Chamber

11:25 am     CLOSING

  • Bryan Slone, President, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce & Industry

11:30 am      ADJOURN