IHS National Directors Award Ceremony June 15 , 2016

Opening Protocol 

9:30 am                Call to Order – Craig A. Bill, Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs

Honor Guard – Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation

Invocation – Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation

Welcome Remarks – Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation

Introductions – Leadership Table & Executive Cabinet 

10:00 AM            Brief Remarks by Statewide Elected Officials

10:10 am              Remarks by Honorable Brian Cladoosby, Chairman, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

 10:20 am              Remarks by Honorable Jay Inslee, Governor, State of Washington

 Leadership Roundtable

 10:30am               Meeting Overview and Goals – David Postman, Chief of Staff, Governor’s Office

10:35am               Tribal Priorities: Leadership Roundtable

Facilitated by Honorable, Brian Cladoosby, Chairman, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

11:05am                              BREAK

Agency Updates & issue action Items

 11:10am                Natural Resources

Honorable Shawn Yanity, Chairman, Stillaguamish

                              Maia Bellon, Director, Department of Ecology

                              Jim Unsworth, Director, Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

 

 

11:50am                              Recognition/Honoring Ceremony

 12:00pm              LUNCH BUFFET (75 Minutes)

 1:15pm                 Social Services

Honorable Liz Mueller, Vice Chair, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe

Pat Lashway, Secretary, Department of Social and Health Services

 

 

1:45 pm                              Health

                              Steve Kutz, Councilmember, Cowlitz Indian Tribe

John Weisman, Secretary, Department of Health

Dorothy Teeter, Director, Health Care Authority

 2:15 pm                Early Learning & Education

                              Honorable Leonard Forsman, Chairman, Suquamish Tribe

                              Ross Hunter, Director, Department of Early Learning

Gil Mendoza, Deputy Superintendent, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

2:45pm                Veterans Affairs

Lavada Anderson, Tribal Veterans Representative, Suquamish Tribe

Alfie Alvarado-Ramos, Director, Department of Veterans Affairs

3:00pm                Tribal Workforce Development Opportunities

Closing Protocol

 3:15 pm                 Next Steps and Closing Remarks

Closing Prayer

End

Description: IHS National Directors Award Ceremony

Location: NIH, Natcher Conference Center
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda MD 20892

Contact Info: Human Resources Office   (301) 443-6520