Public Policy Institute & Fly-In

Advocating for Excellence in Senior Living

The annual Argentum Public Policy Institute & Fly-In allows for industry professionals to discuss issues and solutions to the most important legislative and regulatory challenges at the state and federal levels, and advocate for critical senior living issues on Capitol Hill.

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

Thanks to 2020 Public Policy Institute & Fly-In event sponsor, Medline.

EVENT LOCATION

THE CONRAD HOTEL
950 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20001

ACCOMMODATIONS

Please note that all hotel rooms reserved within Argentum’s room block at The Conrad are still being held. To avoid being charged for your stay, please call The Conrad at 877-214-6719 to cancel your reservation. The hotel’s cancellation policy states that reservations must be canceled within 72 hours prior to your check-in date to avoid being charged.

MEET THE PANELISTS

LONG-TERM CARE FINANCING REFORM PANEL

Danielle DuBose
Tax Policy Adviser
Office of U.S. Senator Pat Toomey

Howard Gleckman
Senior Fellow
The Urban Institute

Gleckman is the author of Caring for Our Parents (St. Martin’s Press) and is a Senior Fellow at The Urban Institute, where he is affiliated with both the Tax Policy Center and the Program on Retirement Policy. He is also the author the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center’s fiscal policy blog Tax Vox and a weekly blog on aging issues for Forbes.com. Gleckman served on the National Academy of Social Insurance Study Panel on Long-Term Services and Supports (2018-2019); as a convener of the Long-Term Care Financing Collaborative (2012-2016); as a 2006-2007 Media Fellow at the Kaiser Family Foundation; and as a 2006-2008 Visiting Fellow at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.  In 2016, Gleckman was a named one of the nation’s top 50 Influencers in Aging by Next Avenue.

Lauri St. Ours
EVP of Government Relations
Washington Health Care Association

As EVP of Government Relations for the Washington Health Care Association (WHCA), St. Ours is responsible for oversight of state government affairs and working with the CEO and association leadership to develop legislative priorities and activities. St. Ours was a member of the lobby team that worked to successfully pass Washington’s LTC Trust Act in 2019. She has over 25 years of experience working with the Washington State legislature. Prior to joining the staff of WHCA in 2005, St. Ours served as the executive director of the Northwest Assisted Living Facilities Association for 10 years.

FEDERAL INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS WORKFORCE CHALLENGES PANEL

Rob Green
Director of Workforce Policy
House Committee on Education and the Workforce

Green serves as the Director of Workforce Policy for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and is responsible for directing Committee Republicans’ workforce/labor policy activities.  Prior to that role, he spent six years working as the Executive Director of the National Council of Chain Restaurants. Green has also served as Vice President, Government and Political Affairs for the National Retail Federation and Vice President, Federal Relations for the National Restaurant Association. Earlier in his career in Washington, D.C., Rob worked in a variety of roles in the U.S. Congress including senior Committee staff, Chief of Staff, and Legislative Director for several Members of Congress.

Kristen Swearingen
Vice President of Legislative and Political Affairs
Associated Builders & Contractors

Swearingen leads the Associated Builders & Contractors’ (ABC) lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill and coalition efforts in the business community. She currently serves as the Chair to the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, composed of hundreds of organizations joined by their mutual concern over actions that threaten employees, employers, and economic growth. Prior to joining ABC,  Swearingen served as a staffer in the office of former Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.).

Brent Weil
VP, Workforce Development
Argentum

Weil is the vice president of workforce development for Argentum. He has nearly 20 years of direct experience developing workforce solutions to recruitment challenges. Prior to his time with Argentum, he worked for The Manufacturing Institute, a subsidiary of the National Association of Manufacturers in Washington, D.C., where he served as senior vice president of education and workforce.