National Training Conferences

Participants on the pre-conference CAA tour have lunch at PLCCA, one of Community and Economic Development Assocation of Cook County's many sites.

Opening Session Palmer House Hilton Chicago Illinois

Gale Hennessy & Pat Steiger, CAPLAW
Conference Co-Chairs

Bob Wharton, CEDA

Joyce Thomas, Region 5 Administrator, ACF, HHS

Dianne Danowski Smith, ULUM Group

Ellen Teller, Food Research and Action Center;
Anita Lichtblau, CAPLAW;
John Polson, Fisher & Phillips

Dr. Jared Bernstein, Keynote Speaker,
Economic Policy Institute

Robert M. Coard, President, CAPLAW and
President/CEO, Action for Boston Community Development

Catherine Hoskins, CAPLAW Board Secretary and
Derrick Len Span, National President Community Action Partnership

Eleanor Evans, Associate Counsel, CAPLAW

Larry Kelley, Tri-County Community Action

Winston A. Ross, Vice President, CAPLAW and
Executive Director, Westchester Community Opportunity Program

Fred Marx, Hemenway & Barnes

Dr. Margaret Washnitzer, Director,
Division of State Assistance, OCS, HHS
and Bob Coard, CAPLAW

 

Rita DeMarco, CAPLAW Board Liaison and Donna Wells,
former CAPLAW Executive Legal Assistant/ Office Manager

Dr. Margaret Washnitzer, Director, Division of State Assistance OCS, HHS

Peter Ebb, Ropes & Gray

Workshop Participants