Register today for the NYSHEI Annual Membership Meeting.
On June 9, at the University at Albany, members of the NYS Higher Education Initiative will gather to renew and reinforce our connection to state policy makers. The day will provide a unique opportunity to interact with state decision makers, and advance our efforts to win them to our cause.
Along with plenty of opportunity to hear from NYSHEI staff and board members about the course and actions of NYSHEI, the program will feature a number of guest speakers.
The day begins with a detailed briefing by 2006 Republican candidate for NYS Governor, John J. Faso. Mr. Faso is impeccably qualified to describe the current political and economic landscape of New York, and will be available for questions. Currently a partner in the lobbying-law firm of Manatt, Phelps, Phillips, Mr. Faso is the former leader of the State Assembly Minority Conference, and the chair of the Pataki transition budget team, as well as a Commissioner of the non-partisan legislative bill drafting commission. Long before there was a Brennan Center report, Mr. Faso was a champion of government reform and the orginator of many measures still heralded by good government groups. No one in New York is better qualified to illuminate the political and economic scene at the state capital.
Newly installed State Librarian Bernard Margolis will follow lunch as the keynote speaker. This distinguished librarian, and former head of the Boston Public Library, will layout his vision for broad collaboration that results in the “information infrastructure” envisioned by NYSHEI. Mr. Margolis became the State Librarian in January of 2009.
The two legislative champions of NYSHEI’s Academic Research Information Access (ARIA) act, will be on hand for a panel discussion. Assemblyman Robin Schimminger (D-Kenmore), chair of the Assembly Committee on Economic Development, and Senator William Stachowski (D-Buffalo), chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Development, are the lead sponsors of ARIA in their respective houses. Both will describe the importance of ARIA to the state economy and discuss prospects for success in the legislature.
Also on the day’s agenda is Steve Sanders. Mr. Sanders is a renowed leader on educational policy, having served as Chair of the Assembly Education Committee during his long tenure in the State Legislature. Today Mr. Sanders is partner at the lobbying firm of CraneSanders, and as a critical and well-connected lobbyist for NYSHEI. Mr. Sanders will provide further illumination on the political views of academic and research libraries and field questions about how we can enhance those views.
More details about the day are available on the NYSHEI website events page.
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