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Agenda

Thursday, July 18, 2002

11:45am -12:45pm

Registration (Lunch Provided)

Ballroom Foyer

12:45pm - 1:00pm

Conference Opening

Ballroom

Welcome by Dr. Larry J. Sabato, Director, University of Virginia, Center for Politics

1:00pm - 2:15pm

The Pre-Gubernatorial Years

Ballroom

Discussion of: the candidate and campaigns for House of Delegates, Attorney General, and Governor.
Discussion of: the officeholder - House of Delegates and Attorney General.

Presiding:
      The Honorable Carolyn J. Moss
      Former Secretary of Administration

Presenter:
      The Honorable Sandra D. Bowen
      Former Secretary of the Commonwealth

Respondents:
      The Honorable William G. Broaddus, Former Attorney
      General
      The Honorable Joan Jones, Former Member, House of
      Delegates
      The Honorable Alson H. Smith, Jr., Former Member,
      House of Delegates
      Mr. David Doak, Campaign Strategist
      Mr. Darrel D. Martin, Campaign Strategist
      Mr. Bob Gibson, The Daily Progress
      Mr. Jeff Schapiro, Richmond Times-Dispatch

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm

Refreshment Break

Ballroom Foyer

The Gubernatorial Term

2:30pm - 3:45pm

Trade and Economic Development

Ballroom

Discussion of: creation of new Secretariat, 400,000 jobs, 1987 Year of Trade, Port of Hampton Roads, Virginia Inland Port, Farmers' Markets, "Virginia's Finest" trademark, creation of the Virginia Housing Foundation, eight trade missions, etc.

Presiding:
     The Honorable Carolyn J. Moss
      Former Secretary of Administration

Presenter:
      The Honorable Curry A. Roberts
      Former Secretary of Economic Development

Respondents:
      The Honorable William C. Wampler, Jr., Member, Senate
      of Virginia
      Ms. Carol Amato, Former Commissioner, Department of
      Labor & Industry
      Mr. J. Robert Bray, Executive Director, Virginia Port
      Authority
      Mr. Hugh D. Keogh, Former Director, Dept. of Economic
      Development
      Mr. Michael Hardy, Richmond Times-Dispatch

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Refreshment Break

Ballroom Foyer

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Transportation

Ballroom Foyer

Discussion of: creation of Commission on Transportation in the 21st Century, Special Session of 1986, tax revenues for new construction projects, state aid to public transportation, Route 58, funding for seaports and airport terminal projects, etc.

Presiding:
      The Honorable Carolyn J. Moss
      Former Secretary of Administration

Presenter:
      The Honorable Vivian E. Watts
      Former Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety

Respondents:
      The Honorable Hunter B. Andrews, Former Member,
      Senate of Virginia
      The Honorable C. Richard Cranwell, Former Member,
      House of Delegates
      Mr. Ray D. Pethtel, Former Commissioner, Department
      of Transportation
      Mr. Robert Melton, The Washington Post

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Cocktail Reception
Boar's Head Inn

Hearth Room

7:00pm

Dinner

Ballroom

Welcome: Dr. Larry J. Sabato, Director, University of Virginia, Center for Politics

Presiding:
     The Honorable Andrew B. Fogarty, Former Chief of Staff
     and Executive Vice President, CSX

Invocation:
     The Reverend Ramsey Richardson
     Rector Emeritus
     Christ Episcopal Church
     Charlottesville, Va

Remarks by The Honorable John W. Warner
     Member, United States Senate

Remarks: "What's Happened Since 1990? Gerald L. Baliles as Attorney and Private Citizen"
     Gordon F. Rainey, Jr., Esq.
     Chairman
     Hunton & Williams

Introduction: The Honorable Eva S. Teig Hardy
     Former Secretary Health and Human Resources
     and Sr. Vice President, Dominion Resources

Keynote Address:
     The Honorable Gerald L. Baliles

Friday, July 19, 2002

8:00am - 9:00am

Continental Breakfast

Ballroom Foyer

9:00am - 10:00am

Education

Ballroom

Discussion of: K-12, literacy passport, trust fund, faculty salaries, $150M for new equipment, Commission on Excellence in Education (34 of 36 recommendations), foreign language academies, guidance counselors in elementary schools, full funding of Standards of Quality, teacher salaries, Virginia College Savings Bond program, Commission on the University of the 21st Century, etc.

Presiding:
      The Honorable Carolyn J. Moss, Former Secretary of
      Administration

Presenter:
      The Honorable Donald J. Finley, Former Secretary of
      Education

Respondents:
      The Honorable Vincent F. Callahan, Jr., Member, House
      of Delegates
      Dr. Timothy J. Sullivan, President, The College of William
      & Mary
      Mrs. Suzanne Thomas, Former President, State Board of
      Education
      Ms. Margaret Edds, The Virginian-Pilot

10:00 am - 10:15 am

Refreshment Break

Ballroom Foyer

10:15am - 11:15am

Health and Human Resources

Ballroom

Discussion of: 68% increase in mental health budget, hospital reaccreditations, investments for the future, child support enforcement system, child care services, day care, infant mortality, Indigent Health Care Trust Fund, etc.

Presiding:
      The Honorable Carolyn J. Moss
      Former Secretary of Administration

Presenter:
      The Honorable Eva S. Teig Hardy
      Former Secretary of Health and Human Resources

Respondents:
      The Honorable Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr., Former Member,
      Senate of Virginia
      The Honorable Arthur R. Giesen, Jr., Former Member,
      Senate of Virginia
      The Honorable Janet D. Howell, Member, Senate of
      Virginia
      Ms. Bonnie Winston, The Virginian-Pilot

11:15am - 11:30am

Refreshment Break

Ballroom Foyer

11:30am - 12:15pm

Natural Resources

Ballroom

Discussion of: creation of new Cabinet post, Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act, phosphate ban, blaze orange, ban on TBT, reorganization of historic resources, Virginia Superfund program, creation of Department of Historic Resources and Pesticide Control Board, etc.

Presiding:
      The Honorable Carolyn J. Moss
      Former Secretary of Administration

Presenter:
      The Honorable John W. Daniel, Jr.
      Former Secretary of Natural Resources

Respondents:
      The Honorable Robert S. Bloxom, Member, Virginia
      House of Delegates
      Mr. Robert Burnley, Director, Department of
      Environmental Quality
      Ms. Kay Slaughter, Senior Attorney, Southern
      Environmental Law Center
      Mr. Larry Evans, The Free-Lance Star
      Ms. Marge Fisher, Roanoke Times & World News

12:15am - 12:30am

Refreshment Break

Ballroom Foyer

12:30pm - 1:15pm

A Third Floor Perspective

Ballroom

Presiding:
      The Honorable Carolyn J. Moss
      Former Secretary of Administration

Presenter:
      Leonard L. Hopkins, Jr., Esq., Former Chief of Staff and
      Head of Policy

Respondents:
      Mrs. Christine O. Bridge, Former Press Secretary
      The Honorable H. Benson Dendy, III, Former Secretary
      to the Cabinet
      Dr. Meredith Strohm Gunter, Former Special Assistant
      Mr. Gordon C. Morse, Former Speech Writer

1:15pm

Final Remarks and Conference Closing

Ballroom

      The Honorable Linwood Holton
      Governor of Virginia
      1970-1974

(Lunch Provided)

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