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Building Forward – SVLG Forum & Infrastructure Week

ABOUT
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group is pleased to host its Building Forward Infrastructure Forum on April 27th. This year’s forum features top Biden Administration officials on Transportation and Housing policy alongside leading voices in California on those pressing issues. We’ll hear from Deputy Secretary of HUD, Adrianne Todman, and Director of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Implementation, U. S. Department of Transportation, Katie Thomson, on the rollout of Federal policies and programs including the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; and from Toks Omishakin, Secretary California Transportation Agency on California’s role, with special appearances by Governor Newsom, Senate Pro Tem Atkins and more.

We will continue the celebration of Infrastructure Week with an in-person Member Mixer hosted by HNTB and a Community Build Day hosted by Republic Urban in partnership with Rebuilding Together. For more information and to register for these activities, click here.

AGENDA

Welcome

Ahmad Thomas, CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group

Opening Remarks 

Toni Atkins, President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate  

The Great Re-Habitation: Getting More Homes in More Places Across The Nation 

Deputy Secretary of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Adrianne Todman 

Moderator: Katie Ferrick, Sr Director of Workplace Programs, LinkedIn 

Executing the Big Blueprint: What the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Has Bought and Built and What’s Next (

Katie Thomson, Director of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Implementation, U. S. Department of Transportation 

Moderator:  Jason Baker, Senior Vice President, Infrastructure & Regional Partnerships, SVLG

California Transportation at the Post Covid Crossroads 

Secretary Toks Omishakin, Secretary, California Transportation Agency 

Moderator: Mayor Sam Liccardo, San Jose 

Media on the Middle: Stories and Strategies from the Frontlines 

David Garcia, Policy Director, Terner Center, Berkeley 

Louis Hansen, Business Reporter, Editorial, Mercury News 

Lauren Helper, Journalist, San Francisco Chronicle 

Moderator: Anu Natarajan, Housing Initiative Lead, Meta 

Are We There Yet? Is a Rail Reality Finally In Sight?  

Secretary Ray Lahood, former United States Transportation Secretary 

Margaret Cederoth, Director of Planning and Sustainability, California High-Speed  Rail 

Russell Jackson, Global Transit Director,  AECOM 

Moderator: Ahmad Thomas, CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group

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Governor Gavin Newsom, State of California

LOGISTICS
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
9:00am – 11:00am PT
This is a VIRTUAL event.

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NOTICE
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT BY ATTENDING THIS EVENT, YOU CONSENT TO YOUR VOICE, NAME, AND/OR LIKENESS BEING USED, WITHOUT COMPENSATION, IN ANY AND ALL MEDIA, WHETHER NOW KNOWN OR HEREAFTER DEVISED, IN PERPETUITY. YOU RELEASE THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP AND SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION, ITS SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND LICENSEES FROM ANY POTENTIAL LIABILITY.

Date

Apr 25 - 29 2022
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Time

All Day
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