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Detailed Agenda
THURSDAY | JULY 23, 2015

8:00 AM–4:30 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN
8:00 AM–12:00 PM
WOMEN’S PRE-CONFERENCE
Montpelier Room

12:15 PM–1:15 PM
NEW YEO ORIENTATION AND NETWORKING LUNCH
Springwood Room

1:30 PM–5:00 PM
DAY OF SERVICE ACTIVITY
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON • RICHARD ENGLAND CLUBHOUSE 14
4103 BENNING RD NE, WASHINGTON, D.C.
6:30 PM–9:00 PM
OPENING DINNER AND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Grand Ballroom

Secretary Julián Castro

Julián Castro was sworn in as the 16th Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development on July 28, 2014. In this role, Castro
oversees 8,000 employees and a budget of $46 billion, using a performance-driven approach to achieve the department’s mission of expanding
opportunity for all Americans. As secretary, Castro’s focus is ensuring that
HUD is a transparent, efficient, and effective champion for the people it
serves. Utilizing an evidence-based management style, he has charged the
department with one goal: giving every person, regardless of their station
in life, new opportunities to thrive. Before HUD, Castro served as mayor of
the city of San Antonio. Castro received a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law
School. He and his wife Erica have two children.

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Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema

Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema ran for elected office because she
believes that everyone should get the same shot and that the system
should not favor those at the very top. During her years in the Arizona
legislature, she worked to pass immigration laws, secure funding for our
vets, provide business incentives for job creation, and fought back against
attempts to gut basic health care for kids and cut services for the elderly
and funding for schools. Sinema is committed to helping our country
return to the values that make America great—the same values that have
guided her life so far: hard work, access to public education, fairness, and
opportunity. Sinema serves Arizona’s Ninth Congressional District and sits on the House Committee
on Financial Services.