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Detailed Agenda
SATURDAY » FEBRUARY 20, 2016

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
BREAKFAST PLENARY
YEO LEADERSHIP ON CLEAN ENERGY

In this panel current and former young elected officials will present on recent
successes for YEO leadership on clean energy, including YEO involvement at the
UN climate conferences and a report back from the historic talks in Paris, Elected
Officials to Protect New York, and the Clean Power Plan, as well as how YEOs can
promote clean energy in the states in 2016.
Alex Cornell du Houx
Former Maine State Representative
Alex Cornell du Houx has worked with state lawmakers for over eight
years. Last legislative session he flew to a different state capitol just
about every other week to train and work with lawmakers on how
to communicate on environmental issues effectively. He won the
best Public Affairs Campaign for his work founding Operation Free, a
coalition of veterans, including lawmakers, who are promoting clean
energy policies. He conducts similar trainings for the U.S. Navy, Veterans
Campaign, and New Leaders Council from coast to coast. He is a
Huffington Post blogger and a public affairs officer in the Navy Reserve.

Dominic Frongillo
Former Councilmember, Caroline, NY

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Dominic Frongillo served for eight years on the Caroline Town Council.
In 2012, he founded Elected Officials to Protect New York, a bipartisan
initiative uniting over 850 local elected officials to win statewide policy
victories on the issue of high-volume hydro-fracking and achieving