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2008 Transportation Short Course:
For Chairs and Co-Chairs

Speaker Information and Needs

Session 1
Administration/Management
Tuesday, October 14
Room: 292 MSC

Speaker: Sharon Alexander
Title: Associate General Counsel
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: The Who, What, When, Where, How and WHY of the litigation hold, no kidding.
Presentation Summary: I will present the Who,What, When, Where, How and WHY of the litigation hold and explain why it is important.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Attorney with 23 years experience
A/V Needs: podium with microphone, walk-around microphone, LCD projector
Speaker: Angela Carrizales
Title: Training Specialist
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Change in the Workplace
Presentation Summary: Presentation will explain the affects of change in the workplace and how to handle these changes.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998 and began working with the Texas Department of Transportation in 1994. I joined the Training Quality and Development team in 2000 and teach various management courses regarding leadership, policy, communication and presentation skills.
A/V Needs: walk-around microphone, LCD projector
Speaker: Coby Chase
Title: Director
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: TxDOT Sunset Review
Presentation Summary: This will be an update on the legislative Sunset review of TxDOT.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: I am the director of the Government and Public Affairs Division which manages the Sunset process for the agency.
A/V Needs: podium with microphone
Speaker: Laura Johannsen
Title: Program Adminstrator/Team Leader
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Dealing with Change and Change Management
Presentation Summary: This presentation will focus on three phases of transition that people must move through when encountering organizational change.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Laura Johannsen has 14 years of experience as a management trainer in state government. She has been the lead worker for the Management and Staff Development team within Training and Quality Development since 2005. Prior to going to work for the state Laura worked as a consultant to various organizations, including the City of Austin, on managing organization change.
A/V Needs: walk-around microphone, LCD projector
flip chart and stand
Speaker: Ray Belk
Title: Director - Training, Quality & Development
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Change Mangement - Communicating with a Multi-Generational Workforce
Presentation Summary: This presentation will focus on how to communicate with and manage a multi-generational workforce.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Extensive research and presentations in this field. Speaker at 2007 AASHTO HR Conference on Managing the Multi-Generational Workforce. Developed embedded curricululum now used by department on this topic in Practical Supervison course required of all TxDOT supervisors, managers and lead workers.
A/V Needs: walk-around microphone, LCD projector
Speaker: Richard Monroe
Title: Director, Compliance Office
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: TxDOT, Cleaner Than a Hound's Tooth
Presentation Summary: This presentation will focus on the new TxDOT compliance program as called for by the Commission and the Administration.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: The speaker has been an attorney for almost 40 years. During that time, he has been an ethics advisor for government agencies at every level—local, state, and federal. For 8 years, prior to his retirement, the speaker was the General Counsel of the Texas Department of Transportation. During that time, he advised both members of the Commission and the Administration on matters related to ethics and conflicts of interest.
A/V Needs: podium with microphone, walk-around microphone
Speaker: Coby Chase
Title: Director, Government and Public Affairs Division
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Agency Sunset Update
Presentation Summary: Info to follow.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Info to follow.
A/V Needs: Info to follow.
Speaker: Thomas MacMorran
Title: TxDOT Records Management Officer
Company:
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Litigation Hold and Records Management
Presentation Summary: Discussion of litigation hold policy and procedure and related records management strategies and requirements.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: I have been the TxDOT Records Management Officer for more than 15 years, and have been in the records management field for more than 25 years. My training includes a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Texas,
A/V Needs: podium with microphone, LCD projector

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