House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

 

AGENDA

 

Room 35 and Zoom

February 20, 2024 - February 23, 2024

Last Updated 2/22/2024 3:03 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-commerce-and-economic-development.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

9:00 AM                   FY25 Budget

Department of Human Resources

Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

Doug Pine, Deputy Director of Talent Acquisition Services/Compensation/People Analytics, Department of Human Resources

 

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Lunch and Caucuses

 

1:00 PM                   FY25 Budget

Department of Labor

Michael Harrington, Commissioner, Department of Labor

Cameron Wood, Policy and Legislative Affairs Director, Department of Labor

Chad Wawrzyniak, Chief Financial Officer, Department of Labor

 

-                                   Break

 

3:20 PM                   FY25 Budget

Brownfields Program

Sarah Bartlett, Environmental Program Manager & Brownfields Program Coordinator, Department of Environmental Conservation

Joan Goldstein, Commissioner, Department of Economic Development

Thomas Kennedy, Director of Community Development, Mount Ascutney Regional Commission

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

9:00 AM                   FY25 Budget

Serve, Learn, and Earn

Kate Gluckman, Director, Serve Learn Earn

Thomas Longstreth, Executive Director, ReSOURCE

Rhoni Basden, Executive Director, VT Works for Women

Kim Guertin, Director, Green Mountain Audubon Center, Audubon Vermont

Breck Knauft, Executive Director, Vermont Youth Conservation Corps

 

10:15 AM                   FY25 Budget

Vermont Training Program

John Young, Director, Vermont Training Program, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

 

-                                   Break

 

10:50 AM                   FY25 Budget

Working Lands Enterprise Initiative

Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Elizabeth Sipple, Program Lead, Working Lands Enterprise Initiative

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:10 PM                   FY25 Budget

ARPA Reversions

Douglas Farnham, Chief Recovery Officer, Department of Finance & Management

 

-                                   FY25 Budget

Committee discussion

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, February 22, 2024

9:00 AM                   H. 707 - An act relating to revising the delivery and governance of the Vermont workforce system

Walk-through of new draft

Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Jay Ramsey, Director of Workforce Development, Vermont Department of Labor

Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

Cameron Wood, Policy and Legislative Affairs Director, Department of Labor

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   FY25 Budget

Vermont State Colleges

Drake Turner, Director of External and Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges System

Katherine Levasseur, Former Director of External & Government Affairs, Vermont State Colleges

Joyce Judy, President, Community College of Vermont

 

11:45 AM                   FY25 Budget

Serve, Learn, and Earn

Danielle Fitzko, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:20 PM                   FY25 Budget

Vermont Professionals of Color Network

Weiwei Wang, Co Founder and Executive Director, Vermont Professionals of Color Network

 

1:50 PM                   FY25 Budget

Micro-Business Development Program

Rachel Goldstein, Financial Futures Program Director, CVOEO

Simeon Geigel, Small Business Development Counselor, CVOEO

Pacifique Nsengiyumva, Business Coach, CVOEO

 

-                                   FY25 Budget

Department of Human Resources and Vermont State Employees Association

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

Doug Pine, Deputy Director of Talent Acquisition Services/Compensation/People Analytics, Department of Human Resources

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Friday, February 23, 2024

9:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

Discussion with intern

Wiley Barzelay, Student, University of Vermont

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10 Mins After Floor                   FY25 Budget

Committee discussion

Drafting letter to the House Committee on Appropriations

Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Manufacturing Industry Day

Chris Carrigan, Vice President of Business Development, Vermont Chamber of Commerce

Bill Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont

Alberto Aguilar, CEO, Carris Reels

Jay Bellows, President, KORE Power

Janette Bombardier, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Chroma Technology

Julia Birnn Fields, President, Birnn Chocolates of Vermont

Rich Hornby, Vice President of Manufacturing Operations, Mack Molding Company

Julie Laforce, Owner and Director of Organizational Development, Build by Newport

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

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 Andrew Hegarty at ahegarty@leg.state.vt.us