Friday, June 24, 2016

Latest from CEF. I’m excited about the new hire (item 1) for CEF and happy we can now announce it publicly. Jeff > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Sheryl Cohen <cohen@acg-consultants.com> > Subject: CEF Update and sharing new member of the team! > Date: June 24, 2016 at 4:46:06 PM EDT > To: CEFMembersList <CEFMembersList@cef.org> > > > Friday, June 24, 2016 > > Dear CEF Members: > > I. New Deputy Executive Director > > · I’m pleased to share with you that ACG has made an offer to Sarah Abernathy to join ACG and serve as the Deputy Executive Director for CEF. I know many of you know Sarah, and I hope you agree with me that she will be a terrific addition to our team! Her depth of experience in both education issues and budget and appropriations will really fill out our leadership and advocacy team at ACG and help to execute our overall strategy and goals. Sarah will start on July 25th. If you do not know Sarah, her resume is attached. > > II. Next week on the Hill > > · The House is in recess next week and is scheduled to come back July 5th. The Senate will be back on Monday, June 27th. The financial rescue bill for Puerto Rico, a Zika virus funding package, and the Military Construction-VA Appropriations bill are all potential agenda items for the Senate next week. > > III. Events > > REMINDER: we have another CEF members meeting scheduled for next Friday, July 1st, with Caitlin Wilson, Education Legislative Assistant with Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA-15) confirmed as our guest speaker. The meeting will be at 9:00 am at the AASCU headquarters on 1307 New York Ave, NW. Call-in number: (800) 371-9219; Conference ID 9380459. > > NASFAA will hold its annual briefing, “The State of Student Aid," to release the annual National Student Aid Profile: Overview of Federal Programs on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 from 1:30 to 3 pm in room 2261 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The event will open with NASFAA’s Policy and Federal Relations staff providing background on the federal student aid programs before a diverse panel of higher education experts provides their perspective on today’s federal aid programs and where they’re heading moving forward. More information and RSVP:https://www.nasfaa.org/state_of_student_aid_briefing <https://www.nasfaa.org/state_of_student_aid_briefing> > > The American Educational Research Association is holding a public briefing titled “After Fisher: What the Supreme Court’s Ruling Means for Students, Colleges, and the Country” on Tuesday, June 28 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am. The briefing will be in the Holeman Lounge at the National Press Club, which is located at 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045. Read more here <http://www.aera.net/EducationResearch/IssuesandInitiatives/AffirmativeAction/PublicBriefing/tabid/16400/Default.aspx>. > > First Focus will be holding their annual Children’s Budget Summit from 12 pm to 5:30 pm on July 7th at the National Press Club, located at 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045. The keynote speaker is Charles Blow, New York Times Columnist and CNN Contributor, and the theme of this year’s Summit is Place, Race, and Economy: Closing the Gap for Kids. Please click here <https://firstfocus.org/events/childrens-budget-summit-2016-place-race-and-economy-closing-the-gap-for-kids/> for more information, and please click here <http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51115/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=6749> to RSVP. > > If you have an event you would like added to the CEF Update, please email reilly@acg-consultants.com <mailto:reilly@acg-consultants.com>, and we will add it to the email. > > On Wednesday, June 29th, the Senate Indian Affairs Committee will mark up the Johnson-O’Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act (S.2842). The mark-up will be at 2:15 pm in 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building. > > SAVE THE DATE: Legislative Conference and Gala (Sept. 21) Online registration for this year’s Legislative Conference and Gala, on September 21, will be available in the coming weeks.Below and attached is a “Save the Date” flyer. > > > My best, > > > Sheryl > > > Sheryl V. Cohen, Partner > > American Continental Group > 1800 M Streeet, NW > Suite 500 South > Washington, DC 20036 > T: 202-327-8100 > cohen@acg-consultants.com <mailto:cohen@acg-consultants.com> > www.acg-consultants.com <http://www.acg-consultants.com/> > >