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AeA Mountain States October 2006 Update In This Month's Issue:
Friday, November 10, 2006
Aponte Hogan & Busam is a public affairs consulting firm providing high quality public affairs services to a variety of clients in the health care, education, non-profit and business arenas. Our overall mission is to facilitate our clients’ abilities to achieve their individual government and public affairs agendas. Our proven track record of success for clients includes legislative victories, relationship building with elected officials, advocacy training for clients and positive media relations. The firm is known for developing legislative programs tailored to meet the specific needs of each client. Ruth Aponté, who has been lobbying in Colorado for more than a decade, has also worked as the executive director of a non-profit organization, organized a campaign to fight a constitutional initiative and provided government relations services both in-house and on a contract basis. Aponté brings to the firm extensive experience lobbying the Colorado General Assembly and regulatory agencies on issues ranging from utility deregulation to children’s health care. She holds a Masters Degree in Political Science. Mary Kay Hogan, an attorney, served as Legal Counsel to the Colorado General Assembly in the Office of Legislative Legal Services, legal research associate for the Colorado Municipal League, and in private practice with a municipal law firm. With this background, Hogan brings to the firm relationships with local government officials, legislative drafting skills and the ability to analyze complex statutes. Her areas of specialization include tax, transportation, and local government. She holds a law degree from the University of Denver. Edie Busam comes to the firm with nineteen years experience in healthcare administration including hospice administration, reimbursement contracting, and medical device manufacturing. She has significant political experience working as Legislative Chair for the Colorado Association of Medical Services, Colorado Managed Care Contractors and the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Case Manager Society of America. Ms. Busam was also successful passing prosthetic parity legislation for the Colorado Coalition for Working Amputees, the first in the country, Her consulting practice will specialize in the areas of healthcare, nonprofit organizations and business entities. She is currently representing issues for the March of Dimes at the Colorado state capitol. Amy Redfern comes to the firm with extensive experience in the technology arena. Ms. Redfern has worked in public affairs for a multi-billion dollar corporation, developing worldwide public affairs strategies, helping to address federal, state, and local legislative issues and processes. She has also worked with government sales teams to identify procurement opportunities. Ms. Redfern has also managed contributions through corporate PACs. Ms. Redfern’s expertise lies within the technology field and she has extensive experience lobbying these issues before federal, state and local governments.
 Simply
by selecting an industry, jurisdiction, and issue, AeA MT States members
can track the status of a specific bill including a summary of the bill
and when it was last amended as well as additional details. The Legislative Action Center tools is also an exclusive benefit for AeA
member companies providing access and tools for the following information:* Find your Federal, State, and Local elected officials and how to contact them. * Write your elected officials through our online web form that matches by your zip-code. * Sign up to receive your representatives' votes in a weekly email. * Review the schedule of the U.S. Congress and state houses across the country. * Learn tips about communicating with Members of Congress and general information about Hill staffers, the legislative process and more. * Search AeA's Media Guide for news organizations.
The elections are fast approaching, AeA is dedicated to protecting and promoting the High-Tech industry at the State Capitol and the regulatory agencies. AeA created the CO-TECH PAC in in 1999 to financially support those legislators who have been and will be receptive to the technology industry's position on policy issues. Only AeA members may be PAC investors and contributions may range from $250 to $10,000. For more information please contact Jessica Wright, Executive Director of AeA MT States Council at 303.438.0571.
Friday, October 20, 2006 AeA MT States Education
Committee Initiatives
Celebrate Technology 2006 was the
second consecutive year in which two scholarships Announcing the award winners of Celebrate
Technology 2006:
Friday, November 3, 2006 October 12, 2006 Wednesday, October 18, 2006 AeA 2006 Medal of Achievement Award Dinner, San Jose, CA Since 1959, the Medal of Achievement has been presented annually for significant contributions to the advancement of the high-tech industry and for distinguished service to the community, the industry and humankind. AeA is proud to announce that John Warnock and Chuck Geschke, Co-Founders and Co-Chairmen of Adobe Systems Incorporated, will receive its 2006 Medal of Achievement Award. To learn more about this event or to register CLICK HERE Tuesday, October 31, 2006 AeA ITAR Webinar, U.S. Export Controls: Determining Which Regulatory Regime Applies to Your Business? Get the most up-to-date information from a leading expert without leaving your desk! U.S. businesses are subject to an increasingly complex array of regulatory controls on the export of their products, services and technical data. The increasing complexity of export controls and regulatory jurisdiction determinations coincides with a sharp increase in federal enforcement activity and a five-fold increase in monetary penalty authority. Knowing which regulatory regime governs a particular transaction or situation is the critical first step in ensuring compliance. For more information or to register for this event CLICK HERE. November 5-8, 2006 Executive Director p: 303.438.0571 ext.101 c: 720.319.6989 jessica_wright@aeanet.org Tiffany Barrett Program & Communications Coordinator p: 303.438.0571 ext.102 c: 303.667.8361 tiffany_barrett@aeanet.org AeA Mountain States Council
Advancing the business of technology, AeA is the nation's largest high-tech trade association. AeA represents more than 3,000 companies with 1.8 million employees. These 3000+ companies span the high-technology spectrum, from software, semiconductors, medical devices and computers to Internet technology, advanced electronics and telecommunications systems and services. With 17 regional U.S. councils and offices in Brussels and Beijing, AeA offers a unique global policy grassroots capability and a wide portfolio of valuable business services and products for the high-tech industry. AeA has been the accepted voice of the U.S. technology community since 1943. This page was
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