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Archive -- RailPAC/NARP Joint Membership Meeting
Date
Saturday, September 24, 2016 Monday, June 6, 2016
Location
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Saturday – September 24, 2016
California State Railroad Museum
AM
9:30 Open for Registration
Coffee and Pastries
10:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Paul Dyson, President, RailPAC
Peter LeCody, Chair, NARP
Jim Mathews, President, NARP
11:00 Keynote Address
Roger Dickinson, Former Assembly Member, Sacramento, CA
11:30 ACE Forward and San Joaquin JPA
Dan Leavitt, Manager of Regional Initiatives
PM
12:00 Lunch Break
No Host
1:00 High Speed Rail
Jeff Morales, CEO, California High Speed Rail Authority
1:45 Capitol Corridor
David Kutrosky, Managing Director
2:15 Minnesota Association of Railroad Passengers
Andrew Selden
2:45 Long Distance Trains
Eric Smith, Coast Starlight and Southwest Chief Route Manager, Amtrak
3:15 Annual Meeting of Citizens for Rail California dba RailPAC
3:30 Meeting Adjourns
"I’m so proud that we came together in bipartisan fashion in the Senate to keep the Southwest Chief chugging along, and I’m grateful for this recognition from the Rail Passengers Association. This victory is a testament to what we can accomplish when we reach across the aisle and work together to advance our common interests."
Senator Tom Udall (D-NM)
April 2, 2019, on receiving the Association's Golden Spike Award for his work to protect the Southwest Chief