Ginger Baldwin
External Planning Analyst
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

Kristyn Royster
PAC Director
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Ensuring your PAC operations, communications and activities are compliant is the foundation of a successful program. An election law expert will provide a comprehensive legal overview for corporate PACs. This session will cover basic campaign finance rules for operating a PAC, defining and soliciting your eligible class and other topics specific to corporate PAC compliance.

Kenneth Gross
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom
@SkaddenArps

Ensuring your PAC operations, communications and activities are compliant is the foundation of a successful program. Hear from an election law expert who will provide a comprehensive legal overview for association PACs. This session will cover basic campaign finance rules for operating a PAC, defining and soliciting your eligible class, securing prior authorization and other topics specific to association PACs.

Promoting PAC support and participation is often a challenge within foreign-owned corporations, multi-national associations or organizations whose senior leadership is largely comprised of foreign nationals. PAC professionals with experience navigating these complexities will speak to strategies they’ve used to achieve PAC success and growth.

Benchmarking data shows 48% of responding corporations report making state-level corporate contributions in states where it’s permissible. PAC professionals often manage their company’s state-level corporate contributions in addition to the PAC. Join a roundtable discussion of your peers, led by an election law attorney, on strategies for managing compliant PAC and political giving across jurisdictions and determining where to focus your corporate dollars.

Melissa Miles
Counsel
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom

Incentivizing PAC participation through events, rewards and experiences is increasingly effective for many PACs. However, there are a series of considerations, including state and local gift laws, specific to activities such as raffles and sweepstakes PACs must comply with. An election law expert will provide a detailed overview of implementing these activities, including:

• A review of participation requirements and related legal considerations
• The key differences between raffles and sweepstakes and how to structure them
• How to determine the right approach for your PAC

One of the greatest burdens on PAC administration is managing records and data to ensure you have the most accurate information for your eligible population. The integrity of your records and database is not only crucial for effective outreach, but also for ensuring and maintaining PAC compliance. Whether you inherited inaccurate data and don’t know where to start or you’re simply looking to better integrate efforts within your membership or grassroots activities, our speakers are here to help.

Ginger Baldwin
External Planning Analyst
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

Kristyn Royster
PAC Director
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

There are more options than ever for your PAC disbursements — from directly supporting campaign committees and leadership PACs to party committees, building funds, convention activities, debt-retirement and more. Our speakers will weigh the pros and cons of these strategies, including considerations for PACs based on size, objectives and giving guidelines.

Ethan Easterwood
PAC Manager, Government Affairs
Leidos Holdings, Inc.

Whether it’s for a solicitation letter, talking points for your PAC champions or a video script, we all struggle with new language to promote our PACs. In this interactive session, breakout groups will dissect a standard solicitation letter to improve the message and make it more engaging. A facilitator will provide expert tips on creating compelling solicitations and share strategies for showing the value of your PAC in a way that will excite and motivate your eligibles to join.

Ensuring your PAC operations, communications and activities are compliant is the foundation of a successful program. An election law expert will provide a comprehensive legal overview for corporate PACs. This session will cover basic campaign finance rules for operating a PAC, defining and soliciting your eligible class and other topics specific to corporate PAC compliance.

Kenneth Gross
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom
@SkaddenArps

Connect with your PAC peers to address common struggles, and share best practices while engaging in a rapid-fire exchange of ideas.

Corporate PAC topics will include: handling international CEOs or reluctant senior leadership teams, connecting with a solicitable class scattered throughout the country and providing onboarding or new hire education efforts.

Connect with your PAC peers to address common struggles, and share best practices while engaging in a rapid-fire exchange of ideas.

Association PAC topics will include: prior approval challenges, onboarding new members, working with state associations and strategies for soliciting member companies.

Ensuring your PAC operations, communications and activities are compliant is the foundation of a successful program. Hear from an election law expert who will provide a comprehensive legal overview for association PACs. This session will cover basic campaign finance rules for operating a PAC, defining and soliciting your eligible class, securing prior authorization and other topics specific to association PACs.

Promoting PAC support and participation is often a challenge within foreign-owned corporations, multi-national associations or organizations whose senior leadership is largely comprised of foreign nationals. PAC professionals with experience navigating these complexities will speak to strategies they’ve used to achieve PAC success and growth.

Looking to build and distribute creative content for your PAC to better explain its purpose and impact? Learn how to make your website, slide decks or reports more engaging through:

• Building a content strategy that advances your PAC efforts and leverages the best messages for both educating and soliciting
• Best practices for creating and managing your content
• Trends and strategies in content creation and distribution

Jennifer Brooks
PAC Manager
Northrop Grumman

A strong peer-to-peer program is one of the best ways to grow PAC receipts, recruit new members and create excitement around PAC engagement. Finding champions to promote your PAC and help develop successful programs doesn’t happen overnight. Join our speakers to discuss challenges and solutions, such as:

• Tactics for launching a peer-to-peer program or enhancing an existing program
• How to find, recruit and train the right champions while keeping them motivated and engaged

Connect with your PAC peers to address common struggles and share best practices in a rapid-fire exchange of ideas.

Association PAC topics will include: prior approval challenges, onboarding new members, working with state associations and strategies for soliciting member companies.

Connect with your PAC peers to address common struggles and share best practices in a rapid-fire exchange of ideas.

Corporate PAC topics will include: working with international CEOs or reluctant senior leadership teams, connecting with a solicitable class scattered throughout the country and providing onboarding or new hire education efforts.

A panel of PAC professionals representing corporate and association PACs of all sizes will answer audience questions and share their best ideas. This rapid-fire session will encourage both the panelists and audience to share experiences, challenges and everything in between — whether that’s a big idea that led to major change or one that fell flat. Come prepared with questions of your own!

Jewelyn Cosgrove
Director, Federal Government Affairs
Healthcare Distribution Alliance

For many PACs, hiring consultants or purchasing products can be a significant investment, in budget and staff time. Hear from managers with experience navigating product and vendor options, evaluating results and making changes along the way to create successful partnerships and achieve desired outcomes.

Benchmarking data shows 48% of responding corporations report making state-level corporate contributions in states where it’s permissible. PAC professionals often manage their company’s state-level corporate contributions in addition to the PAC. Join a roundtable discussion of your peers, led by an election law attorney, on strategies for managing compliant PAC and political giving across jurisdictions and determining where to focus your corporate dollars.

Melissa Miles
Counsel
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom

Incentivizing PAC participation through events, rewards and experiences is increasingly effective for many PACs. However, there are a series of considerations, including state and local gift laws, specific to activities such as raffles and sweepstakes PACs must comply with. An election law expert will provide a detailed overview of implementing these activities, including:

• A review of participation requirements and related legal considerations
• The key differences between raffles and sweepstakes and how to structure them
• How to determine the right approach for your PAC

Managing a PAC naturally requires creative thinking and problem solving. While internal and external restrictions often limit us, the best PAC managers are challenged to think differently to implement their ideas. This conversation will provide direct examples from practitioners of how they altered or tweaked their original ideas to find success with alternative solutions.

Gabrielle Woodard
Government Affairs Coordinator
Northrop Grumman

One of the greatest burdens on PAC administration is managing records and data to ensure you have the most accurate information for your eligible population. The integrity of your records and database is not only crucial for effective outreach, but also for ensuring and maintaining PAC compliance. Whether you inherited inaccurate data and don’t know where to start or you’re simply looking to better integrate efforts within your membership or grassroots activities, our speakers are here to help.

Ginger Baldwin
External Planning Analyst
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

Kristyn Royster
PAC Director
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

There are more options than ever for your PAC disbursements — from directly supporting campaign committees and leadership PACs to party committees, building funds, convention activities, debt-retirement and more. Our speakers will weigh the pros and cons of these strategies, including considerations for PACs based on size, objectives and giving guidelines.

Ethan Easterwood
PAC Manager, Government Affairs
Leidos Holdings, Inc.

Ensuring your PAC operations, communications and activities are compliant is the foundation of a successful program. An election law expert will provide a comprehensive legal overview for corporate PACs. This session will cover basic campaign finance rules for operating a PAC, defining and soliciting your eligible class and other topics specific to corporate PAC compliance.

Kenneth Gross
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom
@SkaddenArps

Connect with your PAC peers to address common struggles, and share best practices while engaging in a rapid-fire exchange of ideas.

Corporate PAC topics will include: handling international CEOs or reluctant senior leadership teams, connecting with a solicitable class scattered throughout the country and providing onboarding or new hire education efforts.

Connect with your PAC peers to address common struggles, and share best practices while engaging in a rapid-fire exchange of ideas.

Association PAC topics will include: prior approval challenges, onboarding new members, working with state associations and strategies for soliciting member companies.

Ensuring your PAC operations, communications and activities are compliant is the foundation of a successful program. Hear from an election law expert who will provide a comprehensive legal overview for association PACs. This session will cover basic campaign finance rules for operating a PAC, defining and soliciting your eligible class, securing prior authorization and other topics specific to association PACs.

Promoting PAC support and participation is often a challenge within foreign-owned corporations, multi-national associations or organizations whose senior leadership is largely comprised of foreign nationals. PAC professionals with experience navigating these complexities will speak to strategies they’ve used to achieve PAC success and growth.

A strong peer-to-peer program is one of the best ways to grow PAC receipts, recruit new members and create excitement around PAC engagement. Finding champions to promote your PAC and help develop successful programs doesn’t happen overnight. Join our speakers to discuss challenges and solutions, such as:

• Tactics for launching a peer-to-peer program or enhancing an existing program
• How to find, recruit and train the right champions while keeping them motivated and engaged

Connect with your PAC peers to address common struggles and share best practices in a rapid-fire exchange of ideas.

Association PAC topics will include: prior approval challenges, onboarding new members, working with state associations and strategies for soliciting member companies.

Connect with your PAC peers to address common struggles and share best practices in a rapid-fire exchange of ideas.

Corporate PAC topics will include: working with international CEOs or reluctant senior leadership teams, connecting with a solicitable class scattered throughout the country and providing onboarding or new hire education efforts.

A panel of PAC professionals representing corporate and association PACs of all sizes will answer audience questions and share their best ideas. This rapid-fire session will encourage both the panelists and audience to share experiences, challenges and everything in between — whether that’s a big idea that led to major change or one that fell flat. Come prepared with questions of your own!

Jewelyn Cosgrove
Director, Federal Government Affairs
Healthcare Distribution Alliance

For many PACs, hiring consultants or purchasing products can be a significant investment, in budget and staff time. Hear from managers with experience navigating product and vendor options, evaluating results and making changes along the way to create successful partnerships and achieve desired outcomes.

Benchmarking data shows 48% of responding corporations report making state-level corporate contributions in states where it’s permissible. PAC professionals often manage their company’s state-level corporate contributions in addition to the PAC. Join a roundtable discussion of your peers, led by an election law attorney, on strategies for managing compliant PAC and political giving across jurisdictions and determining where to focus your corporate dollars.

Melissa Miles
Counsel
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom

As you progress in your career, you’ll likely become more involved in or responsible for hiring talent for your team. Identifying the right person for the job is often not as easy as it seems. Hear from both an expert and a practitioner on strategies for finding, hiring and empowering top-tier talent.

There’s never been a more important time to discuss navigating potential controversy and reputational risk. Hear from experts on how to prepare for controversy surrounding political support, including prepping senior leadership, PAC boards and others internally. Additionally, hear case studies on how organizations have responded to media and stakeholder scrutiny of PAC contributions.

Managing a PAC naturally requires creative thinking and problem solving. While internal and external restrictions often limit us, the best PAC managers are challenged to think differently to implement their ideas. This conversation will provide direct examples from practitioners of how they altered or tweaked their original ideas to find success with alternative solutions.

Gabrielle Woodard
Government Affairs Coordinator
Northrop Grumman

One of the greatest burdens on PAC administration is managing records and data to ensure you have the most accurate information for your eligible population. The integrity of your records and database is not only crucial for effective outreach, but also for ensuring and maintaining PAC compliance. Whether you inherited inaccurate data and don’t know where to start or you’re simply looking to better integrate efforts within your membership or grassroots activities, our speakers are here to help.

Regardless of your career level, it’s always important to think ahead, accept new challenges and push yourself to continue evolving as a professional. Whether you’re looking to secure a raise or promotion or move into a new role altogether, this session will provide insight into communicating your value, demonstrating your worth and taking control of your career advancement.

As you progress in your career, you’ll likely become more involved in or responsible for hiring talent for your team. Identifying the right person for the job is often not as easy as it seems. Hear from both an expert and a practitioner on strategies for finding, hiring and empowering top-tier talent.

Does your portfolio include both PAC and lobbying responsibilities? Do you sometimes feel torn between devoting enough attention to both areas? This session will provide tips and strategies for working effectively in both arenas, including how to add a lobbying or policy focus to your existing PAC role.