youth government day - april 25, 2015

THE PAUL SIMON PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE
YOUTH GOVERNMENT DAY - APRIL 25, 2015
8:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental
Breakfast, William G. Stratton
Building, Cafeteria
8:45 a.m.
Introductions
House of Representatives Chamber
9:00 a.m.
Welcome Address
Special Speaker to
be announced.
9:50 a.m.
Move to breakout Sessions
10:00 a.m.
Three Breakout Sessions
Students will be divided into three
groups and rotate through
presentations in the House and
Senate chambers and the old
Supreme Court room.
Presenters will include:
Avery Bourne, (R-Litchfield) Illinois
State Representative, 95th District
Carol Ammons, (D-Champaign)
Illinois State Representative, 103rd
District
Sheleda Doss, Deputy Legislative
Director at Illinois State Treasurer’s
Office
David Kelm, Senior Legal Counsel to
Illinois House Republican Leader Jim
Durkin and Columnist at Springfield
Business Journal
Sean Flynn, Legislative & Regulatory
Affairs at Neil F. Flynn & Associates
Moderators: Brione Lockett, Alex-
ander Lane Intern, and Adrian Miller,
Gene Callahan Intern, Paul Simon
Public Policy Institute and Bryen
Johnson, Legislative Director at Illinois
Federation of Teachers
12:00 p.m.
Lunch, Stratton Building Cafeteria
1:00 p.m.
State Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
(R-Jacksonville)
Howlett Auditorium
C.D. Davidsmeyer was born and
raised in Jacksonville, Illinois, and
earned his BA in Political Science from
Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Following his graduation, Davidsmeyer
worked as a Legislative Assistant to
Congressman John Shimkus in
Washington, DC. In 2008, he joined
the Jacksonville City Council and
served as the Chairman of the Public
Protection Committee and most
recently as Chair of the Finance
Committee. During that time he also
served at the local Chamber of Commerce, Rotary and Library Board.
He was appointed to the House of
Representatives in December 2012,
and sworn in for a full term in the 98th
General Assembly in January 2013.
2:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Linda Baker, University Professor,
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
2:30 p.m.
Participants are invited to
independently visit the Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library and
Museum as guests of the Institute.
Registration deadline is April 10.
Please contact Carol Greenlee at 618/453-4078 or cgreenlee@siu.edu
www.paulsimoninstitute.org