National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Federal Facilities Council
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Asset Leadership Network
Optimizing Real Property Investments at Federal Agencies
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Decision Making Strategies from Federal Executives and Reports
The National Academies’ Federal Facility Council and the Asset Leadership Network are pleased to provide a forum for presentation of federal reports, federal agency success stories that can be repeated, and discussion on best practices for using asset management governance to address improvements in mission outcomes.
Agenda in Brief:
8:00 am – Registration / Networking
8:30 am – Welcome, thanks, overview
9:00 am – Keynote speaker
9:30 am – U.S. Government Accountability Office
10:15 am – Break
10:30 am – National Academies’ “Strategies to Renew Federal Facilities”
11:00 am – General Discussion
11:30 am – Lunch
12:30 pm – After Lunch Speaker to be confirmed
1:00 pm – Federal Best Practices in Real Property Investment Decision Making part I
2:30 pm – Break
2:45 pm – Federal Best Practices in Real Property Investment Decision Making part II
4:15 pm – Summary Panel
5:00 pm – No Host Reception and Dinner – Carmine’s Italian Restaurant
Detailed Agenda for January 10th at the Keck Center
8:00 am Registration / Networking
8:30 am Welcome, thanks, overview
Cameron Oskvig, Director, National Academies’ Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, and Federal Facilities Council; Jim Dieter, ALN CEO and Board Chair
9:00 am Keynote – Keynote speaker – Daniel Platz, United Nations, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Department of Social and Economic Affairs and Asset Management Lead; Linda Newton, President, Linda Newton Consulting;
9:30 am – U.S. Government Accountability Office – Federal Asset Management in the Context of Deferred Maintenance – (GAO-21-497 & GAO-24-105485)
Mike Armes, Assistant Director; Matt Cook, Assistant Director; Toby Gillett, Senior Analyst, (Q&A); Facilitated by Amelia Shachoy, Assistant Director(retired), and ALN Program Facilitator
10:15 am – Break
10:30 am – National Academies’ “Strategies to Renew Federal Facilities” – 7 Principles for Leaders –
Mike Aimone, Report Chair and ALN Senior Fellow, Executive at Office of the Asst. Sec. of Defense (retired); Jack Dempsey, Report Vice Chair and ALN Senior Fellow, Asset Management Partnership
11:00 am – General Discussion
11:30 am – Lunch
12:30 pm – After Lunch Speaker to be confirmed
1:00 pm – Federal Best Practices in Real Property Investment Decision Making
Chris Vick, Division Director, Bureau of Reclamation, Asset Management Division; Roger Gerber, U.S. Army, Chief, Real Property Asset Management Division; Chad Gilchrist, GSA, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Portfolio Management; Russell Weniger, Chief, Facility Operations, AFIMSC, U.S. Air Force; Brian Dolan, Facilities Activity Manager, AFIMSC/IZBF, Installation Support Directorate, Installation Engineering Division, Facility Recap/Sustainment Branch; Gardner Bayless, Senior Capital Program Manager, National Institutes of Health Office of the Director
4:15 pm – Summary Panel
Moshe Nelson, Partner, Defense and Security, Guidehouse; ALN Board of Directors Member, ALN Senior Fellow; David Brewer, F.SAME, Project Manager, Jacobs
5:00 pm – No Host Reception and Dinner – Carmine’s Italian Restaurant