December 2008

Date: December 3, 2008
Event: NAM Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence
Guest: Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO-05)
Host: Springs Fabrication
Location: 850 Aeroplaza Drive, Colorado Springs, CO
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cost: No charge
NAM Staff: Colleen Vivori, Director, Public Affairs
Tel: (202) 637-3114 E-mail: cvivori@nam.org

Date: December 3, 2008    
Event: NAM Food and Beverage Industry Group Meeting
Host: Ronald Graf, Senior Director, Government Relations, The Hershey Company
Location: NAM Headquarters, Washington, DC – Manufacturer’s Room
Time: Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Cost: No charge. Participation available via teleconference - to register please contact Anne McNamara at amcnamara@nam.org or (651-292-3914)
NAM Staff: Chip Tangen, Regional Manager and,
Jerry Hodge, Sr. Regional Manager
Tel: (651) 292-4691; (724) 773-0225 
E-mail: ctangen@nam.org; jhodge@nam.org

Date: December 16, 2008    
Event: NAM Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence
Guest: Senator David Vitter (R-LA)
Committees:  Commerce, Science & Transportation; Environment & Publc Works; Foreign Relation; Small Business & Entrepreneurship; Special Aging
Host: McDermott International
Location: 2317 Highway 662 South, Amelia, LA
Time: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Cost: No charge
NAM Staff: Joan Nelson, Office Manager
Tel: (713) 863-7575
E-mail: jnelson@nam.org

Date: December 17, 2008    
Event: NAM Senatorial Dialogue and Award Event
Guest: Senator George Voinovich (R-OH)
Committees:  Environment & Public Works; Foreign Relations; Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
Hosts: NAM Board Members:  William Belden, Chairman & CEO, The Belden Brick Company; Christopher Connor, Chairman & CEO, The Sherwin-Williams Company; James Griffith, President & CEO, The Timken Company; Michael Morris, Chairman, President & CEO, American Electric Power; Rick Schostek, Vice President, Honda; John Stropki, Chairman, President & CEO, Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.; Thomas Welsh, Senior Vice President, FirstEnergy Corp.
Location: The Union Club, 1211 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH
Time: Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Cost: No charge - To register contact NAM Staff, Lisa Gilliana at (773) 243-8315 or lgilliana@nam.org
NAM Staff: Jeannine Tini Pierce, Asst. VP & Sr. Regional Manager
Tel: (586) 323-9001
E-mail: jtini@nam.org

Date: December 18, 2008    
Event: NAM Tax Policy Agenda Luncheon
Guest: Dorothy Coleman, Vice President of Tax Policy, NAM
Host: NAM Director John F. Lundgren, Chairman and CEO, The Stanley Works and Michael Bartone, Vice President of Tax, The Stanley Works
Location: 1000 Stanley Drive, New Britain, CT
Time: 12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Cost: No charge. To register, contact Georgene Delaney at gdelaney@nam.org
NAM Staff: Bruce Stebbins, Sr. Regional Manager
Tel: (413) 731-5577 E-mail: bstebbins@nam.org

January 2009

Date: January 28, 2009    (Invitation only)
Event: Executive Leadership Dinner
Guest: Gov. John Engler, President and CEO, NAM
Host: Nat Ricciardi, President/Team Leader PGM, Pfizer Inc.
Location: Pfizer Inc., 235 East 42nd Street, New York, NY
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Cost: No charge
NAM Staff: Adria Funkhouser, Regional Manager
Tel: (858) 449-9190
E-mail: afunkhouser@nam.org

From left: House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) meets with Jay Timmons, NAM Senior Vice President - Policy and Government Relations, and NAM President John Engler