2025 Fall Conference Agenda With Presentations
2025 Virtual Fall Conference
Thursday October 16, 2025
8:45 – Demas Nesterenko, Legislative and Policy Manager SEIU and Zoom Host
8:50- Walt Bowen, President, Senior Citizens’ Foundation
9:00 – Welcome Address, Bob Ferguson, Governor, State of Washington
9:15 – West Coast Health Alliance to uphold scientific integrity in Public Health, Dr. Tao Kwan-Gett, State Health Officer, WA Dept. of Health (click on link below for presentation)
https://waseniorlobby.org/wp-content/uploads/2025-10-16-DOH-Senior-Lobby-Presentation-1.pdf
9:30 – Caregiving Study, Karen Tvedt, Washington League of Women Voters
10:00 – Dementia Action Collaborative Update
- Lynne Korte, MPH, State Unit on Aging (click on link below for presentation)
10:30 – Washington Age Wave and Senior Demographics
David Mancuso, Senior Research Scientist, DSHS Research and Data Analysis Division (click on link below for presentation)
https://waseniorlobby.org/wp-content/uploads/SeniorLobby-2025-Mancuso-FINAL.pdf
11:00 – Reimagine DSHS -Focus on the Home and Community Living Administration (HCLA). (click on link below for presentation)
- Bea Rector, Assistant Secretary of HCLA (click on link below for presentation)
https://waseniorlobby.org/wp-content/uploads/SeniorLobby_Rector-October2025_HCLA.pdf
12:00 – US Representative Marilyn Strickland, Washington CD 10
12:30 – Break for Lunch
12:30 – Washington Apple Health Medicaid, Public Employees Benefits Board & Health Care Authority Activity update
- Shawn O’Neill
- Melissa Rivera, Medicaid Program Division
1:00 – Medicare Advantage – Open Enrollment – Insurance Issues – 26 Legislative Proposals
- Patty Kuderer, Washington State Insurance Commissioner
2:00 – 2026 Proposed State Budget and Revenue Options
K.D. Chapman-See, Director of Office of Financial Management (click on link below for presentation)
https://waseniorlobby.org/wp-content/uploads/Senior-Lobby-2025-Chapman-See.pdf
- Traci Underwood, Director of Policy Development and Research, Economic Opportunity Institute (click on link below for presentation)
https://waseniorlobby.org/wp-content/uploads/Senior-Lobby-Presentation-2025Underwood-EOI.pdf
3:00 – 4:00 – Flash Topics
- Cathy MacCaul, AARP, Score Card Report
- Cynthia Stewart, League of Women Voters, Update 2025 Election
- Ana Ascanio, SEIU 775, WA CARES Campaign, INT 8104
- Cathy Knight, W4A – Awards
- Pamela Williams, Washington State Ombuds
- Dennis Wheeler, State Council on Aging (SCOA) – Awards
- Laurie Weidner, Retired Public Employees Council (click on link below for presentation)
https://waseniorlobby.org/wp-content/uploads/Senior-Lobby-Fall-Conf-2025-RPEC-October-2025-.pdf
Please Note – All questions should be emailed to: Christine Garst
cbgarst@gmail.com
