Agenda & Presentation Materials
A list of all FSI 2025 attendees.
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FSI 2025 Schedule
Day 1 | 02.11.2025
8:30 - 10 AM: Business, Voting Meeting & Board Meeting (Members Only, Maple Room)
10 - 11 AM: Registration & Sponsors Exhibits
11 - 12 PM: State Outlook Addressing Wildfire & Forest Management
Wade Crowfoot, Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency
Yana Garcia, Secretary, Environmental Protection Agency
12 - 1:30 PM: Lunch Buffet Service & Networking
Sponsored by AmericanAg Credit
1:30 - 2:30 PM: Tribal Engagement Relations
George Gentry, Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Calforests (moderator)
Dawn Blake-McQuillen, Wildlife Program Manager, Hoopa Valley Tribe
Phillip Rigdon, DNR Superintendent, Yakama Nation
Josh Cook, Tribal Advisor, Mooretown Rancheria
1:30 - 3:30 PM: NiVAK Group Listening Session on the THP Synchronization Process (Maple Room)
2:30 - 3 PM: Break & Sponsors Exhibits
3 - 4:30 PM: Legislative Panel
Kris Rosa, Rostrum, Principal (moderator)
Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris
Assemblymember Chris Rogers
Assemblymember David Tangipa
Assemblymember Gail Pellerin
5 - 7 PM: Reception & Networking
Sponsored by Paul Hastings
Day 2 | 02.12.2024
7 - 8 AM: Registration, Breakfast Buffet Service & Sponsors Exhibits
8 - 9 AM: Federal Legislative Review
Bill Imbergamo, Executive Director, Federal Forest Resource Coalition
9 - 9:45 AM: Break & Sponsors Exhibits
9:45 - 10:45 AM: Examining California’s Political Landscape
Rob Stutzman, Founder and President of Stutzman Public Affairs
Steven Maviglio, Principal of Forza Communications
10:45 - 11:30 AM: Prescribed Fire Liability Insurance Breakthroughs – Putting Beneficial Fire
Back In The Toolbox To Fix Our Forests
David Dybdahl, American Risk Management Resource Network
William Dessert, Arroyo Insurance Services
11:30 AM - 1 PM: Lunch Buffet Service & Networking
Sponsored by Actum
1 - 2 PM: The Contemporary Fire Suppression System in California
Matt Sully, CAL FIRE, Deputy Director Cooperative Fire Protection
George Morris III, CAL FIRE, Northern Region Chief
Jaime Gamboa, USFS Region 5, Director of Fire Fuels & Aviation Management
2 - 3 PM: Legal Update
Galen Schuler, Vice President, General Counsel, Green Diamond (moderator)
Sara Ghafouri, General Counsel, American Forest Resource Council
Chris Carr, Partner, Paul Hastings
Josh Newton, Partner, Best Best and Krieger
2 - 3 PM: Student Reception (by invitation only, Maple Room)
3 - 3:45 PM: Break & Sponsors Exhibits
3:45 - 5 PM: New and Emerging Technologies & Innovations
Merritt Jenkins, CEO, Kodama
Andy Miller, CEO, Loamist
Carsten Brinkschulte, Co-founder & CEO, Dryad Networks
Scott Holmquist, Principal Consultant, Perimeter Solutions
5 - 6 PM: Revitalization Break & Networking
6 - 8 PM: The Rendezvous (optional event, additional ticket must be purchased)
Sponsored by Arroyo Insurance Services
Todd Morgan, Director, University of Montana - Timber Product Output (TPO) Discussion
Thank you to our FSI 2024 Sponsors!
