Annual Washington Meetings

Online WCI Board of Directors meeting - open to all WCI members

Due to COVID, our traditional in-person Washington Meetings format has transitioned to an online WCI Board of Directors meeting.  All WCI members in good standing are welcome to sit in.   

Our outreach to Congress has also gone online - the WCI Action Center allows you to communicate directly with your legislators with a click of a mouse- email or Tweet your House Representative and Senators, with our prewritten (but editable) messages, and you can share on Facebook that you stood up for locks and dams!  

Join us again in person in 2022 for one of the premier fly-in events for waterways transportation stakeholders 

VIEW THE 2020 PRESENTATIONS

• Eddie Belk, Chief of Civil Works Programs Integration, USACE HQ   
•  Tom Smith, Chief, Operations and Regulatory,  LRD/NAD Regional Integration, USACE HQ  
• Michael Ott, Chief, Navigation Branch, USACE HQ
•      MG Scott Spellmon, Deputy Commanding General for Civil & Emergency Operations, USACE HQ     
•          "Emergence of Corn Belt Ports," Bob Sinkler, Dawson & Associates   
  •      Corn Belt Ports map  

Wednesday, February 12, 2020: 

• Buffet breakfast & networking
• WCI Board of Directors meeting (open to all WCI members)
• Keynote luncheon with political analyst Charlie Cook

Widely considered to be one of the nation’s most respected and impartial analyst of American politics, elections and political trends.  As the editor and publisher of The Cook Political Report, columnist for National Journal, political analyst for NBC News and co-author of the upcoming 2020 edition of the Almanac of American Politics, Mr. Cook’s prodigious writing is a direct line to the heart of politics.

Deemed “the Picasso of election analysis” by The Wall Street Journal, he produces the sharpest and most impartial political handicapping in the business, serving as the one-man, go-to-source for Americans who want to be “in the know” about politics.

• Addresses by legislators on key committees  
• Congressional staff panel 
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers panel on ongoing projects 
• Gen. Todd Semonite, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief
• Opening Reception

Thursday, February 13, 2020: 

• Buffet breakfast & networking
• Capitol Hill meetings

• 19th Annual Leadership Service Award reception (NEW this year! Reception held in Capitol Building)

Friday, February 14, 2020: 

• Buffet breakfast & networking
• Adjourn
• WCI Membership Development and Retention Committee Meeting (invited guests)
• National Waterways Foundation meeting (invited guests) 

Questions?  Please contact Medina Moran, 202-765-2115 or mmoran@waterwayscouncil.org

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2019 Washington Meetings Presentations

The Barge Industry: Are We At A Major Inflection Point?
Sand or Toth, President, Criton Corporation

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program Update
 Edward E. Belk, Jr. PE, Chief, Civil Works Programs Integration Division
Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers

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