EVENT PROGRAM

8:30 AM

Breakfast & Networking

9:00 AM

Opening Remarks

Nick Smith, VEP Board Chair

Estes Park Mayor Gary Hall, VEP Board Member

Larimer County Commissioner Jody Shadduck-McNally, VEP Board Vice Chair

Emcee

Papae I. Litchfield, VEP Advocacy, Communications & External Affairs Manager

9:15 AM

State of the Industry and Q&A
Sarah Leonard, VEP CEO

10:05 AM

Break

10:15 AM 

Remarks by Gubernatorial Candidates

Greg Lopez (Unaffiliated)

 Jeff Peckman (Unity)

10:25 AM

Thought-leadership panel discussion and Q&A

Moderator

Sarah Leonard

Panelists

Sean Jurgens, Owner, Quality Inn, VEP Board Secretary/Treasurer

Serena Rappel, Owner, Munchin House, Caramel Corn, Shining Moon Boutique, The Lazy Moose, & Blackbird Enterprises, 

Gary Ingram, Superintendent, Rocky Mountain National Park

Tim Wolfe, Director, Colorado Tourism Office

11:25 AM

Inaugural VEP Tourism Awards Ceremony

Sarah Leonard

Dana Paiement

Nick Smith

Mayor Gary Hall

11:55 AM

Closing Remarks

12 PM

Program Concludes