2025 EXPO DAY

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Expo Welcome & Breakfast for Fellows
Continental Ballroom

SESSION ONE
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Why You: How to Transform Your Story Into a Competitive Advantage
Vicki Johnson
Room 309

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Keynote Speaker
James Christian Blockwood,
President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Academy of Public Administration
Auditorium

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Break

SESSION ONE
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
Panel: Pathways to Public Service
Moderator: Josh Diosomito,
Executive Director, PPIA
Charles Carithers
Principal, Cornerstone Government Affairs
Luis Noe-Bustamante
Research Associate, Pew Research Center
Ednise Sainval-Compère
Research & Data Operations Manager, Office of Talent and Development, House of Representatives
Ashanta Williams
Assistant Director, Government Accountability Office
Vicki Johnson, Room 309

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch

SESSION THREE
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Alumni Panel featuring CMU Heinz College & Princeton SPIA Alumni
Jose Altamirano, PPIA Fellow 2016
Moriah Tafoya, PPIA Fellow 2016
Esther Owolabi, PPIA Fellow 2014
Room 309

PPIA Updates & Town Hall
led by Interim Executive Director Josh Diosomito
Auditorium | Exhibitors & Consortium
Members Welcome

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Break & Headshots
Grand & Continental Ballrooms

3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Public Service Expo
Grand & Continental Ballrooms

5:30 PM
End of Program for Fellows & Exhibitors