
The Missouri Public Transit Association held its annual conference August 10-12, 2009 at the beautiful Lake of the Ozarks at the Tan-Tar-A Resort. One of the sessions that engages members is the federal/state policy panel held during the Monday luncheon. This year, special guests included Art Guzzetti, Director of Policy for the American Public Transportation Association, Peter Henry, US Senator Christopher Bond’s office, Gary Marble, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer’s office, and Mike Winter, MPTA’s state legislative consultant. The session was facilitated by Bill Brown, Spectrum Consulting Group, who is MPTA’s federal legislative consultant.