This year's 2008 Indiana Construction Management Summit will feature:

• 2009 Construction Industry Outlook
  Presented by Anirban Basu, Chairman & CEO, Sage Policy Group
  To address the turbulent economic times, Anirban, one of the nation's most recognizable economists, will be sharing his insights. He is an engaging speaking with impeccable credentials.
   
• 2008 Indiana Construction Industry Financial and Salary & Benefits Survey Results and Operating Your Business During This Industry Downturn
  Presented by Ken Hedlund, CPA, Principal, Somerset CPAs, P.C.
  Ken will present the results of the 2008 survey, which provide valuable information about financial trends, salaries and benefits of Indiana general and trade contractors. It is a powerful management tool for all attendees. Ken will also present a "toolbox" of ideas to improve your operations in 2009 during this industry downturn.
   
• Power Panel - Preparing for the Employee Free Choice Act
  Moderated by J.R. Gaylor, President and CEO of ABC of Indiana
  Panelists include James Hanson, Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary; Brewster Bevis, Senior Director of Legislative Affairs, ABC National; Mike Padgett, Partner, Jackson Lewis
  "Change is having a President who's walked with you on that picket line, who doesn't choke on the word 'union', who lets unions do what they do best and organize our workers and who will finally make the Employee Free Choice Act the law of the land."--Barack Obama
  With this promise by the President-Elect, merit shops need to prepare. Legal and political angles will be discussed.

Please contact Nicole Puchalski, ABC Apprenticeship & Events Coordinator, at 317.596.4950 or nicole@abc-indy.org with any questions.
 

About the Speakers

Anirban Basu
Mr. Basu is Chairman & CEO of Sage Policy Group, Inc., an economic and policy consulting firm in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Basu is one of the Mid-Atlantic region's most recognizable economists, in part because of his consulting work on behalf of numerous clients, including prominent developers, bankers, brokerage houses, energy suppliers and law firms. On behalf of government agencies and non-profit organizations, Mr. Basu has written several high-profile economic development strategies, including coauthoring Baltimore City's economic growth strategy. In recent years, he has focused upon health economics, the economics of education and economic development. He currently lectures at Johns Hopkins University in micro-, macro- and international economics. Mr. Basu is involved with numerous organizations in a voluntary capacity, including serving as a Baltimore City Public School System board member. Mr. Basu is also on the boards of Union Memorial Hospital, the MedStar strategic planning committee, Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity and the Maryland Business Council. He is also chairman of the Baltimore County Economic Advisory Committee and economic advisor to the Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Basu earned his B.S. in Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 1990. He earned his Master's in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and his Master's in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. His Juris Doctor was earned at the University of Maryland School of Law in 2003.

Ken Hedlund
Ken is the principal in charge of Somerset's Construction & A/E Team and works closely with clients to meet their needs in the business management, audit and tax areas. Ken routinely consults with construction, architect and engineering clients on operational and efficiency issues. Prior to joining the firm, Ken was involved in the running of a successful, closely-held business, and he effectively applies this experience to help clients make financial and operating decisions. He received his B.S. degree from Purdue University in 1982. Ken speaks to various organizations, including the Associated Builders and Contractors, Indiana Subcontractors Association, BDO Seidman, the Indiana CPA Society and other groups on tax, accounting and management issues specifically related to the construction and design industries. Ken regularly writes articles for various publications, including the Indianapolis Business Journal, Hoosier Contractor and Equipment Today. Ken is on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Indiana and serves as the State Treasurer. In 2004 Ken was awarded the James J. Leonard Memorial Award, which is given annually to one ABC member for meritorious service and outstanding leadership to the industry and the association. He also received the S. Douglas Trolson Associates Image Award in 2004 and the Model Member Image Award in 2008, both from ABC of Indiana. In 2008, Ken was named "Outstanding CPA in Public Practice" by the Indiana CPA Society. He is an officer of the Finance Council of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis serving as Secretary. He is also an officer on the Executive Board of the Indianapolis Parks Foundation serving as Treasurer. Ken was the founding Executive Committee Chairman of the BDO Seidman Alliance's Construction Industry Group and is currently Chair of the Business Development/Value-Add Committee. Ken is a member of the Indiana CPA Society, American Institute of CPAs, Construction Financial Management Association, Indiana Subcontractors Association, American Institute of Architects and American Council of Engineering Companies.

J.R. Gaylor
J.R. is the President and CEO of ABC, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. of Indiana. J.R. is also a Registered Lobbyist to the Indiana General Assembly. He is currently serving a three-year term on the Board of Trustees for Vincennes University as a Governor's appointee. J.R. also is on the board of directors of the Indiana Construction Roundtable. For the past seven years, J.R. has been named as Who's Who of Construction Design/Engineering in the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ), and named one of fifteen "Power Players" in the Indiana construction industry in 2005 by the IBJ.

Brewster Bevis
Brewster currently serves as the Senior Director of Legislative affairs for the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) where he has oversight on all legislative issues. Prior to joining ABC, Brewster was a Presidential Appointee in the Administration of President George W. Bush were he served as a Legislative Officer in the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor. Prior to working at the Department of Labor, Brewster served on the 55th Presidential Inaugural Committee. Brewster also worked for Bush-Cheney '04 as a Regional Political Director in Florida. Prior to this he served on Capitol Hill in the office of former Florida Congresswoman Katherine Harris. Brewster also worked on Congresswoman Harris' first Congressional campaign as well as working with Katherine Harris when she served as Florida's Secretary of State. Brewster is from Tallahassee, Florida and attended Florida State University where he received his B.S. in International Affairs.

James Hanson
Mr. Hanson has advised and represented numerous employers in the transportation, construction and other industries in a wide variety of management labor and employment-related matters, including defending wrongful discharge and discrimination claims; negotiating severance agreements; preparing employee handbooks, policy manuals and substance abuse and harassment policies; negotiating collective bargaining agreements; conducting counter-union organizing campaigns; handling wage and hour investigations; counseling employers on FLSA, FMLA and COBRA compliance; and representing employers before the NLRB, the EEOC, the U.S. Department of Labor and other state and federal agencies and in litigation in federal and state courts. He has also advised and represented clients in claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Multiemployer Pension Plan Act (MPPAA). Named as one of the top 5% of Indiana lawyers by the 2004-2007 Indiana Super Lawyers peer selection survey, Mr. Hanson has lectured nationally on numerous labor and employment matters. Mr. Hanson has also argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Hanson graduated from Anderson University (B.A., magna cum laude) and the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., magna cum laude). Licensed in Indiana in 1981, Mr. Hanson is admitted to practice before all Indiana state and federal courts, the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Second, Sixth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana State (Labor and Employment Section) and American Bar Associations (Labor and Employment and Litigation Sections) and a member of and director of the National Transportation Employee Relations Association. He is also the chapter attorney for the Associated Builders & Contractors, Indiana Chapter, Inc.

Mike Padgett
Mike is a partner in Jackson Lewis's Chicago office, with his office residence in Indianapolis. Mr. Padgett's practice covers a broad range of employment litigation and traditional labor matters. His litigation experience includes defending claims of race, age, national origin and gender discrimination, as well as sexual harassment, unlawful retaliation, wage and hour claims (including class actions), non-compete matters and occupational safety and health matters. Mr. Padgett has handled these matters in federal and state courts in several states, as well as in the Seventh and Fifth U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals. Mr. Padgett has extensive experience in defending claims before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor and state and local labor and employment agencies. Mr. Padgett also has broad experience in traditional labor matters, including negotiating collective bargaining agreements, representing employers in grievance arbitration proceedings, handling unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board and defending employers in breach of contract litigation. Mr. Padgett served as lead labor counsel for the owner in negotiating the project labor agreement governing the construction of a new NFL football stadium in Indianapolis. Mr. Padgett routinely counsels clients on a variety of labor and employment issues, conducts employee training seminars and speaks on employment-related topics to various organizations. Mr. Padgett graduated cum laude from the Indiana University School of Law. His undergraduate degree is in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Purdue University and Mr. Padgett worked as a mechanical engineer in Indianapolis for four years prior to entering law school. Prior to entering the private practice of law, Mr. Padgett served as Chief Counsel to the Indiana Department of Labor.