2025 APTA Advocacy Afternoon Training Webinar

APTA Government Affairs and Advocacy (GAA) is hosting an Advocacy Afternoon for APTA members to visit with their Member of Congress on May 20, 2025, on the last day of the APTA Legislative Conference. A week before the Advocacy Afternoon, APTA GAA will host a webinar to discuss the Soapbox platform, review schedules, and advocacy tools.

Panelists:

• Jillian Kinder, Legislative Representative, Government Affairs and Advocacy, APTA (Moderator)
• Beth Holbrook, Chair, APTA Legislative Committee
• Raymond Melleady, Chair, APTA Business Member Board of Governors
• Caroline Decker, Chair, APTA Business Member Legislative Subcommittee
• Stephen Kendrick, Senior Program Manager, Communications and Marketing, APTA
• Matt Dickens, Senior Director, Policy Development and Research, Government Affairs and Advocacy, APTA
• Kevin Schultze, President, Soapbox Consulting, LLC