BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1416@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201210T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201210T120000 DTSTAMP:20201211T124816Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/trailblazers-2020 SUMMARY:AZBio Trailblazer Awards and Legislator Appreciation Event - Virtua l Via Webex - 10 Dec 20 11:00 DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n10th ANNUAL AZBIO TRAILBLAZER AWARDS\nAND LEGISLATOR APPRECIATION EVENT\n\nHONORING THE LEGISLATORS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS \ ; \nWHO ARE BLAZING THE TRAIL FOR THE GROWTH OF ARIZONA'S BIOINDUSTRY\n\n\ n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\nPursuant to AZBio Policy\, complimentary registration to all AZBio events is extended equally to all persons servi ng and elected-to serve in elected office at the local\, state\, and feder al level on behalf of the people of Arizona and to Arizona Executive Branc h\, Legislative and Congressional Staff. \; This courtesy is also exte nded to candidates registered for upcoming elections.\nJoin AZBio and memb ers of the Arizona Business and Bioscience Community for a special virtual event to honor our Arizona Legislators and the State and Local Elected Of ficials who have made it possible for the Arizona Bioscience Industry  \; to gain national recognition\, build capital infrastructure\, and take its place as a leader in both scientific discovery and job growth.\n\n\nDe cember 10\, 2020 -- virtual via Webex\n\n\nThe AZBio Trailblazer Awards an d Legislator Appreciation Luncheon\n\n\nAgenda:\n\n11:00 AM \;  \; Program Begins\n\n12:00 PM \;  \;Program Concludes\n\n \;\n\nA ZBio Trailblazer Honorees:\n\nEach year\, AZBio looks back across the legi slative session to identify those leaders whose actions and active engagem ent support the growth of Arizona’s life science and healthcare industry and help to ensure the people of Arizona benefit from its success. \; Scores are then tallied and the top ten legislative leaders are named the year’s Trailblazers.\n\nThe 2020 Trailblazers are:\n\n Sen. Sean Bowie \n Sen. Kate Brophy McGee \;\n Sen. David Gowan \;\n Sen. Tyler Pace\n Rep. Nancy Barto\n Rep. Kelli Butler\n Rep. Regina Cobb\n Rep. Daniel Hernandez\, Jr.\n Rep. Amish Shah\, MD\n Rep. Michelle Udall&nbs p\;\n\nChampions Award: Senator Heather Carter \;\n\nJoin us as we com e together to \; thank these Arizona Legislators for their service to the community and for championing research\, education\, innovation\, the growth of Arizona’s bioscience sector\, and for ensuring that Arizona pa tients benefit from life science innovation. \; \;\n\nLooking forw ard to 2021\n\nArizona’s elected leaders play a key role in shaping Ariz ona’s future. \; In addition to a ceremony honoring the 2020 Trailbl azers\, the event will feature a panel of thought leaders discussing key i ssues related to education\, health\, and Arizona’s growing innovation e conomy.\n\nPanelists:\n\n Senator Sean Bowie \;serves as a member of the Senate Appropriations\, Commerce\, and Finance Committees. In addition to these committees\, he is intently focused on restoring education inves tment to our K-12 schools and higher educational institutions. He sponsore d three bills that were signed into law over the last two years that provi de more mental health support for our children\, including the Mitch Warno ck Act in 2019\, which requires training for suicide prevention for all sc hool personnel working with students in grades 6-12.\n Senator Kate Broph y-McGee \;serves as chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Comm ittee and as a Member of the Senate Education Committee\, the Senate Highe r Education and Workforce Development Committee\, and as a Member of the S enate Ethics Committee. She is also a member of Arizona’s Bioscience Roa dmap Steering Committee. Senator Brophy McGee sponsored and Jake’s Law w hich requires insurance companies to cover mental health treatment\, just like they would with an annual physical. It also creates the Children’s Behavioral Health Services Fund and provides $8 million for behavioral hea lth services for children who are uninsured or underinsured. In 2018\, Gov . Doug Ducey signed a bill sponsored by Senator Brophy McGee and Rep. Doug Coleman that extended Prop. 301 funding for K-20 education until 2041\, p rotecting a critical revenue stream that would have expired in June of 202 1.\n Senator David Gowan \;serves as chairman of the Senate Appropria tions and as a member of the Natural Resources and Energy\, and Water and Agriculture Committees. David Gowan was first elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2009. During the 2015-2017 legislative session\, he was appointed to be the 52nd Speaker of the House. Thanks to Senator Gowa n’s leadership critical funding for health care and R&\;D was passed and sent to the Governor prior to the earlier than usual adjournment sine die caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic.\n Representative Nancy Barto \;s erves as chair of the House Health and Human Services Committee – respon sible for overseeing Arizona’s health and welfare agencies and boards\, as well as a member of the Judiciary and Education Committees. She has spo nsored health care reforms aimed at increasing affordable health insurance options\, bills to protect patients from unfair billing practices\, worke d to protect patient privacy rights\, actively advocates on issues related to women’s health\, and has been a voice for reform in Arizona’s fost er care and behavioral health systems.\n Representative Kelli Butler serv es as a member of the Health and Human Services\, Commerce\, and Technolog y Committees. She believes Arizonans deserve access to high quality\, affo rdable health care and advocates for simple solutions the State Legislatur e can achieve and works with patient advocacy organizations to better unde rstand the needs of Arizona’s at-risk populations.\n Representative Dan iel Hernandez\, Jr. serves on the Public Safety and State &\; Internati onal Affairs Committees. He is co-founder of the Arizona Legislative Biosc ience and Healthcare Caucus\, a member of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap S teering Committee\, and is the co-founder of the LGBT Caucus.\n Represent ative Amish Shah\, MD \;currently serves on the Health and Human Servi ces and Regulatory Committees. He is currently board certified in Emergenc y Medicine and Sports Medicine and practices throughout Arizona\, treating adults and children. In the Legislature\, he has sponsored legislation to address the challenges that the practice of prior authorization by health insurers creates for patients and their healthcare teams and co-sponsored a bill with Representative Barto to address the challenges Step Therapy p olicies by insurance companies creates for patients.\n\nThe panel will be moderated by Joan Koerber-Walker\, president &\; CEO of the Arizona Bio industry Association.\nRegistration for this virtual event is complimentar y. \;\nPlease \; register to receive your Webex access information . \;\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n \;\nAZBio is able to support these effor ts thanks to the support of our community.\nThank you to our 2020 Trailbla zer Sponsors:\n \;  \; \; \nOpportunities for Support:\n\n Pr esenting Sponsor:  \;$10\,00\n Trailblazer Awards Sponsors: \; $1 \,000\n\nTo sign up \;for support\, click the registration link and pa y online or request a invoice.\n\nFor a look back at the 2019 Trailblazer Awards\, Click Here.\n\nFor a look back at the 2018 Trailblazer Awards\, C lick Here.\n\n\nFor a look back at the 2017 Trailblazer Awards\, Click Her e.\n\nFor a look back at the 2016 Trailblazer Awards\, \;Click Here.\n \nFor a look back at the 2016 Trailblazer Awards\, \;Click Here.\n\nFo r a look back at the 2015 Trailblazer Awards\, \;Click Here.\n\nFor a look back at the 2014 Trailblazer Awards\, \;Click Here.\n\nFor a look back at the 2013 Trailblazer Awards\, \;Click Here.\n\nFor a look bac k at the 2012 Trailblazer Awards\, \;Click Here.\n\nFor a look back at the 2011 Trailblazer Awards\, \;Click Here.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n CATEGORIES:AZ - Central,AZ - North,AZ- South LOCATION:Virtual Via Webex\, Virtual\, Virtual\, United States GEO:33.4813;-112.065 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Virtual\, Virtual\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Virtual Via Webex:geo:33.4813,-112.065 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191211T110000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR