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Saturday, September 12
Leadership & Legacy
Sponsored by
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM · Legacy in Action:
Afternoon Leadership Intensives
Breakout Sessions
Leadership Intensive: Rock That Role - How to Face Change with
Confidence, Edna Boies Hopkins Room, Lobby Level, Tower 401
Whether embarking on a new role, new promotion, or a new business, change can be
terrific and terrifying! This highly energetic and interactive session will offer inspirational
tips, proven strategies, and immediately applicable tools to help you Rock That Role! Key
results: Identify and vanquish self-sabotaging thoughts and habits, formulate a strategic
growth plan, effectively leverage resources to help bolster success, and face transition
with greater confidence.
Mitch Savoie Hill
CEO, Keynote Speaker, Executive
Coach, Author
SavHill Consulting LLC
Beyond Compliance: Leading Through the Standstill with Informed
Consent, Robert King Room, Lobby Level, Tower 401
Modern transit leadership requires more than technical proficiency; it demands a
sophisticated ability to navigate the complex emotional and social drivers that
frequently stall critical infrastructure projects. This professional development session
equips transit leaders and project managers with the strategic and interpersonal tools
necessary to lead community-facing initiatives through high-stakes, volatile
environments. Recognizing that transit projects often encounter significant delays due
to public opposition or a lack of institutional buy-in, this curriculum focuses on the art of
dynamic stakeholder engagement. Our approach moves beyond the traditional, often
unattainable pursuit of universal buy-in. Instead, participants learn how to maintain
project momentum by identifying when and how to involve stakeholders, using
messaging frameworks built around the core concept of Informed Consent.
Veronica EscaleraIbarra, AICP, Senior
Community
Outreach Manager,
Rifeline
Carissa Abrego,
Senior Community
Outreach Manager,
Rifeline
