DBA Fall Meeting Schudule

Thursday, October 8th, 2026 | 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Presentation by Judith Witherspoon, edAmerica

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Informal Reception

5:15 PM – 5:45 PM | Mentor/Mentee Meet and Greet

6:30 PM | Dinner on Your Own

6:30 PM | Dinner with ACCT President, DBA Staff, Executive Committee, Committee Co-Chairs and Guests

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Friday, October 9th, 2026 | 7:30 AM - 11:15 AM

7:30 AM – 7:45 AM | Breakfast at Moraine Park

7:45 AM – 8:15 AM | Welcomes -
MPTC President Bonnie Baerwald
DBA President John Wyatt
WTCS President Layla Merrifield

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM | Updates and Q&A with ACCT President Jee Hang Lee

9:25 AM – 10:15 AM (Room T139) | Session 1: President’s Panel of Current Issues Impacting our 16 Campuses

Session 2: Dual Credit Challenges and Financing

10:25 AM – 11:15 AM (Room T137) | Session 2: Dual Credit Challenges and Financing
Session 1: President’s Panel of Current Issues Impacting our 16 Campuses

11:25 AM – 12:25 PM | Lunch
Note: Lunch will be set up in rooms T131 and T133.

12:35 PM – 1:25 PM (Room T139) | Session 3: Property Taxing Authority
Session 4: Skills and Strategies to Develop Board Chairs and Trustees

1:35 PM – 2:15 PM (Room T137) | Session 4: Skills and Strategies to Develop Board Chairs and Trustees
Session 3: Property Taxing Authority

2:25 PM – 4:45 PM | Host College Talk and Tour

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM | Award Reception

7:30 PM – 9:00 PM | Awards Banquet

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Saturday, October 10th, 2026 | 7:30 AM - 9:00 PM

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Welcome - DBA President John Wyatt
Reports - DBA Executive Director Pat Goss
WTCS Presidents’ Association Chair Kate Ferrel
ACCT President Jee Hang Lee

9:30 AM – 11:15 AM | DBA Board of Directors Meeting

This agenda is subject to change.