The Congressional Workplace:

Evidence-Based Policymaking and Modernizing Congress, featuring Representative Derek Kilmer (D, WA-6th District)
 

Saturday April 30  |  9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. PDT 
Washington State Convention Center, Room 618-619
 

Presenters:

[speakers]

Derek Kilmer
Steven Rogelberg
Lilia Cortina
Jeff McHenry
Scott Tannenbaum

[nonspeaking contributors]

Amanda Bruno
Jack Goodman

Congressman Derek Kilmer, Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, will be joined by SIOP President Steven Rogelberg and a panel of three I-O psychology experts to discuss evidence-based policymaking, issues related to modernizing a workplace as unique as the U.S. Congress, and the role of I-O psychology in the efforts of the select committee. Derek Kilmer serves as the United States Representative for Washington’s 6th Congressional District where he is focused on getting our economy and our Congress back to work. Born and raised in Port Angeles, Derek saw firsthand how the region's economy has struggled, and the impact that has had on families and communities. That’s why after college, Derek put his education into practice right here in Washington, earning over a decade of experience working in economic development in the Puget Sound region before putting his experience to work in Olympia and Washington, D.C. Derek was reelected to a fifth term in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020 and chosen by his Democratic colleagues to serve on the House Appropriations Committee, one of only four ‘exclusive’ committees in the House. Derek serves on the Interior and Environment Subcommittee, Defense Subcommittee, and Energy and Water Development Subcommittee.