KHTS FM 98.1 & AM-1220, the AV Board of Trade, and dozens of members of the Antelope Valley community headed up to Sacramento for the 1st annual KHTS AV Sacramento Road Trip. The group, comprised of community members, board members, leaders of nonprofit organizations, businesses and a group of students, is set to engage in discussion with state representatives on ...

AGENDA FOR 2019 SACRAMENTO ROAD TRIP MONDAY MAY 6TH TOPIC LOCATION TIME Senator Scott Wilk & Assemblyman Tom Lackey Opening Remarks CAP 113 2:45-3:00 PM John Myers Media CAP 113 3:00-3:30 PM Jennifer Pierre Water CAP 113 3:30-4:00 PM RECEPTION Senator Scott Wilk CAP 305 4:00-5:30 PM WELCOME DINNER Cafeteria 15L 6:30-9:00 PM      KHTS RECEPTION KEYNOTE SPEAKER:      Keynote ...

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR 2019 SACRAMENTO ROAD TRIP Name Legal Title Ahn, Joe Manager, State and Local Affairs, Northrop Grumman Altobelli, Sally Development & Marketing, Antelope Valley Boys & Girls Club Anguiano, Bryan Senior Field Representative, Assemblyman Tom Lackey Ayala, Patsy Field Representative, Senator Scott Wilk Braly, Hunt Attorney Poole & Shaffery/ Co-Chair, Chamber Government Affairs Committee/ Board Chair, Homes ...

Senator Scott Wilk  Senator Scott Wilk was born and raised in the 21st Senate District, which he now represents in the California State Senate. The district includes the Antelope, Santa Clarita and Victor valleys. Before being elected to the Senate, Scott represented the 38th Assembly District for four years, where his focus was on job creation. He continues to concentrate ...

Assemblymember Tom Lackey Assemblymember Tom Lackey has represented California’s 36th Assembly District since 2014. Before joining the Assembly, Tom served on the Palmdale Elementary School District Board of Trustees and the Palmdale City Council. After high school, he served as a missionary for two years before he earned a bachelor’s degree in special education from Utah State University. Tom later ...

John Myers John Myers joined the Los Angeles Times as Sacramento bureau chief in 2015 after more than two decades in radio and television news, much of that as an award-winning reporter covering statehouse policy and politics. During a decade of work for San Francisco’s NPR affiliate, his unique online projects included everything from one of Sacramento’s original politics blogs to California’s first ...

Jennifer Pierre Jennifer Pierre is the General Manager of the State Water Contractors, overseeing and implementing the SWC objectives and overall operations. She and her staff work to provide technical, legal, and scientific support to the SWC members to ensure a sustainable water supply from the State Water Project. Ms. Pierre has over 15 years of experience with Delta management ...

Senator Shannon Grove – Keynote Speaker Shannon Grove was born and raised in Kern County, and is thankful for the sacrifices her single mother made to ensure she grew up in a loving environment. After graduating from high school, Shannon served in the United States Army and was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany where she witnessed the fall of the Berlin ...

Eddie Bernacchi Eddie Bernacchi is the President of Politico Group, a Sacramento-based lobbying firm with roots dating back to the 1970s in California State Politics. Eddie is a twenty-year veteran of the public affairs and lobbying industry. While Politico Group serves a diverse group of clients, they are recognized as the premiere lobbying firm for union-construction, with over five decades ...

HD Palmer H.D. Palmer, Deputy Director for External Affairs at the California Department of Finance, was appointed by Governor Brown in January 2011, and serves as a principal spokesman for the administration on budget and fiscal issues. Palmer served in the same position under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2003 to 2010. Palmer also served at the Department of Finance from ...