Policy Summit Preview: The Business Community Gets the Last Word

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Policy conversations matter most when they connect back to the businesses navigating their real-world impacts.
 
Policy Summit panels are designed to bring multiple perspectives to the table on complex issues affecting North Dakota. But after hearing from policymakers, subject-matter experts, and community leaders, there's another perspective we believe deserves a distinct place in the conversation: business.
 
Following the panel discussion, a business leader joins the moderator for a brief conversation reflecting on what they just heard. It's an opportunity to connect policy discussions back to the realities of operating, investing, and growing a business in North Dakota—and to give the business community the last word.
 
This year's Business Responses include:

• PANEL: Local Ordinances in a Statewide Economy: Finding the Balance
• Jonas van Stappen, Executive Director of Development, NextEra Energy Resources

Jonas oversees utility-scale generation, storage, data center, and capacity projects across North Dakota and the region. He will bring the perspective of a business making significant infrastructure investments while working directly with communities, local governments, and other stakeholders.
 

• PANEL: Housing and Workforce: Building for Growth
• Kayla Kallander, Mortgage Loan Officer, First International Bank & Trust

Kayla works directly with homebuyers navigating today's housing market and was recently recognized as North Dakota's #1 producing mortgage lender. She will bring a firsthand perspective on affordability, financing, and the housing realities facing workers and communities. DETAILS
DATE: September 22 
LOCATION: Bismarck Event Center, Hybrid
TIME: 8:15 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Full agenda available with speaker bios.
 
The GNDC Policy Summit is North Dakota's premier public policy event, designed to help business leaders stay informed, build relationships, and engage in the conversations shaping our state's future. Business Responses help ensure those conversations don't stop at policy—they connect directly back to the employers making decisions, creating jobs, and investing across North Dakota.
 
Register to reserve your spot.