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Welcome to the 2021 Spring AASBO Conference, AASBO – Rising Like a Phoenix!

As Vice President of AASBO, I have the distinct pleasure of serving as this year’s Spring Conference
chair. While that may be my assigned role, the committee members and track chairs are the ones to
be thanked for organizing a great couple of days for the association’s membership. They have dedi-
cated countless hours to help provide meaningful and relevant content for this year’s conference. It is
no easy task in any single year and was more challenging for 2021 given the proximity of the Winter
and Spring conferences. I owe them a great deal of appreciation and gratitude for their hard work to
the benefit of our members! Additionally, Audrey, Ana, Chuck, Brian, and the entire AASBO staff have
been very supportive in helping to bring the vision of the committee forward. This endeavor would
not be possible without the involvement from everyone – it truly is a team effort! The association, the
conference track chairs, and committee members are excited to bring you this opportunity for profes-
sional development.

Even though the conference will be a bit different than our usual in-person gathering in Laughlin,
please be assured that we will continue our tradition of providing exceptional professional develop-
ment even in this virtual environment. While we are starting to get the hang of these virtual confer-
ences, I am eagerly awaiting the day in which we can return to gathering in-person.

If you have attended any of AASBO’s excellent prior virtual conferences, thanks to Audrey and the
amazing work she has done, the format and platform for the Spring conference will not be much
different. Like with each of our conferences, our main goal is to make participation and engagement
easy and convenient as you deal with the many ongoing challenges of the school year. At the same
time, we also want to provide you with the relevant and critical professional development, networking
opportunities, and chances to interact with participants and sponsors that you expect from a typical
AASBO conference—albeit in a virtual format.

This year’s conference features a vendor showcase, dynamic and engaging keynote speaker, 29 ex-
cellent breakout sessions across all tracks, legal and legislative updates, best practices awards, and
so much more!

We look forward to seeing you on April 7th, 8th and 9th and hope that the Spring Conference will help
you return from this current circumstance stronger, smarter, and more capable of future success!
Register today!

Dale Ponder

Vice President, AASBO
Spring Conference Chair