2025 Advocacy and Issues Forum - 2025 Legislative Session: What Just Happened and What Does It Mean for Business and for You?
The June Advocacy and Issues Forum will be presented by our DCR Region Legislators and will be presented by our DCR Region Legislators.
Schedule:
8:00 - 8:15 AM - Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15-9:30 AM - Program
Meet the Speakers:

Blois Olson with Fluence Advisory.
Blois leads Fluence companies and serves as one of the Midwest’s most sought-after CEO advisors and media analysts in his role at WCCO Radio and as publisher of Minnesota’s most read tip sheets providing daily insight on politics, business, philanthropy, health care and agriculture. His innovative + strategic thinking is leveraged for clients across the country, including corporations and organizations in health care, technology, energy, telecommunications, real estate, retail and consumer products, food and beverage, + legal affairs. His analysis and clients has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Politico, the New York Times, MSNBC, CNN, and numerous other national and local media outlets. More information can be found at: Blois Olson - Fluence Advisory

Torey Van Oot with Axios Twin Cities.
Torey works as a co-author of Axios Twin Cities, a free newsletter that helps readers get smarter, faster about the biggest stories shaping life in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro. They havve built an audience of more than 100,000 subscribers since launching in January 2021. You can join them heres://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities!
Before joining Axios, I was a political reporter in the Capitol Bureau of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. My bylines have also appeared in places like The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Glamour.com, Public Radio International, Bustle, Refinery29, Teen Vogue and InStyle.com. I also contributed to Comstock's magazine, a regional business publication in Sacramento.
In past professional lives, I worked as a features writer and editor at Refinery29, a digital editor for a group of 11 NBC Owned Television Stations and a political reporter at The Sacramento Bee. I've covered congressional and gubernatorial races, state and federal policy, and five national political conventions.
All DCR Chamber Footprint Legislators have been invited to attend.

Date and Time
Thursday Jun 5, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM CDT
Location
Lost Spur Golf and Event Center
2750 Sibley Memorial Highway
Eagan, MN 55121
Fees/Admission
$30.00 Nonmembers
Contact Information
Kayla Hudson
(651) 288-9200
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