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Advocacy Day and Pre-Conference Cocktail Reception: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Peer Forum Conference: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 and Thursday, June 4, 2026 Meeting Location: National Housing Center (NHC) Auditorium at: 1201 15th St NW, 1st floor, Washington, DC 20005 Attire: Business casual for all Peer Forum activities
Hotel Information: The National Housing Center is located in downtown, Washington D.C., within walking distance of a variety of hotels offering rooms at a wide range of price points. We invite you to explore some of the options in our “Hotel Options List.” Please note that CDBA has not arranged a room block at any individual hotels for this event.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding Advocacy Day, please email Jack Dunn at [email protected]
Schedule:
June 2: Advocacy Day and Pre-Conference Cocktail Reception
June 3: Sessions from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm ET
Cocktail reception at 6:00 pm ET followed by dinner at 7:30 pm ET at Del Mar
Marybeth Nassif is director of government relations at Jones Walker LLP. She brings more than 20 years of appropriations and legislative experience to her work with clients facing rapidly evolving federal funding and policy landscapes.
Marybeth served for more than a decade as a professional staffer for the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, during which time she helped oversee $24 billion in annual appropriations covering the Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, Office of Personnel Management, Small Business Administration, U.S. Postal Service, and more than a dozen independent government agencies, as well as the federal judiciary.
Marybeth also worked as a budget/financial analyst for the U.S. courts, managing a $1.5 billion portfolio covering personnel, leases, IT, and operations for national court programs. Earlier in her career, she held positions in various federal executive agencies and began her career in federal services as a Presidential Management Fellow.
She holds a master’s degree in public administration from American University and a bachelor’s degree from Gettysburg College.
