1. Third Annual Gathering
March 28 &March 29, 2012
Berea,Kentucky
Gathering Agenda: Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
5:00 p.m. Pre-Conference Registration Opens (Lobby of Boone Tavern)
6:30 p.m. Networking Social (Main Street Café)
 Appalachian Music by the Berea Castoffs
 Featured local artists
o Debra Hille, Painter
o Marc Reyes, Illustrator & Photographer
o Teresa Cole, Potter
 Wine, beer, and heavy hors d’oeuvres served
7:00 p.m. Official Welcome from the Cultural Sharing Planning Team
7:40 p.m. Cultural Sharing Performances& Speakers
 Appalachian Dance Performance
 MakalaniBandele, Affrilachian Poets
 Victoria Faoro, Executive Director of the Kentucky Artisan Center
at Berea
 Clear Creek FestivalPresents, “On the Creek 3: Stories from the Still”
9:00 p.m. Closing Activities &Remarks
 Appalachian Music &Dancing

2. Third Annual Gathering
March 28 &March 29, 2012
Berea,Kentucky
Gathering Agenda: Wednesday, March28th, 2012
7:30 a.m. Pre-Conference Registration Opens(Lobby of Boone Tavern)
 Morning refreshments available
8:15 a.m. Framing Appalachia’s Transition(Coyle Room, Boone Tavern)
 Welcome to Berea:
o Gerry Roll, Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky
o Susan Zepeda, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
 Accelerating the Economic Transition of Appalachia:
o Sandra Mikush, Chair, Appalachia Funders Network
 Video Presentation:
o Lora Smith, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
8:45 a.m. Site Visits
 Rockcastle County: Corey Craig, Citizens Bank
 Estill County: Shane Barton, University of Kentucky Appalachian Center
 Emerging LeadersPanel at the Appalachian Center
o Ada Smith,Appalshop/Stay Project
o Ethan Hamblin, Berea College
o Elandria Williams, Highlander Center
o Sarah Riley, High Rock School for Girls
12:15 p.m. Participants Return to the Boone Tavern
12:30 noon Lunch&Opening Remarks
 Earl Gohl, Federal Co-Chair, Appalachian Regional Commission
1:00 p.m. Key Note Address
 Erik Pages, President, EntreWorks Consulting
2:15 p.m. Entrepreneurial Supports(Baird Lounge, Berea College)
 Session Objective: To create a common analysis &set of priorities for
accelerating the startup and growth of entrepreneurs across the region.
 Panel Participants
o Erik Pages, EntreWorks Consulting
o Regina Becknell, Mountain Association for Community Economic
Development
o Corey Craig, Citizens Bank
o LesaGieringer, Powdermill Pottery
3:45 p.m. Break
Snacks and coffee available

3. Third Annual Gathering
March 28 &March 29, 2012
Berea,Kentucky
4:00 p.m. Community Capacity(Baird Lounge, Berea College)
 Session Objective: To create a common analysis and set of priorities for
strengthening& expanding community capacity (individual,
organizational, institutional, &governmental) within the region.
 Panel Participants
o Peter Hille, Brushy Fork Institute
o Gerry Roll, Community Foundation of Hazard and Perry County
o Natasha Watts, Appalshop
o Nikki Martin, Center for Participatory Change
5:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
5:45 p.m. Adjourn
6:30 p.m. Networking Social –Grantmakers Only(Coyle Room, Boone Tavern)
8:00 p.m. Dinner On Your Own
Please see your packet for a list of area restaurants.

4. Third Annual Gathering
March 28 &March 29, 2012
Berea,Kentucky
Gathering Agenda: Thursday, March 29th, 2012
(Grantmakers Only - Baird Lounge, Berea College)
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Welcome &Opening Remarks
 Sandra Mikush, Chair, Appalachia Funders NetworkSteering Committee
 Dr. Larry Shinn, President, Berea College
8:30 a.m. The Appalachia Funders Network: Goals and Work To-DateOverview
 The Appalachia Funders Network Steering Committee
9:15 a.m. Entrepreneurial Supports &Community Capacity: What’s Next?
 Session Objective:Analyze priorities from Day 1 sessions and define:
1.) Whatcould individual grantmakersdo to move these priorities
forward?
2.) Whatcould the Network do to help move these priorities forward?
10:15 a.m. Break
Snacks and coffee available
10:30 a.m. Moving Our Collective Work Forward
 Session Objective:To gain a better understanding of ourcurrent work
and define next steps forour two Network Working Groups.
 Food Systems Working Group
o Stefan Jirka, blue moon fund
o Mary FantDonnan, Alleghany Foundation
o Tim Richards, Community Foundation of Western NC
 Startup Appalachia
o Ray Daffner, Appalachian Regional Commission
o Mary Hunt-Lieving, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
o Becky Ceperley, Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
12:15 noon Lunch Service Begins
12:30 p.m. Sector or Interest-Based Table Conversations (During lunch)
1:30 p.m. Closing Remarks & Gathering Evaluation
2:00 p.m. Adjourn