78th Annual Meeting Jackson, Wyoming

Sept

16-19

2025

78th Annual Meeting Jackson, Wyoming

Innovating at New Heights!

September 16-19, 2025
Jackson, Wyoming

Find camaraderie, discover new approaches to your legislative efforts, grow your network of experts, and have a lot of fun while doing it at the CSG West Annual Meeting, September 16-19, 2025, in Jackson, Wyoming.

SHARPEN YOUR POLICY EXPERTISE

Sessions focus on emerging issues, engage policymakers on their states’ respective approaches, and offer an opportunity to learn about innovations that improve legislation and regional outcomes.

DEVELOP YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS

CSG is known for its epic leadership training programs. National experts lead interactive workshops and sharpen skills in communications, consensus building, time management, ethics, and more.

DISCOVER THE LATEST INDUSTRY INNOVATIONS

Legislative Learning Labs allow private sector experts to host educational forums that address critical issues facing state legislatures. These sessions are delivered in a nonpartisan setting and are designed to share information and engage participants in conversation around industry innovations and resources.

GAIN INSIGHTS ON CRITICAL ISSUES

Each year, the CSG West Chair selects special topics of interest as focus areas for programming.

Keynotes

Lynsey Dyer

Athlete, Speaker, Creator, Entrepreneur, SheJumps Co-Founder

Wednesday, September 17

Lynsey Dyer is a professional skier, award-winning filmmaker, and advocate for outdoor recreation and conservation, known for turning the impossible into reality. As co-founder of SheJumps.org, she has inspired over 100,000 women and girls to connect with the outdoors. Her groundbreaking film Pretty Faces, the first all-female action sports film, raised $113K on Kickstarter, sold out 100 grassroots screenings, and helped make the ski industry more inclusive. A published photographer, Lynsey’s work in National Geographic earned “Best of the Year” recognition and launched the Bing platform. She made history as the first woman to land the 75-foot Fat Bastard cliff outside Jackson Hole, earning multiple Female Skier of the Year titles from Powder and Freeskier Magazines. A TEDx speaker and host of ShowingUP with Lynsey Dyer, she inspires audiences with stories of overcoming barriers, advancing outdoor tourism, and preserving wilderness. Lynsey has spoken for TEDx, Google, Silicon Valley Bank, and YPO, empowering leaders to embrace adventure and drive economic and environmental impact.

Chris Perkins

Vice President of Programs
Outdoor Recreation Roundtable

Thursday, September 18

Chris Perkins is Vice President of Programs at the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, where he works to promote the sustainable growth of the outdoor recreation economy. This work focuses on rural economic development through outdoor recreation, outdoor recreation infrastructure, state outdoor recreation advocacy, the outdoor recreation workforce, and building a more inclusive outdoor recreation community. Chris received a Masters in Environmental Management and Masters in Business Administration at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) and Yale School of Management (SOM). Chris has also worked for the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.