Business & Financial Conference 2018 | American Public Power Association (APPA) | 16 September 2018 | Hilton Anaheim, 777 Convention Way Anaheim, CA 92802, US

The Business & Financial Conference is the annual meeting for public power professionals in the areas of business and finance, offering 60+ sessions bringing you the latest in:

• Accounting & Finance
• Customer Accounting & Services
• Human Resources & Training
• Information Technology
• Pricing & Market Analysis
• Risk Management & Insurance

2018 Speakers

Sandy Meyers
Director, Risk Management

Heath Silvey
Manager-Risk, Damage Prevention, City Utilities of Springfield

Malinda Prudencio
Chief Risk Officer, The Energy Authority

Bryan Willnerd
Manager, Treasury & Risk Management, Lincoln Electric System

Mark Beauchamp
President, Utility Financial Solutions

Zac Wilkerson
Supervisor of Rates and Analytics, Lincoln Electric System

Bethany Ryers, CPA
Sr. Manager, Baker Tilly

Phillip Peerman
Supervisor of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure

Doug Westlund
Senior Vice President, AESI-US, Inc

Barry Moline
Executive Director, California Municipal Utilities
Association

Coleman F. Smoak, Jr.
Chair, American Public Power Association and General Manager, Piedmont Municipal Power Agency

Carl Christian
Electric Department Superintendent, City of Fountain

Robert Delgado
Principal in Charge, National Tax Compensation and Benefits

Mike Mace
Managing Director, Public Financial Management, Inc.,

Mark Beauchamp
President, Utility Financial Solutions

Janet E. Barnes
Risk Manager, Snohomish County PUD, Everett

Joe Daggett, CPA, CMA, AINS
Director of Risk Management, WPPI Energy

Cynthia J. Fee,
Senior Casualty Power Specialist, Aon Risk Solutions

Gail Cohen
Support Services Manager, Braintree Electric Light Department

Ricardo Luna
Senior Manager, Energy Management

Chris Dustin
Managing Director, Employee Engagement Surveys

Scott Hamilton
Global Managing Director, Human Resources & Compensation Consulting, Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc.,

Fred Christie
Chief Information Officer, Easton Utilities Commission

Ted Kelly
Senior Project Manager of Regulatory Services, Burns & McDonnell

Michael Vigeant
CEO, GreatBlue Research, Inc., Cromwell, Connecticut

Lisa Hough JD, MBA
Manager, Risk Management, Finance Division Omaha Public Power District

Sandy Meyers, CPA,
Director-Risk Management, City Utilities of Springfield

Jim Boyle
Information Technology Manager, Braintree Electric Light Department

Phillip Peerman
Supervisor of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure, Easton Utilities Commission

Jonathan Jakub, P.E.
Manager, Enterprise Solutions

Emily Koenig
Director of Finance & Rates, Lincoln Electric System

Kim McCleskey
Budget Administer, Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority

Dan Aschenbach
Senior Vice President, Moody’s Investors Service

David Bodek
Senior Director, S&P Global

Dennis Pidherny
Managing Director, Fitch Ratings

Jill Goldstone
Area Vice President, Innovation

Ali Payne, RVP,
Global Practice Leader, Wellbeing & Engagement, Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc.

Julia Anderson
Senior Manager, Controller, Auditor, Snohomish

Amanda Lasinski
Consulting Manager, Baker Tilly

Ashley Brown
Executive Director, Harvard Electric Policy Group

John Cruz
Manager, Strategic Planning and Operations

Ricardo Ferrell
Training Manager, Customer Services

Chris Parker
Manager, Training & Development, Salt River Project

Jonathan Jakub, P.E.
Manager, Enterprise Solutions, Lincoln Electric

Gareth Lifton
Managing Director, U.S. National Lead for Asset Management, KPMG, LLP

Jon Anderson, Assistant Treasurer, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Chris Fink
Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Jon Decoteau
Divisional Director West, Society for Human Resource Management

Eric Campbell
Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis, Pasadena

Kristy Grainger
Finance Director, Seattle City Light, Washington

George Adkins
Managing Director & Power Generation Practice Leader

Dan Conboy, SVP
Seibels & Williams, Inc., Birmingham

Michael Gaudet,
RPLU, Managing Director, FINPRO U.S. Industry Practice Leader, Marsh
USA, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvani

Jeff Haas
Vice President, Membership & Strategic Development

Ursula Schryver
Vice President, Education & Customer Programs, American Public Power Association

David Blaylock
Senior Manager, Integrated Media and Communications, American Public Power Association

Wes Galloway
GASB Project Manager, Governmental Accounting Standards Board

Matt Barton
Chief Information Officer, Eugene Water & Electric Board

Weston Nelson
IT Consulting Director, Moss Adams LLP

Michael Amberger
Senior Consultant

Attila Toth
Partner and Co-Founder, Portfolio Evaluations, Inc.

Matt Mitchell
Vice President, Cyber Resilience, Stroz Friedberg, an Aon Company,

Alan Thompson, Director,
Information Technology, American Public Power Association, Arlingto

George Chen
Rates Manager, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, California

Gail Cohen
Support Services Manager, Braintree Electric Light Department, Massachusetts

Jason McBride
Strategic Planning Manager, Anaheim Public Utilitie

Kelley McCall
Director of Finance & Administration, Columbia Power & Water Systems

Anthony J. Werland
Sr. Manager, Risk Management Services, Enterprise Risk Management & Solutions, CPS Energy

Bryan Willnerd
Manager, Treasury & Risk Management, Lincoln Electric System

Robert Trinnear
Managing Director, The Energy Authority, Jacksonville, Florida

Gary King
Chief Workforce Office, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Rosa Schmidt
Consultant, Center for Energy Workforce Development

Shannon Laney
Managing Consultant, Red Clay Consulting, Atlanta, Georgia

Ted Siler
Business Services Director, Holland Board of Public Works, Michigan

Scot Macomber, CGE
Vice President Loss Control Utility Operations, AEGIS Insurance Services, Inc.

Jennifer K. Housel
Sr. Account Manager, FM Global, St. Louis, Missouri

Sandy Meyers, CPA, CPCU, ARM-E, AINS
Director-Risk Management, City Utilities of Springfield

Jolisa Bagley
Customer Account Manager, Credit & Collections and Remittance Processing, Austin Energy

Scott McKay, CPA, CFE, CIA
Partner, Advisory Services, Cherry Bekaert, LLP

Claire Rogers
Director, Audit Services, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Ofelia Tamayo
Vice President, Internal Audit, Bandai Manco Holdings USA Inc.

Stephen Faber
Managing Director, PFM Asset Management LLC

Dr. Helen Abdali Soosan Fagan, Ph.D.,
Principal, Founder, Global Leadership Group

S. Yvette Carter
Community and Government Relations Officer, Gainesville Regional Utilities

Scott Burnham
Executive Consultant, NewGen Strategies & Solutions, LLC

Ahmad Faruqui
Principal, The Brattle Group, San Francisco

Josh Collier, CPCU, AIC
Senior Consultant, Aon Risk Solutions, Global Risk Consulting, Property Risk Consulting,

Isaac “Ike” Copeland MS, ARM-P
Director of Legal, Risk and Procurement Services

Ray Jackson
Environmental Compliance and Emergency Response Manager

Corey Brown
Manager, Meter Services,

Mark Brown
Senior Customer Programs Office

Mike Molina
MDM/RNI Operations Supervisor

Lucille Phillips
Manager Service Delivery, Fayetteville Public Works Commission, North Carolina

Olga Darlington
Business Assurance Senior Manager

Julie Desimone
Business Assurance Partner, Moss Adams, LLP, P

Emily J. Fox, Esq.
Attorney at Law

Michael S. Kalt
Partner, Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP, San Diego

Steve Dalon
Director, Sales and Marketing, ElectSolve Technology Solutions

Nichole Magnifico, CPCU
Assistant Vice President, Assistant Claims Manager, Claim Strategies, East Providence, Rhode Island

Heath Silvey, MBA, CPCU, ARM
Manager-Risk/Damage Prevention, City Utilities of Springfield

Jeff Shannon
Partner, Bravium Human Development, Omaha, Nebraska

Stacy Kesten
Transformational Leadership Consultant, Integrated Leader

Philip D. Propes
Chief Information Security Officer, Tennessee Valley Authority

Glen Justis
Partner, Experience on Demand, Chesterfield, Missouri

Lisa Hough JD, MBA
Manager, Risk Management, Business Strategy Deployment, Omaha Public Power Distric

Dan McGarvey
Managing Director, U.S. Power & Utilities Practice, Greenville, South Carolina

Fred Haise
Apollo 13 Astronaut and Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

2018 Sponsors

ELITE SPONSOR:
• Baker Tilly

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• J.P. Morgan
• Nisc
• PFM

SILVER SPONSORS:
• BKD
• Paymentus
• Piper Jaffray
• Realize the power of Partnership
• Red Clay

MOBILE SPONSOR:
• Wortham Power Gen