GFOA’s Annual Conference 2021 | Government Finance Officers Association | 12 July 2021 | Virtual

Join GFOA for our 2021 Conference, to hear from leading practitioners, recognized industry experts, researchers, and your peers how to effectively prioritize the current needs of your community and prepare for any future challenges.

2021 Speakers

Joel Black
Chair, Governmental Accounting Standards Board

R. Kinney Poynter, CPA
Executive Director, NASACT

Michele Mark Levine
Director, Technical Services, Chicago office

Trevor Agrelius
Controller, Moulton Nignel Water District

Roger Alfaro
Partner, Eide Bailly LLP

Kirk Johnson
Finance Director, City of Ridgefield

Doug Russell
City Manager, City of Kalispell

Nicole Grabel
Principal, Behavioral Science, BehavioralSight

Sam Evans
Senior Director, Egg Strategy

Shannon White
Mixed Methods Researcher, Facebook

Jeff Blue
County Engineer, Champaign County

Kathy Kardell
Senior Debt Administrator, Office of Budget & Finance, Hennepin County, MN

Meredith L. Hathorn
Managing Partner, Foley & Judell, L.L.P.

Marianne F. Edmonds
Senior Managing Director, Public Resources Advisory Group

LaDon Reynolds
Chief of Police, Village of Oak Park

Larry J. Yium
Retired Deputy Director/Consultant, Houston Police Department

Pall Gudgeirsson
City Manager (Retired), City of San Clemente

Tammy Queen
Director of Finance, City of Kansas City

Karen Karwoski
Senior Vice President, Treasury Management Executive, Simmons Bank

Colleen Young
Assistant Finance Director, City of North Little Rock

Mike Mucha
Deputy Executive Director / Director, Research and Consulting, Chicago office

James Bond
Deputy Director, City of Columbus, Department of Finance and Management

Kate Rotella
Purchasing Manager, CREC and Governing Board Treasurer NIGP

Art Moore, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, CPPB
Chief Procurement Officer - Capital Development Board, Illinois Executive Ethics Commission

Omar Gutierrez
VP of Administrative Services, Fresno City College

Sue Iverson
Finance and Accounting Manager, City of Red Wing

Jacquelynne M. Jennings
Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP

Timothy Ewell
Chief Assistant County Administrator, Contra Costa County, California

David Erdman
Capital Finance Director, State of Wisconsin

Anne Ross
Principal Consultant, Muni Credit & Compliance Advisors LLC

Jennifer Signs
Finance Director, City of Monte Vista

Matthew D. Trine
Assistant City Manager and Finance Risk Management Director, City of Rockledge

Norman Eckstein
Chief Financial Officer & Tax Collector, Township of Boonton

Jimmy Forbis, CPFO
City Administrator, City of Gilroy

Cynthia Berry, Ph.D.
Chief Organizational Development Consultant, Berry Organizational and Leadership Development LLC

Noel Graczyk
Administrative Services Director, City of Chaska

Roberts Debra
Chief Financial Officer, Maryland Supplemental Retirement Plans

Kim Francisco
Finance Director, City of Gaithersburg

Lisa R. Parker, CPA, CGMA
Senior Project Manager, Governmental Accounting Standards Board

Danelle MacEwen
Performance Management Specialist, City of Olympia

Janet Laszlo
HRP Project Manager - Office of the Controller, City of Los Angeles

Crista Binder
Chief Deputy Controller, City of Los Angele

Eva Olsaker
Senior Manager, Chicago office

Sheila White
Interim Finance Director, City of Richmond

Chris Fabian
CEO, Co-founder, ResourceX (Resource Exploration)

Jennifer Larson
Director of Finance and Budget, City of Dubuque

Jay Brown
Deputy County Administrator for Administrative Services, Hanover County, VA

AJ Padilla
Chairperson, City of Austin Deferred Compensation Committee

Matt Petersen
Executive Director, NAGDCA

Jean Lu
Accounting Manager, City of Tulsa

Roman J. Guillory
Senior Accountant, Federal & State Programs, Texas Health Resources

Susan Gooding-Liburd
Chief Financial Officer, City of Miramar

Margaret Dalley-Johns
Finance Manager, Mobility Advancement Program, Broward County

Courtney Knight
Founder and Managing Partner, Capstone Municipal Advisors LLC

Sam Savage
Executive Director, ProbabilityManagement.org

Susan Brown
Finance & Accounting Services Manager, City of Gresham

Dennis Kauffman
Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer, City of Roseville

Jackie Neubert
Deputy Director, Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts

Natalie Cohen
President and Founder, National Municipal Research

Todd Tauzer
Vice President and Actuary, Segal

Melanie D. Purcell
Finance Director, City of Ashland

Jason Loveland
Director of Finance, City of Northglenn

Kristal Hughes
Finance Director, City of Madras

Shakeel Yusuf
Comptroller, Fairfax County Public Schools

John Hulsey
Public Service Associate Faculty, University of Georgia - Carl Vinson Institute of Government

Michelle Watterworth
Partner, National Public Sector Technical Leader, Plante Moran

Steve Adair
Deputy Finance Director, Macomb County Government

Leslie Beauregard
Assistant City Manager, City of Staunton

Caroline Mehl
Co-Founder & Executive Director, OpenMind

Pam Eckhardt
Elected Clerk, Bingham County

Emily M. Zwetzig
Budget Director, Clark County

Wendell Gaertner
Senior Managing Director, Public Resources Advisory Group

Cindy Harris
Chief Financial Officer, Iowa Finance Authority

Barry Rothchild
Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

Jerri Jones
County Auditor, Williamson County

Mallory Stribling
Budget Services Manager, County of Fauquier

Stephanie D. Davis, Ph.D.
Collegiate Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech

James Morani
Town Manager, Town of Abingdon

Erin Kozanecki
Deputy County Administrator, Fauquier County

Michael Belarmino
Senior Policy Advisor, Washington, DC, office

Charles Small
Deputy Assistant Secretary - Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Transportation

Stacey Teachey
Financial Strategy Manager, Town of Cary

Scott Huizenga
Director, Management and Budget

Tara Baker
City Treasurer, City of Guelph

Jason Greene
Assistant Town Manager / CFO, Town of Surfside

Gregory Baird
President, Water Finance Research

Jason Carini
Treasurer, Rogers County

Shifat Hasan
Director, Investment Performance and Compliance, CalSTRS

Carlos Oblites
Senior Portfolio Strategist, Chandler Asset Management

Hubert R. White, CFA CTP
Investment Officer, City & County of San Francisco

Melanie Keeton
Finance Director, City of San Antonio

Amanda Ward

Glen Lee
Finance Director, Seattle

David Schmiedicke
Finance Director, City of Madison

Bertha Johnson
Budget Director, City of Durham

Anjali Chainani, PhD
Senior Advisor, Results for America

Katie Ludwig
Senior Manager, Chicago office

Kimberly Olivares
Chief Performance Officer, City of Austin

Nancy Zielke
Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services

Lauren Warrem, CPA
Chief Deputy of Treasury, San Diego County

Michael Imhoff
Managing Director, Stifel

Tom Kozlik
Director, Hilltop Securities

Nikki Griffith
Assistant Director of Debt & Strategic Planning, City of Chesapeake

Iain Cranston
Director, Consultant, & Trainer, icInfrastrucutre

Margaret Moggia
Executive Manager, West Basin Municipal Water District

Ashay Prabhu
Co-founder, Assetic

Tarbet Ryen
Former Chair US Technical Advisory Group to ISO 55000, US Technical Advisory Group to International Standards Organization

Mildred M. Chua
Retired Head of Transformation Program Delivery and Asset Management, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Greg Chartier
Owner, Greg Chartier Consulting

Mark Anielski
Well-being Economist, Anielski Management Inc.

Siri Russell
Director of Equity and Inclusion, County of Albemarle

Robert Harrison
City Manager, City of Yakima

Christina Coyle
Finance Director, Village of Glen Ellyn

Frederick Lantz
Director, Quality Control, Sikich LLP

Nicole Lee
Finance Director, City of Prairie Village

John Gross
Finance Director/CFO, City of Long Beach

Bradley Harris
Consultant, University of Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS)

Julie Zolghadr
Budget Division Manager, City of Springfield

Diana A. Ramirez
Director, Economic Development & Strategic Investments, Travis County

Daniel Ainslie
City Manager, City of Sturgis

Jeff Tyne
City Manager, City of Peoria

Jack A. Ryan-Feldman
Director, Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors

Noel Bernal
City Manager, City of Brownsville

Gregory Jenkins II
Assistant Director - Public Utilities, City of Raleigh

Jeffrey Jackson
Director of Finance and Treasurer, City of Mississauga

Charles Perl
Deputy Chief Financial Officer, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Rowan Miranda
Sr. Managing Partner for Government Strategy, Workday

Howard Osborne
Associate Partner, IBM

Conor Riffle
VP, Smart Cities, Rubicon

Jacquelyn Flickinger, CPA
Director, State & Local Strategy - ERP/EPM, Oracle

Henry Wagner
Founder & CEO, Munera Inc.

Jean-Pierre (JP) Aubry
Assistant Director of Research, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

Joshua Franzel
Managing Director, MissionSquare Research Institute

Phil Bertolini
Co-Director, Center for Digital Government, e.Republic

Jim St.Clair
Chief Trust Officer, Lumedic

Tom Ray
CISO, City of Berkeley

Rick Simonds
VP & GM, Cybersecurity, Tyler Technologies, Inc

Faith Smith
Finance Director, Town of Eaton, CO

Cara Woodson Welch
Executive Director, IPMA-HR

Marcus Wu
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Susan Judah
Senior IT Systems Analyst, City and County of Denver - DoIT

Harpreet Hora
Budget Manager, City of Roswell

Lisa Marie Harris
Director of Finance/Treasurer, San Diego County Water Authority

Kecia Dougherty
Strategic Workforce Equity Coordinator, City of Dubuque

Judy Archer
Director of Human Resources, Pierce County

Karen Daly
Senior Managing Director: Head of Public Finance/Financial Guaranty, Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA)

Arlene Bohner
Managing Director/Head of US Public Finance, Fitch Ratings

Jane Ridley
Senior Director & Sector Lead, S&P Global

Leonard Jones
Managing Director, Moody's Corporation

Jessica Lamendola
Director of Administrative and Financial Services, City of Topeka

Amy Davis
Finance Director, Chatham County

Scott McIntyre
Senior Portfolio Manager, Hilltop Securities

Cory Kampf
CFO/Finance & Central Services Division Manager, Anoka County

2021 Sponsors

PREMIER SPONSORS:
• Bank of America
• Chandler Asset Management
• Infor
• Microsoft
• Oracle
• PFM
• RPI Consultants
• SAP Concur
• Tyler Technologies
• UKG
• U.S. Bank
• Workday

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Amnesty
• CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)
• CORE
• Fitch Ratings
• Invoice Cloud
• LSL CPAs and Advisors
• OpenGov
• Questica
• The Reporting Solution

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Alvarez & Marsal
• CentralSquare Technologies
• Ivalua
• KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

SILVER SPONSORS:
• BKD, LLP
• EY
• Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
• Plante Moran
• PMA Financial Network, LLC
• Proactis
• Prudential
• Public Trust Advisors
• S&P Global Ratings
• Sage
• Segal Consulting
• TLR Business Solutions, Inc.
• Vining Sparks
• Voya Financial

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• 2GenPenLLC
• AIG Retirement Services
• Baker Tilly
• Balancing Act
• BerryDunn
• Bronner Group, LLC
• Build America Mutual
• CobbleStone Software
• Equitable
• Evosys
• Granicus
• Huntington National Bank
• Kroll Bond Rating Agency
• OnActuate
• Paymentus
• UMB
• Workiva

EXHIBITORS:
• 2GenPenLLC
• Active Liens
• AIG Retirement Services
• Alvarez & Marsal
• Amnesty
• AmpliFund
• Association of Government Accountants
• AST LLC
• Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors
• BerryDunn
• BKD, LLP
• BlackLine
• BMO Financial Group
• Bremer Bank
• Build America Mutual
• Can/Am Teller Cashiering
• Card Integrity
• CentralSquare Technologies
• Civic Initiatives, LLC
• Civix
• CobbleStone Software
• DocuSign
• eBridge Procurement
• ELGL
• Empower
• Evosys
• EY
• Fitch Ratings
• Gallagher
• Galvanize
• Governing
• HCA Asset Management
• HdL Companies
• HSO
• ICD Portal
• Illinois GFOA
• Infor
• inLogic, Inc.
• Insight Investment
• IntraFi NetworkSM (formerly Promontory Interfinancial Network)
• Ivalua
• Invoice Cloud
• JAGGAER
• KUBRA
• Lincoln Financial Group
• Local Govenrment Hispanic Network
• LSL CPAs and Advisors
• Metaformers
• Microsoft
• Mitchell Humphrey & Co.
• MyPricingDesk Powered by Harvest
• National Civic League
• NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement
• OnActuate
• Open Gov
• Paymentus
• PFM
• Plante Moran
• Point & Pay
• Prudential
• Public Trust Advisors
• Questica
• RPI Consultants
• Sikich LLP
• Software Solutions Inc.
• The Reporting Solution
• TLR Business Solutions, Inc.
• Tyler Technologies
• UKG
• University of Georgia
• U.S. Bank
• Workiva