GFOA's 116th Annual Conference 2023 | Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada | 21 May 2023 | TBA, Portland, Oregon, USA

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2023 Speakers

Eduardo Briceño
Keynote Speaker and Facilitator, Growth.how

Chris Morrill
Executive Director/CEO, Government Finance Officers Association

Sarah Atwood
Head of Research and Engagement, Center for New Democratic Processes

Kyle Bozentko
Executive Director, Center for New Democratic Processes

Yuri Hattersley
Performance and Process Analyst, City of Bellevue, WA

Andrea Ringer
Budget Analyst, Office of Budget, City of Detroit, MI

Terri Velasquez, CPA, CPFO
GFOA President, Finance Director, City of Aurora, CO

Jennifer Brown
Director of Fiscal Projects, City of Sugar Land, TX

Veronica Carrillo
Assistant Director of Finance, City of San Antonio, TX

Matthew Lentz
Chief Financial Officer/Board Secretary, Upper Moreland School District, PA

Carol MacLeod
Senior Project Manager, GFOA

Alese Ballard, P.E.
Project Manager, Plenary Americas, Denver, CO

Jamie Farrell
Senior Associate, Plenary Americas

Kyle Wedberg, Ph.D.
Senior Manager, GFOA

Kathryn Valentine
Budget Officer, OCFO/District Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C.

Diane Griffin
Treasurer, City of Victor, ID

Megan N. Kilgore
City Auditor, City of Columbus, Ohio

Michael Mattmiller
Senior Director, U.S. Government Affairs, Microsoft Corporation

Scott Dingman
Principal Consultant, Coalfire Systems, Inc.

Andrew Durket
Chief Financial Officer, Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ

Anthony Cervini
Partner-in-Charge, Government Services, Sikich LLP

Barbara Dameron
Director of Finance, City of Williamsburg, VA

Omar Gutierrez
VP of Administrative Services, Fresno City College

Liz Farmer
Fiscal Policy Writer, Self-employed

Michael Jacobson
Deputy Director, King County Office of Performance Strategy & Budget, WA

Andrew Walter Kleine
Senior Director, Government & Public Sector, EY-Parthenon

Dawn Lang
Deputy City Manager | CFO, City of Chandler, AZ

Jon Blasher
Parks and Nature Director, Oregon Metro

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

Sabrina Owens-Wilson
Regional Impact Program Manager, Metro, Portland, OR

Dustin Lanier
Founder and Principal Consultant, Civic Initiatives, LLC

Jack Pellegrino, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, CPCM
Director of Purchasing and Contracting, County of San Diego, CA

Nancy Brewer
City Manager, City of Lebanon, Oregon

Ron Harker
Finance Director, City of Roseburg, OR

Don Hudson
Assistant City Manager/Finance Director, City of Tualtin, Oregon

Rich Lee
Finance Director, San Mateo, CA

Ken Burke
Pinellas Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, Clearwater, FL

Adam Brown
Deputy Director, Clackamas County Health, Housing & Human Services, Oregon City, OR

Jill Chen
Housing Investments and Portfolio Preservation (HIPP) Manager, Portland Housing Bureau, OR

Michael Gaughan
Executive Director, Vermont Bond Bank

Rachael Lembo
Finance Manager, METRO, Portland, OR

Joel Black
Chair, Governmental Accounting Standards Board

Emily S. Brock
Director, Federal Liaison Center

Darryl Street
Associate Treasurer, Debt & Grants Management, Government of the District of Columbia, OCFO

Adam R. Wendell
Deputy Director, Office of Municipal Securities, Securities and Exchange Commission

Cindy Harris
Chief Financial Officer, Iowa Finance Authority

John Hess
Assistant County Administrative Officer, County of Tulare, California

Nikolia Sklaroff
Capital Finance Director, San Francisco Public Utlities Commission, CA

Diane B. Allison, CPA, CGMA, CGFO
Assistant Legislative Auditor and Director of Local Government Services, Louisiana Legislative Auditor

Tracie L. McCreary
Chief Technical Specialist, Local Government Services, Ohio Auditor of State

Kela Pryor
Controller, Fulton County, GA

Debra Hentz
Lean Specialist, Center for Government Innovation, Office of the Washington State Auditor

Cassie Johnson
Police Operations Support Director, Scottsdale Police Department, Arizona

Kirk Johnson
Finance Director, City of Ridgefield, WA

Michael C. Bush
CEO, Great Place to Work

Josh Humphries
Senior Advisor to the Mayor, Housing, City of Atlanta, GA

Ben McAdams
Senior Fellow, Sorenson Impact

Joseph Minicozzi, AICP
Principal, Urban3

Colin Foard
Manager, Fiscal Federalism, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Chris Forster, MPA, CPFO, CGFM
Assistant Town Manager, Town of Bluffton, SC

Liz Henderson
Global Head of Climate Risk Advisory, Aon

Shayne Kavanagh
Senior Manager of Research, GFOA

Gloria Butsch
Finance Director, City St. Hellens, OR

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

Chas Ann Fadrigo
Finance Supervisor, Vallejo Flood & Wastewater District

Kevin Greenville
Finance Director, Village of Estero, FL

Mark Mack
Senior Manager, Research and Consulting, GFOA

Christopher Ryan
Founder, Day 180

Bill Sutter
Chief Financial Officer, Boulder Valley School District

Katherine Barrett
Principal, Barrett and Green, Inc.

Kelley Cochran
Interim Finance Director, City of Redmond, WA

Malisa Files
Finance Director, City of Redmond

Brian Kennedy
Chief FInancial Officer, METRO, Portland, OR

Mary Ellen Leonard
Director of Fiscal Services, City of College Station, Texas

Crag Stroud, CPA
Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR

R. Kinney Poynter, CPA
Executive Director, NASACT

Sonia Andrews
Treasurer/CFO, City of Scottsdale, Arizona

Michele Mark Levine
Director, Technical Services, Chicago Office

Judy Archer
Director of Human Resources, Pierce County, WA

Tuyen Mai
Senior Managing Director, EY Infrastructure Advisors, Los Angeles, CA

Theresa Bauccio-Teschlog, MBA, NIGP-CPP, CPPB
Procurement Manager, City of Everett, WA

Kevin Bain
Debt Manager, City of Detroit, MI

Jennifer Davis
Deputy Finance Director, City of Peachtree Corners, GA

Andrew Kramer
Assistant Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)

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

Brian Helming
Managing Director, Hilltop Securities Asset Management

Sandee Stallings
Chief Operating Officer / Managing Director, BLX Group, LLC

Adam Brill, CPA
ACFR Accountant, Indiana AUditor of State

Kim Diller
Director of Accounting & Reporting, Indiana Auditor of State

Jodie Hartman
Director of Finance, City of Crystal Lake, IL

Dean Mead
Partner, Carr, Riggs & Ingram CPAs and Advisors

Laura Glenn, CFA
Senior Director, Public Trust Advisors

Cheryl Lindner
Treasury Management Officer, City of Nashua, NH

Alaynè Marie Sampson
Senior Portfolio Strategist, Chandler Asset Management

Rodney Shine
Chief Deputy Treasurer, Marion County Treasurer's Office, IN

Kate Grangard
Managing Director, National Public Sector Practice, Risk Strategies Company

Les Richmond, ASA, EA, MAAA, FCA
Vice President and Actuary, Build America Mutual

Diane Waldron
Comptroller, City of Bristol, CT

Kate Davis
Budget Process Manager, King County Office of Performance, Strategy, and Budget, WA

Dale Markey-Crimp
Citywide Performance Measurement and Management Program Analyst, City of Issaquah, WA

Elly Slakie
Executive Analyst - Budget, King County Office of Performance, Strategy, and Budget, WA

Bryan Glenn
President, SERVUS

Darin Kamradt
Director of Finance, WaterOne, Lenexa, KS

Quisha Light
Customer Services Director, Portland Water Bureau, OR

Benjamin Stewart
Senior Manager, Stantec

Roy Brooke
Executive Director, Natural Assets Initiative, British Columbia, Canada

Don Johnson
Undersecretary, Louisiana DOTD

Christopher Paine
Director of Finance and Asset Management, District of Oak Bay

Richard Greene
Principal, Barrett and Greene, Inc.

Tas Jalali
Head of Cybersecurity, AC Transit, Oakland, CA

Theresa A. Masse
Cybersecurity State Coordinator/Advisor, DHS-CISA

Chris Berry
Professor, University of Chicago

Fritz Kaegi
Cook County Assessor, Office of the Cook County Assessor

Noel J. Graczyk
Administrative Services Director, City of Chaska, MN

Lee Ann Shortland
Director of Finance, City of Westerville, Ohio

Angie Steeno
Principal, Crowe LLP

Cory Kampf
Chief Financial Officer, Anoka County, MN

Philip Lazo
Director of Business Development, Deposita, A Division of Allied Universial Services

Jonathan Millard
Senior Vice President and Market Executive, Bank of America

Mark Romito
Director of Finance, Township of Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania

Susan Brown
Finance & Accounting Services Manager, City of Gresham, OR

Sarah Graber
Chief Business & Finance Officer, The School District of Osceola County, FL

Kevin Mullerleile
Senior Manager, Moss Adams, LLP

Ron Holifield
CEO, Strategic Government Resource

Harpreet Hora
Executive Director, Budget Services, Atlanta Public Schools

Brian Elms
Founder, Change Agents Training LLC

Mylien Duong
Senior Director of Research, Constructive Dialogue Institute

Cassandra Gunther
Accounting Manager, WaterOne

Matt Prewitt
President, RadicalxChange Foundation

Jason Carini
Treasurer, Claremore, OK

Hubert White, CFA CTP
Chief Investment Officer, City & County of San Francisco, CA

Deanne Woodring
President - Senior Portfolio Advisor, Government Portfolio Advisors, OR

Kevin Bueso
Chief Financial Officer, Chicago Regional Transportation Authority

Ariane Gibson, CPA
Vice President of Financial Services, Utah Housing Corporation

Josh Harwood
Fiscal & Tax Policy Director, METRO, Portland OR

Angèle Ozoemelam
Business Services Director, Tucson, AZ

Justin Anderson
Immediate Past President, Association of Local Government Auditors

Jonathan Edwards, CIA, CPFO
Internal Auditor, County of Volusia, FL

Simone Rede
City Auditor, City of Portland, OR

Jenny Scott
Performance Auditor III, Portland Auditor's Office, OR

Rebecca Takahashi
Senior Internal Auditor, Association of Local Government Auditors, Pasadena, CA

Jennifer Becker
Financial Services Director, City of Burbank, CA

Irfan A. Bora
Director, Rutgers Online Masters in Governmental Accounting Program, Rutgers Business School

Shakeel Yusuf
Director of Finance, Prince William Public Schools, Manassas, VA

Miklos A. Vasarhelyi
KPMG Distinguished Professor of AIS, Rutgers University

Nicole Allen, P.Eng., M.Sc.
Executive Director, NAMS Canada

Niklas Anemo
CEO, KEF

David Jenkins
Chief Executive, IPWEA

Myles Lind
President, IPWEA

Ashay Prabhu
International Advisor, GFOA (CEDCP)

Paul Chatalas
Director of Capital Markets, State of Illinois - Governor's Office of Management and Budget

Harvey Zachem
Managing Director, KBRA

Laura Allen, (she/her), CPFO, ICMA-CM
GFOA President-Elect, Budget Analyst III, Capital Budgeting, Maryland Department of Budget and Management

Ted Wheeler
Mayor, City of Portland, OR

Erica Dhawan
Keynote Speaker on 21st century Collaboration

Tom Kozlik
Head of Public Policy and Municipal Strategy, HilltopSecurities Inc.

Justin Marlowe
Professor, University of Chicago

Amanda Richter
VP Senior Analyst, Moody's

Jennifer Stevens
Assistant Financial Officer, City of Raleigh, NC

Rick Cole
Chief Deputy Contoller, City of Los Angeles, CA

Mark Funkhouser
President, Funkhouser & Associates

Krista Morrison
Budget Officer, City of Kansas City, MO

Andrew Scott
Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Metro, Protland, OR

Donna Herridge, CPA, CA
Executive Director, Municipal Finance Officers of Ontario

Victoria Collin
Chief Compliance and Finance Officer, U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Recovery Programs

Marija Jukic
Controller, City of Austin, TX

Marisa Waxman, AICP
Director, State & Local Recovery Funds, U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Recovery Programs

Ritu Bhasin, LL.B. MBA
CEO and Founder, Bhasin Consulting, Inc.

Patrick Dennis
Budget Coordinator, Metro, Portland, OR

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

Katie Johnston
Budget Director, City of Tacoma, WA

Zachary Markovits
Vice President & Local Practice Lead, Results for America

Matthew Stitt
Director, PFM

Melissa Merrell
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, Port of Portland, OR

Irma Ashworth
Finance Director, City of Mesa, AZ

Mark Gassaway MAcc, MBA, CPA
Finance Director, Clark County, WA

Ted Williamson
Partner, RubinBrown, LLP

Melissa Rackers
Chief Financial Officer, Missouri Local Government Employees Retirement System

Todd Tauzer
National Public Sector Retirement Practice Leader, Segal

Irica Solomon
Head of Government Affairs and Advocacy, MissionSquare Retirement

Michael Belarmino
Senior Policy Advisor, Washington, DC, Office

Jarron Brady
Policy Analyst, Washington, DC, Office

Galen McDonald
Policy Associate, Washington, DC, Office

Kenneth Sullivan
Professor, Arizona State University

Ben Fauske
Founder, RISE Leadership

Chris Adams
President, Balancing Act

David Goldman
Finance Director, City of Oak Harbor

Mark McDaniel
City of Fort Worth, Texas

Emily M. Zwetzig
Budget Director, Clark County, WA

Amanda Carter
Director of Finance & IT, Couty of Prince Edward, Ontario

Ben Clark
Director of Infrastructure & Environmental Services, The Barossa Council, Adelaide, South Australia

Kay Sutula
Director, Office of Management & Budget, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, OH

John Togher
Directof of Accounting, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, OH

Keith Dagen
Director of Finance, City of Richardson, TX

Stephen J. Gauthier
Consultant

Riley Akervik
Finance Director, Central Valley Health District

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

Timothy Martin
Senior Manager for Digital Experiences, Chicago Office

Jesse Muniz
Associate Director, Budget & Finance, Council Services, City of Albuquerque, NM

Tim Collier
CFO, Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue, Tualatin, OR

Jeromy Paul
Battalion Staff Captain, Portland Fire & Rescue, Portland, OR

Joe Pulvermacher
Fire Chief/Emergency Management Director, Fitchburg Fire Department, WI

Mathew Wasserburger
Assistant Director Fire Management Services, City of AUrora, CO

Kezia Wanner
Deputy Director, Portland Fire & Rescue, OR

Natalie Wehner
CFO, Cowichan Valley Regional District

Deep Debnath
Economist, City of Columbia

Matthew Lue
Director of Finance, CFO, City of Columbia, MO

Kyle Rieman
Auditor, Boon County, MO

Andrew Zaremba
Utilities Economist, Tacoma Water

Alina Bartley
Director, Supply Chain, Alvarez & Marshal, Houston, TX

Brian P. Garrity, C.P.M., CPSM, CPPB
Director of Procurement, Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, San Francisco, CA

Rachelle Mathews
Deputy Director of Administrative and Financial Services, City of Topeka, KS

Kate Rotella, MPA, CPPO, NIGP-CPP
Director of Fiscal Affairs and Acquisitions, Eastern Connecticut State University

Brent Bryant
Finance Director, City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Jackie Dunn
Treasurer, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Stefan Jaskulak
Chief Financial Officer and Director of Administrative Services, Midpeninsula Open Space District

Håkon Johanson
Director of Finance/CFO, Town of Gilbert, AZ

Rhonda Cheatham
Chief, Management Operations, District of Columbia Government

Joe Jarrin
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance and Budget, U.S. Department of Transportation

John Lewis
Public Works Director, City of Oregon City, OR

Brooke Sisk
General Services Agency Director, County of Tulare, CA

Mike Mucha
Deputy Executive Director, Chicago Office

Kevin Wachtel
Finance Director, Village of Orland Park, IL

Jonas Biery
Vice President, Public Finance Banker, D.A. Davidson & Co

Sarah Brown
Treasurer, City of St. Paul, Minnesota

Matt Gierach
Debt Manager, City of Portland, OR

Nancy Zielke
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services

John M. Globensky
City Treasurer, City of Grand Rapids, MI

Susannah Filipovic
Manager of Technical Accounting, Chicago Office

Edward Gin
Chief Financial Officer, Illinois Housing Development Authority

Peg Hartnett
Assistant Director for Training, Chicago Office

Amanda Ward
Partner, Plante & Moran, PLLC

Robert Lavigna
Senior Fellow - Public Sector, UKG Ultimate Kronos Group

Ebony Roundtree
Budget and Comensation Administrator

Matthew Walsh
Research Director, Lightcast

Tristan Wulffson
Budget Analyst, Maricopa County, AZ

Christian Elkin
Budget Director, Multnomah County, OR

Laurette Jean
Director of Budget & Performance Management

Dan Olivieri
Manager of Corporate Planning & Consultation, City of Maple Ridge, BC

Addi Lowell
Director of Finance, Wichita Public Schools, KS

David Erdman
Managing Director, Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors

Barry Fick
Executive Director, Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority

Carol Juang McCoog
Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP

Maria Runnels
Investor Relations Manager, City of Atlanta, GA

Andrew Bauck
Executive Analyst, King County Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget, WA

Lunda Asmani, CPFO
Chief Financial Officer, Norwalk Public Schools

Christian Kaylor
Prosper Portland, OR

Toby LaFrance
Finance and IT Director, City of Milwaukie, OR

Melinda M. Gildart, CPA, MBA
Deputy Director, Financial Management Division, Texas Department of Transportation

James W. Ramsey
Partner, Eide Bailly, LLP

Todd Buikema, CPA
Assistant Director for Publications, Chicago Office

2023 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• PFM Asset Management
• MissionSquare Retirement

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Tyler Techologies
• U.S. Bank

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Deloitte
• EY
• Infor
• JP Morgan Chase
• Oracle
• Stifel

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Balancing Act by Polco
• Bank of America
• Celonis
• CentralSquare Technologies
• FORVIS
• IntelliTime
• KeyBanc
• OneStream Software
• OpenGOV
• Paymentus
• PFM
• Protiviti
• Sylogist
• VISA

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Adaje
• Alight
• Allovue
• Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services
• Amazon Business
• American Express
• Bronner Group
• CGI
• Chandler Asset Management
• Civic Initiatives
• Empower
• HTC Global Services
• LSL CPAs
• MFOA Ontario
• Microsoft
• Moody's Investor Service
• PayIt
• SAP Concur
• Segal
• TRS