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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
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8:00 |
5:00 |
CPFO Exam
(Pre-registration required) |
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8:00 |
12:30 |
Board Meeting & Lunch |
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12:00 |
5:00 |
Conference Registration |
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1:00 |
3:00 |
VSCPA Ethics Course |
Marycarol White |
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1:00 |
2:00 |
Benefits, Reimbursements, and
Payments—What’s Taxable? |
Adrienne McKinney, Tax
Manager, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP |
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2:00 |
3:00 |
Energy Education |
John Lord and Michael
Baranceiwicz, Energy Education Specialists,
Loudoun County Public Schools |
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3:00 |
3:15 |
Break •
Sponsored by The PFM Group |
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3:15 |
4:15 |
General Session -
Succession Planning |
Galloway Beck, City of
Charlottesville, Director of Human Resources |
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4:15 |
5:15 |
Fiscal State of the Commonwealth and the Resulting
Impact on Local and School Budgets |
Michael L. Edwards,
Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs,
VACo |
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6:00 |
7:30 |
Reception •
Sponsored by SunTrust Bank |
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6:00 |
7:30 |
Entertainment - by
Jordan Harman Band •
Sponsored by MAXIMUS |
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
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7:30 |
5:00 |
Conference Registration |
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7:30 |
8:30 |
Breakfast •
Sponsored by Wachovia Bank |
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8:30 |
8:45 |
Call to Order/Colors/VGFOA
Welcome |
Marycarol White |
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8:45 |
9:00 |
Opening Remarks |
Honorable Dave Norris,
Mayor, Charlottesville |
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9:00 |
10:00 |
Keynote Address -
Long-term Financial Planning and Survival Techniques
Related to the Recession |
Shayne Kavanagh,
Senior Manager - Research, Government Finance
Officers Association |
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10:00 |
10:15 |
Break •
Co-Sponsored by The Bank of
New York Mellon and McGuire Woods |
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10:15 |
11:15 |
Current Issues In The
Liquidity And Debt Markets |
Michael Longhi, Deputy Treasurer for
Accounting and Treasury Management, Arlington County
Va.; Diane Battle, CTP Senior Vice
President,Wachovia Bank; Paul Blomgren, Vice
President Fixed Income Strategist Institutional
Brokerage & Sales, Wells Fargo & Company; Suzanne M.
Finnegan, Senior Vice President, Wachovia Bank, N.A,;
Walker McQuage, Manager, Wells Fargo Securities |
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10:15 |
11:15 |
Starting a Green Government
Program in Your Community |
Kenneth Cronin, Director of General
Services/Sustainability, Roanoke, VA. |
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11:15 |
12:15 |
IRS Compliance Issues |
Christina Chang,
Internal Revenue Services Agent |
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11:15 |
12:15 |
Accepting credit card payments: How convenience fees
can increase you bottom line profits |
J.
Marshall Blackston,
Corporate Account Executive, SunTrust Merchant
Services
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12:15 |
1:30 |
Lunch and Annual
Meeting
• Sponsored by Cherry,
Bekaert & Holland |
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1:45 |
3:00 |
Fiscal Resiliency during Recession Times |
Vivian McGettigan, Deborah
White, John
Wallingford, and Barry Faison, CPA, Chief Financial
Officer, Virginia Retirement System |
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3:00 |
3:15 |
Break •
Sponsored by Fidelity
Capital Markets |
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3:15 |
4:15 |
Bond Compliance |
Richard H Babb, CPA
Vice President · The Bank of New York
Mellon,Corporate Trust Muni - Mid-Atlantic Business
Group Manager |
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3:15 |
4:15 |
Strategies
for Reducing OPEB ARC |
Rick Lowe, Senior Vice
President, AON Consulting and Localities |
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4:15 |
5:15 |
ARRA Implications for State/Local Gov't |
Chris M. Zitzow,
Sr.Vice President, MAXIMUS Consulting |
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4:15 |
5:15 |
Debt Capacity |
Joe Mason, Davenport and
Company |
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6:00 |
7:30 |
Meet and Greet Reception •
Sponsored by Robinson
Farmer Cox Associates |
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Friday, October 23, 2009 |
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7:30 |
8:30 |
Past Presidents'
Breakfast • Sponsored by
Hunton & Williams, LLP |
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7:30 |
8:30 |
Breakfast •
Co-Sponsored by U.S. Bank
and Merkle Response Management Group |
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8:30 |
9:30 |
Leadership 2.0: Accomplishing More with Less |
Barbara Willingham,
Leadership Systems Inc. |
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8:30 |
9:30 |
Post Issuance Compliance - Staying out of Trouble
After the Bonds are Issued |
Chris Kulp, Hunton & Williams
and Brian Helming, Pinnacle Abritrage |
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9:30 |
10:30 |
Virginia and Regional Economy |
John R. Layman,
Director/Chief Economist, Revenue Forecasting, Va.
Department of Taxation |
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10:30 |
10:45 |
Break •
Sponsored by Regions Bank |
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10:45 |
12:00 |
Fraud & Waste - Tying in the Federal Stimulus -
Title to Come… |
Kevin Foust,
Supervisory Senior Resident Agent, Federal Bureau
Investigation - Roanoke Office |
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12:00 |
1:15 |
Gourmet Boxed Lunches
• Sponsored by McGladrey &
Pullen, LLP |
