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November 17-19, 2010 • Moody Gardens Hotel • Galveston
Fiscal 911: Restoring Financial Health
Your Actuarial Study - Part I - Michael N. Morin, Principal, Consulting Actuary, Milliman
Your Actuarial Study - Part II - Jack L. Beam, Consultant, Gabriel Roeder Smith
GASB’s Stance - Kevin A. Sanford, Partner, Weaver & Tidwell; Steve Murray, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings; Peter Stare, Senior Vice President, First Southwest
What Else Should I Know? Brian Whitworth, Senior Vice President, First Southwest; Don Paschal, Senior Municipal Consultant, PARS; Winston Duke, City of Huntsville
OPED Workshop, November 17, 2010
Thursday Sessions, November 18, 2010
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Tuesday, November 15
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP – BUDGETING: PART ONE
Thursday Sessions, November 17
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The Art of Public Finance
November 16-18, 2011 • La Torretta Lake Resort & Spa • Conroe
Wednesday, November 16
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP – BUDGETING: PART TWO
WELCOME AND OPENING GENERAL SESSION
Economic Recovery or Retrenchment: Paint Us a Picture
David Litvack, Managing Director and Municipal Strategist, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private
Wealth Management
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
From Blank Canvas to Masterpiece: Achieving Excellence in Your Procurement Function
Christine Green, CPM, Purchasing Agent, City of University Park; and Diane Palmer-Boeck,
CPPO, CPPB, Chief Purchasing Officer, City of Plano
From the Big Picture to the Small Details: Financial Reporting Techniques
John DeBurro, C.P.A., Senior Manager, Assurance Services, and Jackie Gonzalez, Manager,
Weaver & Tidwell, LLP
The Art of Transforming Operational Data Into Management Information
Lewis F. McLain, Jr., President, CityBase.Net
GENERAL SESSION
A Portrait of the New Federal Regulatory Landscape
Michael G. Bartolotta, Vice Chairman, First Southwest; and Paul S. Maco, Partner, Vinson & Elkins
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
Indirect Cost Allocation: Reminiscent of M.C. Escher or Fractal Geometry?
John Glennon, Project Consultant, Maximus, Inc.; Mark Carpenter, Senior Associate, Costing Services,
MGT of America, Inc.; and Anna Mosqueda, CFO, Denton County Transportation Authority
Social Networking: Looking at All Angles
Ron Holifield, CEO, Strategic Government Resource Leveraging Technology for Investment
Leveraging Technology for Investment
Kevin Webb, CFA, Senior Vice President, Cantor Fitzgerald
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
Impressions of Audit/Finance Committees
Christopher Breaux, Audit Partner, Null-Lairson, PC; Monte Mercer; Deputy Executive Director, North
Central Texas Council of Governments; and Glenn Windsor, Finance Director/Treasurer, City of Tomball
Risk Management Through the Lens of the Finance Director
Robert S. Bookhammer, III, Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc.; and
Carol Loughlin, Deputy Director, TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool
Are You Paying Masterpiece Prices? A Look at Compensation Trends
Ruth Ann Eledge, Vice President and Senior Consultant, The Waters Consulting Group, Inc.
Friday, November 18
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
The Popular Annual Financial Report: A New Perspective for Your Financial Information
Sheralyn A. Wright, Assistant Director of Financial Operations, City of Arlington; and Rhett Clark,
Director of Finance, City of Burleson
Preventing a Starving Artist from Stealing from Your Bank Account
Keith Parsons, Senior Vice President, BOK Financial Corporation
Economic Development: Strokes of Fiscal Genius?
Karen Daly, Assistant City Manager, City of Sugar Land; and Chip VanSteenberg, Partner,
Vision Bridge Consulting
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
Abstract to Concrete: When to Talk Concepts and When to Get ’er Done
Julie M. Johnston, City Administrator, City of Dickinson; and Melissa Byrne Vossmer, City Manager,
City of Angleton
Painting by Numbers: Windows 7 Tips and Tricks
Bobby Doss, Vice President of Sales-Texas, Sparkhound
GASB’S Pension Proposal: Masterpiece or Private Sector Knock-Off?
Robert “Bob” Scott, ACM/CFO, City of Carrollton; and Keith A. Dagen, Assistant Finance Director,
City of Richardson
CLOSING SESSION
Legislative Update
Bennett Sandlin, Executive Director, Texas Municipal League
Fraud Happens in a Harsh Landscape
Charles "Chuck" Cummings, CPA, CFF, CFE, Managing Partner, Cummings & Houston, L.L.P.
