Past Webinars
June 17, 2021 Pensions: Long Term Investment Trends and Impact on Budget (TB)
Speaker(s): James J. Rizzo, ASA, MAAA
and Piotr Krekora, ASA, MAAA, PhD, Senior Consultants and Actuaries, Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company
May 13, 2021 Accepting Credit Card Payments (TB)
Speaker(s): Matthew Leman,Executive Director, J.P. Morgan
May 12, 2021 Panel Discussion ESG: Learn from the Experts on How to be a Leader in Disclosing Environmental Risks (TB)
Speaker(s):Panel
Ben Watkins, Director, Florida Division of Bond Finance
Linda Short, Deputy Director of Finance, City of Ft. Lauderdale
Susan Grant, Director of Finance, City of Ft. Lauderdale
Jennifer Jurado, Ph.D., Chief Resilience Officer, Broward County
Stephen Farmer, Investment & Finance Coordinator, Broward County
April 22, 2021 Communication Tactics Calculated to Influence Success Across Organizations (TB)
Speaker(s): Susan Rollwagen, Pepperbox Solutions
April 15, 2021 How to Develop an Asset Management Policy (TB)
Speaker(s): Scott Patton, Senior Manager, Plante Moran; Kari Shea, CPA, Principal, Plante Moran; and Thomas Kempa, CPA, Manager, Plante Moran
April 8, 2021 Procurement Card Best Practices(TB)
Speaker(s): Denise K. Finn, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, C.P.M., CPPB
Procurement Manager, City of Fort Myers
March 25, 2021 Paperless Office: Opportunities and Challenges (TB)
Speaker(s): Bryan Frick, Account Executive, MCCi; Alexis Blue, Enterprise Account Manager, MCCi; Mike Pazuki, Head of Intelligent Automation, MCCi
March 18, 2021 FGFOA GASB 87: Practical Considerations (TB)
Speaker(s): Wayne Durrett, CPA James Moore - Certified Public Accountants and Consulting,
and Ben Clark, CPA, Senior Accountant - James Moore - Certified Public Accountants and Consulting
February 25, 2021 Dealing with Difficult Employees/Having Difficult Conversations (TB)
Speaker(s): Mimi Tran, MSHRM, PHR, SHRM-CP
City of St. Cloud Human Resources Department
January 28, 2021 Redefining Leadership for 2021 (TB)
Speaker(s): Steven Alexander, Managing Director, CEC, PFM Asset Management LLC
January 21, 2020 FL-GFOA Long Range Finanical Planning - final
Speaker(s): Mike McCann, VP of Financial Solutions, OpenGov, Erjeta Diamanti, Budget Manager, City of Pompano Beach, FL, Ernesto Reyes, Director of Budget & Strategic Planning, City of Pompano Beach, FL
December 17, 2020 Using Data to Drive Change and Chart Success (TB)
Speaker(s): Susan Boyer, Executive Director of the Florida Benchmarking Consortium and
Carlos Maxwell, OMB Coordinator, Office of Management & Budget Management Planning & Performance Analysis Division, Miami-Dade County
November 19, 2020 Economic Update (TB) Second Presentation - Recalibrating a Fixed Income Portfolio
Speaker(s): M. Brent Wertz, Managing Partner, Water Walker Investments and Sean Snaith, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Economic Forecasting (IEF), University of Central Florida
November 12, 2020 Best Practices for Remote Working in a Government (TB)
Speaker(s): Bob Siegel, President, Privacy Ref
October 15, 2020 Impact of COVID-19 (Pandemic) on Financial Reporting (TB)
Speaker(s): Zach Chalifour, CPA, Partner, James Moore and Company, CPAs and Consultants and James Halleran, CPA, Partner, James Moore and Company, CPAs and Consultants
September 17, 2020 Disaster Recovery/Having a Continuity of Operations Plan (TB)
Presentation 1, Presentation 2
Speakers : Ed McCrane, Emergency Management Chief, Sarasota County and Frank Russo, Founder/Principal, Proctor Solutions & Consulting
August 20, 2020
GASB 84 - Fiduciary Activities, getting ready and using the implementation guide (TB)
Speakers: Daniel Anderson, CPA - Director with Mauldin & Jenkins
July 16, 2020 CARES Act Funding (TB)
Speakers: Kody Glazer, Legal Director, The Florida Housing Coalition and Susan Pourciau, Technical Advisor for the Florida Housing Coalition.
June 18, 2020 Florida public records and the Sunshine law (TB)
Speakers: Tim Few, Records Management Analyst, Bureau of Archive and Records Management, Department of State and Stephanie Boggs, Records Management Analyst, Bureau of Archive and Records Management, Department of State
May 21, 2020 Budget Preparation and Communicating Budget to Constitutional Officers
Speaker:
Diane Reichard, Chief Financial Officer, Plant City
April 16, 2020 Understanding the Property Tax Assessment Process in Florida
Speaker:
Tim Wilmath, Palm Beach County Property Appraiser's Office
April 9, 2020 Special Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Speaker:
Robert Larkin, Allen Norton & Blue, P.A.
February 20, 2020 Strategies for Managing Healthcare Costs
Speaker:
Anna Maria Studley, Director, Client Development
January 16, 2020 Best Practices for Internal Control in an IT Environment No Questions
Speaker: Michael Sandstrum, Senior IT Risk Assurance Manager, Purvis, Gray & Company
December 19, 2019 Preparing for an ERP Implementation
Speaker: Sharhonda M. Rush, CPA, Controller, Jacksonville Transportation Authority
November 21, 2019 ADA Compliance Accessibility of Documents on Local Government Websites
Speaker: Don Torrez and Nancy Hahlbeck, Certified Accessibility Coordinators, CivicPlus
October 17, 2019 457(B) Deferred Compensation Plans Fiduciary Responsibility
Speaker: Frank Wan, Senior Vice President Burgess Chambers & Associates, Inc.
September 19, 2019 XBRL (HB 1073)
Speakers: Michelle Savage, VP, Communication, XBRL US and Shannon N. Sohl, Ph.D., CPA, Senior Research Associate at Northern Illinois University’s Center for Governmental Studies
August 15, 2019 Retirement Benefits GASB & Reporting
Speakers: Barbara Boyd, CPA, Partner and Ryan Tucker, CPA, Partner, Purvis Gray & Company
July 25, 2019 Legislative Review
Speaker: Amber Hughes, Sr. Legislative Advocate, Florida League of Cities
May 16, 2019 Economic Update
Speakers: Kyle Jones, Managing Director and Hank Fishkind, Ph.D., Director, PFM Asset Management LLC
April 18, 2019 Fraud, Automated Controls, and Cybersecurity Risks and Responses
Speakers: Andrew Laflin, CPA, and Randy Romes, CISSP, CRISC, MPC, PCI-QSA
April 4, 2019 Developing A Better Budget Process
Speakers: Will Payne, Performance & Budget Manager, and Tyler Thompson, Management Analyst III, City of Largo
February 21, 2019 Procurement Card Best Practices
Speaker: Megan Gaillard, Director of Audit, Palm Beach County Office of Inspector General
December 20, 2018 Ethics, Public Records & the Sunshine Law
Speaker: Chevelle D. Nubin, Village Clerk, MMC, Village of Wellington
August 16, 2018 Cost Allocation Plans
Speakers: Troy Tangen, Vice President, Financial Services, Maximus and Michael D. Perry, CGFO, Budget Officer, City of Tampa
July 19, 2018 GASB Statements No. 87, Leases
Speaker: Brian W. Caputo, Ph.D., C.P.A, Vice President for Administrative Affairs & CFO, College of DuPage and Board Member, Governmental Accounting Standards Board
April 19, 2018 Economic Update
Speaker: David Jang, Water Walker Investments
February 15, 2018 Adapting to a Multi-Generational Workforce
Speaker: Scott Paine, PhD, Director, Leadership Development and Education, Florida League of Cities
January 18, 2018 Accounting for Capital Assets/GASB 34
Speaker: Joel Knopp, CPA, Chareholder
December 14, 2017 Grants - Uniform Guidance/Tracking & Reporting
Speakers: Marc Grace, CPA, Partner and Stephen Emery, CPA, Manager
September 21, 2017 Records Management Basics
Speakers: Gregory J. Cowan, Senior Management Analyst, Justice Administrative Commission and Sandra Tuller, Clerks Records Management Manager, Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller, PInellas County
August 17, 2017 Fiduciary Considerations for Governmental Retirement Plans
Speaker: Frank Wan, Senior Vice President, Burgess Chambers & Associates, Inc.
July 20, 2017 Basic Government Resource Manual
Speakers: Eduardo Castaneda, Moore Stephens and Lovelace and Melissa Burns, Chair of Technical Resource Committee
May 16, 2017 Legislative Update
Speakers: Amber Hughes, Sr. Legislative Advocate, Florida League of Cities and Laura Youmans, Associate Director of Public Policy, Florida Association of Counties
April 20, 2017 Building a Better Budget Document
Speaker: John Fishbein, Senior Program Manager, GFOA
February 16, 2017 Constitutional Revision Commission (CRC) & Healthcare Reform Update/Wellness Initiatives in the Workplace
Speakers: David Cruz, Assistant General Counsel and Clay Austin, Assistant Director of Trust Services, Florida League of Cities
Speakers: John Christly, Chief Information Security Officer, Netsurion and EventTracker, and William Blend, CPA, CFE, Moore Stephens and Lovelace