Preliminary Program*
*Program is subject to change.
TUESDAY, APRIL 28
1:00pm - 11:59pm Set up in the Exhibit Areas
1:00pm - 11:59pm Registration set up
11:30am - 11:45am
Introductions and CCMT Certification Overview
• Susan Munson, Managing Director, Academy Securities, Bret Black, Eastern Municipal Water District, Financial Manager-Debt,Treasury and Special Funding
11:45am - 1:30pm
Session One: Investment Program Foundation and Process
• Bret Black, Financial Manager-Debt,Treasury and Special Funding, Eastern Municipal Water District
• Hubert R White, III CFA CTP, Chief Investment Officer, City & County of San Francisco
1:30pm - 1:45pm Break
1:45pm - 2:45pm
Session Two: Guardians of the Public Purse: Treasury Fraud Prevention in Local Government
• Katherine Yuen, CEO, Krisch & Company
2:45pm - 3:00pm Break
3:00pm - 4:45pm
Session Three: Investment Policy Overview, CA Investment Code Update, and Investment Policy Exercise
• Deborah Higgins, President, Higgins Capital
• Kandis Baldwin, Investment Officer, El Dorado County
4:45pm - 5:00pm End of Day Wrap and Q&A
• Susan Munson, Managing Director, Academy Securities
• Bret Black, Financial Manager-Debt,Treasury and Special Funding, Eastern Municipal Water District
7:00pm - 9:00pm President’s Dinner
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
7:30am - 5:00pm Registration Open
7:30am - 4:00pm Exhibit Hall Open
7:30am - 8:30am
Continental Breakfast for Pre-conference Sessions
8:30am-9:45am
Session Four: Don’t Let the Accounting Tail Wag the Investment Dog: Making Strategy Lead the Way
• Tonya Dazzio, CCM, Director, Advisory Services, Meeder Asset Management
• Greg Balls, CFA, Director, Advisory Services, Meeder Asset Management
8:30am-9:45am
Debt Preconference: Bond Pricing in Action: An Interactive Simulation of the Primary Market Process
• Anna Sarabian, Partner, Fieldman, Rolapp and Associates
• Holly Vocal, Managing Director, BofA Securities
• Traci Lee, Assistant Treasurer, Orange County Fire Authority
9:45am - 10:00am Break
THURDAY, APRIL 30
7:30am - 4:30pm Registration Open
8:00am - 4:30pm Exhibits Open
7:30am - 8:30am Breakfast
8:30am - 9:30am
Policy Normalization in an Abnormal Economic Cycle
• Craig Dismuke, Chief Market Strategist, Stifel
• Jaime Loftin Picunko
9:35am - 10:35am Main Street Speak - The Language of Public Funds Investing
• Ben Finkelstein, Managing Director, Fixed Income, RW Baird
• Hubert R White, III CFA CTP, Chief Investment Officer, City & County of San Francisco
9:35am - 10:35am A Comprehensive Overview of Pooled Cash Management for Governmental Entities
• Heather Rowden, Adisory Services Manager, Krisch & Company
9:35am - 10:35am Imagine What’s Possible with New Tax
11:00am - 12:00pm Custodians as Strategic Partners: Maximizing Value Through Technology & Collaboration
• Matt Leisman, JP Morgan
• Victoria Tadross, JP Morgan
11:00am - 12:00pm Set your Agency up for Debt Issuance Success: Debt Policies and the CMTA Debt Policy Certification Program
• Dennis Kauffman, Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer, Roseville
• Brad Neal, Partner, Stradling
• Heidi Schoeppe, President/Managing Director, Webb Municipal Finance, LLC
12:00pm -1:30pm Legislative Budget Update, Michael Coleman
1:30pm - 2:00pm Dessert Break in Exhibit Hall
2:00pm - 2:50pm
Effective Yield?, Book Return?, Total Return? Current and Purchase Yield?
• Carlos Oblites, Portfolio and Investment Pool Strategist, Chandler Asset Management
2:00pm - 2:50pm New Trends in Banking
• Zina Monroe, Executive Director - Government
4:30pm Exhibit Hall Teardown
5:00pm - 7:30pm Evening Event
Friday, May 1
7:30am - 12:00pm Registration Open
8:00am - 9:00am Full American Breakfast Buffet
9:00am - 9:50am
Unlocking Infrastructure Dollars: How Local Agencies Can Improve Access to State and Federal Funding Resources
• Lina Moeller, Infrastructure loans Unit Manager, CA Infrastructure & Economic Dev Bank
• Ross Culverwell, Chief Credit Officer, California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank -Ibank
• Marc Limas, Treasurer/Operations Manager, Alta Irrigation District
9:50am to 10:00am Break
10:00am - 11:00am Farmer Side Chat
• Jackson Takach, CFA , Chief Economist and Vice President of Strategy, Research, and Analytics, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (FARMER MAC)
• David Isaac, Director – Fixed Income and GSE Trading, Academy Securities, Inc.
11:15am - 11:30am Break
11:30am - 12:30pm Practical Strategies for Streamlining Revenue Collection
• Sam Leese, PayIt
12:45pm - 1:45pm Board Meeting with Lunch
