CSMFO 55TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
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CSMFO 55TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
CSMFO 55TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015 Portola Hotel and Monterey Conference Center Monterey, California future state Advancing public sector goals and the greater good through integrated financial solutions. baml.com/publicsector The power of global connections™ “Bank of America Merrill Lynch” is the marketing name for the global banking and global markets businesses of Bank of America Corporation. Lending, derivatives, and other commercial banking activities are performed globally by banking affiliates of Bank of America Corporation, including Bank of America, N.A., member FDIC. 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THE POWER OF GLOBAL CONNECTIONS is a trademark of Bank of America Corporation, registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. ©2014 Bank of America Corporation 10-14-0580 2015 President’s Letter Dear Conference Attendee: As your 2015 CSMFO President, I would like to welcome you to CSMFO’s 55th Annual Conference in beautiful Monterey, CA. I’m excited for CSMFO to be returning to Monterey for our Conference. The last time we were here was 1999! This is a perfect setting to host CSMFO’s premier event of the year, “The Changing Tides of California Finance.” This is truly CSMFO Week in Monterey! My fellow Board of Directors, along with our Conference Host Committee, are glad you once again chose to attend this outstanding training event. This week will afford you the opportunity to earn up to 22 CPEs, get up-to-date reports on legislation and economic forecasts and network with your fellow orientation scheduled on Wednesday at 11:00 am. This session will provide you with an abundance of most out of our organization and the Conference. Your Host Committee has expanded the training opportunities by starting out the week with two Pre-Conference sessions on Tuesday. In addition, we are again offering an early-bird session prior to the opening general session on Wednesday, which Wednesday at noon with not one, but two keynote speakers that promise to entertain you and get the Conference started on a fun and positive note. As the week progresses, be sure to attend the general sessions whose speakers will be presenting information critical to our agencies’ decision making. Additionally, our Program Committee has put together over 35 outstanding sessions that present insights, strategies, techniques and best practices across a spectrum of topics presented by a wealth of experts experience. The Exhibit Hall has a new opening time this year! If you arrive early on Wednesday morning we encourage you to visit the exhibitors beginning at 10:00 am in the Exhibit Hall, located in the Serra Ballroom in the Conference Center. If you miss them at that time, they will be open on Wednesday afternoon, Wednesday evening for the vendor reception and Thursday through the afternoon break. Our commercial members are dedicated to assisting you in your daily strategies and solutions, not to mention being an integral part of our organization. Without our commercial sponsors’ support we would not be able to provide the quality speakers and events that make this Conference such a success year after year. Please make a point to visit the Exhibit Hall and thank them for their support! Are you also ready for some relaxation, networking and having some fun? Then, be sure to attend our “Cruise the Night Away” party on Thursday evening in the lobby, ballroom and lounge of the Portola Hotel. Get your sea-faring legs on and don’t forget your wristband, which is required for this event. Come prepared to socialize with your colleagues and have some fun, complete with casino style gaming, a karaoke bar, a strolling magician and a soulful band that will have you dancing into the night! In closing, a Conference of this size and magnitude could not take place without dedicated individuals who devote countless hours of their time to ensure our attendees have a great learning experience. To the members of the 2015 Annual Conference Host and Program Committees, please accept my sincere thanks for all your contributions and hours spent in the planning process that was integral to making this another outstanding Conference. In addition, I wish to extend a big “thank you” to Smith Moore & Associates, Inc. and Meeting & Association Management Services, Inc. for your expertise and assistance in making this Conference a success. Again, thank you for joining us in Monterey. Listen, learn, network and enjoy! Jesse Takahashi Finance Director, City of Campbell 2015 CSMFO President and Conference Chair CSMFO Leadership ..................................................................... 2 2015 Standing Committees & Board Chapter Liaisons ....................................... 3 2015 Chapter Chairs & League Policy Committee Appointees........................ 5 CSMFO Past Presidents ................................................................................................... 7 2015 General Information.......................................................................................................... 7 Tuesday, February 17, 2015 2015 Pre-Conference Training Session ......................................................................8 Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Early Bird Session ..............................................................................................................9 Luncheon & Keynote Speaker.......................................................................................11 2015 Concurrent Sessions..............................................................................................12 Thursday, February 19, 2015 2015 Concurrent Sessions..............................................................................................13 Luncheon & General Session ........................................................................................15 Cruise the Night Away with CSMFO ........................................................................ 19 Friday, February 20, 2015 Breakfast, Business Meeting, Awards & General Session .................................. 20 2015 Concurrent Sessions................................................................................................21 Exhibitor Listing .........................................................................................................................23 2015 Sponsors & Exhibitors .................................................................................................. 36 Complete Program At A Glance ......................................................................................... 38 CALIFORNIA SOCIETY of MUNICIPAL FINANCE OFFICERS Learn more about us by visiting our website at www.csmfo.org. www.csmfo.org | 1 2015 OFFICERS, DIRECTORS & COMMITTEES 2015 CSMFO OFFICERS DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Northern Representatives Jesse Takahashi ...................... City of Campbell Joan Michaels, City of Dixon PRESIDENT-ELECT Marcus Pimentel, City of Santa Cruz John Adams .................... City of Thousand Oaks Karan Reid, City of Concord PAST PRESIDENT Pamela Arends-King .................... City of Tustin Southern Representatives Barbara Boswell, City of Lancaster 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE HOST COMMITTEE Brent Mason, City of Riverside Margaret Moggia, West Basin Municipal Water District Jesse Takahashi ............. Chair, City of Campbell Drew Corbett ..........................City of Menlo Park Jane Corpus...................................City of Milpitas Tori Hannah ..................................City of Capitola Patty Kong ......................... City of Mountain View Lauren Lai........................................City of Marina Marcus Pimental.....................City of Santa Cruz Julie Porter .................................City of Monterey Karan Reid ................................... City of Concord Tim Seufert ....................................................NBS Anna Van Degna ......................................... Stifel 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE Viki Copeland ....................................... Chair Ronnie Campbell ......................... Vice Chair Mary Bradley ...........................Senior Advisor Joan Michaels ..........................Board Liaison John Adams .......................................Member Harriet Commons ............................Member Drew Corbett ....................................Member WIRELESS ACCESS If you are staying at the Portola Hotel, you may purchase Wi-Fi in your sleeping room at the discounted rate of $5.00 for 24 hours of connectivity on one device. This Wi-Fi will also work in all of the Portola Hotel meeting space. If you are not staying in the hotel, you may pay for the Wi-Fi on your device at the full rate of $9.95 for a 24 hour period. If you would rather not pay for Wi-Fi at the Portola Hotel, there is free Wi-Fi access throughout seating as well as a charging station in the center to relax and connect! 2 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 2015 STANDING COMMITTEES & BOARD CHAPTER LIAISONS ADMINISTRATION Ernie Reyna Chair, Western Riverside Council of Governments PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS & RECOGNITION Stephen Parker...............................Vice Chair, City of Stanton Mike Gomez ............................. Chair, City of Riverside Bob Biery .....................Senior Advisor, City of Westlake Village Jason Al-Imam.......................Vice Chair, City of Los Alamitos Brent Mason ........................... Board Liaison, City of Riverside Craig Boyer......... Vice Chair, Transbay Joint Powers Authority CAREER DEVELOPMENT Scott Catlett ..........................Senior Advisor, City of Riverside Barbara Boswell ..................Board Liaison, City of Lancaster Scott Catlett ........................................Chair, City of Riverside Carrie Corder .....Vice Chair, Cucamonga Valley Water District PROGRAM Will Fuentes .............................. Vice Chair, City of Union City Viki Copeland .......................... Chair, City of Hermosa Beach Mary Bradley ...........................Senior Advisor, City of Fremont Ronnie Campbell ....................... Vice Chair, City of Camarillo Margaret Moggia .......................... Board Liaison, West Basin Mary Bradley .......................... Senior Advisor, City of Fremont Municipal Water District Margaret Moggia .......................... Board Liaison, West Basin CONFERENCE SITE SELECTION Laura Nomura .........................Chair, Riverside Public Utilities Drew Corbett ........................... Vice Chair, City of Menlo Park Terri Willoughby................Vice Chair, City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department David Cain .................... Senior Advisor, City of Fountain Valley Municipal Water District TECHNOLOGY Chu Thai ........................................Chair, City of Monterey Park Gloriann Sasser ......... Vice Chair, Moraga-Orinda Fire District Barbara Boswell ..................Senior Advisor, City of Lancaster Marcus Pimentel ................Board Liaison, City of Santa Cruz Karan Reid ...............................Board Liaison, City of Concord MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS Steve Heide ........Chair, Chino Valley Independent Fire District Isaiah Hagerman ................ Vice Chair, City of Rancho Mirage Drew Corbett ......................Senior Advisor, City of Menlo Park Christy Pinuelas .............. Senior Advisor, City of Agoura Hills Joan Michaels .......................... Board Liaison, City of Dixon 2015 BOARD CHAPTER LIAISONS Barbara Boswell .................................................Desert Mountain, Coachella Valley, San Gabriel Valley Brent Mason .............................................................. Inland Empire, Orange County, San Diego County Joan Michaels ......................Sacramento Valley, Northeast Counties, Northwest Counties, North Coast Margaret Moggia ............................. South Bay (LA), Central Los Angeles, Imperial, Channel Counties Marcus Pimentel ........................................................Monterey Bay, South San Joaquin, Central Coast Karan Reid .........................................................................................Peninsula, Central Valley, East Bay www.csmfo.org | 3 Expertise, Strength and Stability. In today’s economic climate, a partner that can help you confidently navigate every step of your public finance transaction is more important than ever. As the world’s leading corporate trust provider, we have a wealth of experience and expertise administering a range of financing vehicles — including bonds, loans and grants — from the initial transaction to maturity. For 230 years, we have been a strong, stable company with excellent long-term credit ratings. We remain committed to providing the highest level of service for the life of your transaction. 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Minnie Moreno, City of Patterson Channel Counties ...................................................Joseph Lillio, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District Coachella Valley ...............................................................Kay Godbey, Coachella Valley Water District Desert Mountain ........................................................................... Marc Puckett, Town of Apple Valley East Bay ...............................................................................................Erick Cheung, City of Piedmont Imperial County ......................................................................................................................... Vacant Monterey Bay ..........................................................................................Tori Hannah, City of Capitola North Coast .......................................................................................... Bill Mushallo, City of Petaluma Northwest Counties .................................................................................................................. Vacant Orange County ..................................................................................Stephen Parker, City of Stanton Peninsula................................................................................ Kathleen VonAchen, City of San Mateo Sacramento Valley ........................................................................ Robin Bertagna, City of Yuba City San Diego County................................................................................Irina Kumits, City of San Diego San Gabriel Valley .......................................................................... Tracey Hause, City of Temple City South Bay ....................................................................... Kathryn Downs, City of Rancho Palos Verdes South San Joaquin ............................................................................... Ronney Wong, City of Fowler LEAGUE POLICY COMMITTEE APPOINTEES Administrative Services ..............................................................Stuart Schillinger, City of Brisbane Community Services ...........................................................................Irina Kumits, City of San Diego Employee Relations .............................................................................Robert Harmon, City of Tracy Environmental Quality .................................................. Kathryn Downs, City of Rancho Palos Verdes Housing, Community & Economic Development ..............................Joan Michaels, City of Dixon Public Safety ................................................................... 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All rights reserved. 555140.21.0 19869_02_AD_FCM _MUNI.indd 1 6 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 1/15/15 6:31 PM CSMFO PAST PRESIDENTS 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 Raymond Wood ........................... Beverly Hills Raymond Wood ........................... Beverly Hills R. Neal Bearden................................ Hayward William Hard ............................. Santa Monica John Brophy ..............................Redwood City Shelby Langford .........................Palm Springs Charles Bird .......................................Modesto Walter Berg .......................................... Fresno Douglas Ogden ................................. Anaheim Monty Kitchen ..............................Sacramento Stanley Bara ...................................... Norwalk Jack Ference ..............................Redwood City Harry Weber ..................................El Segundo Carl V. Husby................................... Sunnyvale William Dundore ............................... Torrance Stanley Pinkoski .................................Concord LeRoy Barton..................................Inglewood Martin Allen .................................Sacramento Dallas Flicek ...............................Palm Springs 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Ronald Beach .................................. Monterey Denny Hayes*................................ Bakersfield Robert L. Hargrave ............................Roseville Donald M. Nuttall ..................Santa Fe Springs Jack R. Crist ..................................Sacramento Barbara A. Henderson ...................... Fullerton Kent South ........................................ San Jose Robert S. Biery ........................Thousand Oaks Dewey Evans ................................... Monterey George P. Ferrone.............................. Anaheim William Feldmeier .................................. Davis Nancy Hicks .................................... Lakewood John L. DeRussy..............................San Mateo Irwin Bornstein .......................... Mission Viejo John (Stan) Lindsay ....................... Santa Rosa Steve D. Temple ....................................Hemet Kurt Hahn......................................Healdsburg Roderick R. Coloma..........................Santa Ana Robert C. Leland .................................Fairfield 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Barbara Steckel ................................ Riverside Zenda James .................................... Alameda Howard Longballa ...........................Alhambra Mary Bradley .................................. Sunnyvale Derek Hanway ................................... Burbank Bill Statler ..............................San Luis Obispo Barbara Underwood ................................Vista Zane Johnston ........................................ Tracy Anita Lawrence ................................Camarillo Janet Salvetti ....................................Stockton Mark Alvarado ..................................Monrovia Brad Grant ...........................................Merced Viki Copeland ......................... Hermosa Beach Thomas Fil .........................................Belmont Ronnie Campbell ..............................Camarillo Scott Johnson .....................................Oakland Laura M. Nomura ......Riverside Public Utilities Pauline Marx ... City & County of San Francisco 2014 Pamela Arends-King....................City of Tustin *deceased in office 2015 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR BADGE & TICKETS entitled to attend all business sessions, all Conference sponsored meal functions and all Conference social events. Drink tickets for the vendor reception on Wednesday night and Thursday banquet are included in your registration packet. A paper wristband for the Thursday banquet will only be included with your registration packet if you checked the box to attend the event on your registration form. The price for the Thursday evening event is included in all “Full Conference” registration fees. MESSAGE CENTER A message center will be provided in the registration area. Please check the message board for personal messages and general announcements. CPE CREDIT Use your name badge to scan into Pre-Conference Sessions, Breakout Sessions and all General Sessions. This will record your attendance for CPE tracking. number after the Conference! You may want to keep a record of the sessions you attended to make sure that all of your sessions have been properly recorded. AWARD CERTIFICATE review. www.csmfo.org | 7 2015 PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING SESSIONS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015 Information Technology & Budgeting for Finance Managers Location: Cottonwood Room 9:00AM - 3:00PM Back by popular demand from last year’s conference, we have an updated session with tools and insights to help IT and Finance information and concepts needed to communicate effectively with the IT department in your organization. You will receive an overview of IT topics such as the following: • Technical Infrastructure • Applications Management • End-user Support • Cyber Security • IT Planning and Budgeting • Project Management This session will give you tools to foster better understanding and collaboration with the IT department, with special focus on understanding and interpreting IT budget requests and metrics, as well as leadership principles. This class is based on the GFOA publication, IT Budgeting and Decision Making: Maximizing Your Government’s Technology Investments, and will enable you to understand IT concepts at a level that fosters collaboration, give you the tools to analyze the IT budget for your organization, and improve your ability to discuss capital and operational considerations of proposed IT projects. SPEAKER: Phil Bertolini, Deputy County Executive/CIO, Oakland County, Michigan MODERATOR: Harriet Commons, Retired Finance Director, City of Fremont Everything You Wanted to Know About Municipal Revenues But Were Afraid to Ask Location: Ironwood Room 11:00 am – 3:00 pm A constant concern for cities, counties and special districts is ensuring that their revenues are accurately forecast and maximized. The discussion will also include general and regulatory fees, special assessments and taxes, and other relevant options, and provide perspectives and context for their use. In addition to the “nuts and bolts,” the panel of presenters will also provide Handbook. SPEAKERS: Michael Coleman, Fiscal Policy Advisor, League of California Cities, and Special Advisor to CSMFO; Lloyd de Llamas, Executive Chairman, Hinderliter, de Llamas and Associates; Tim Seufert, Managing Director, NBS MODERATOR: David McPherson, Revenue & Tax Administrator, City of Oakland 8 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 2015 EARLY BIRD SESSIONS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 REGISTRATION OPEN – Portola Lobby – 8:00 am – 5:30 pm Early Bird Session 9:00 am – 11:00 am Exhibit Hall Open 10:00 am – 11:45 am New Member Orientation 11:00 am – 11:45 am Luncheon & Keynote Speaker 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm In Control: Getting Familiar with the New COSO Guidelines Location: Steinbeck Forum 9:00 am – 11:00 am the expanded framework and consider its application to local governments. including Government Manager’s Guide, and more. Evaluating Internal Controls: A Local SPEAKER: Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, GFOA MODERATOR: Drew Corbett, Finance Director, City of Menlo Park NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION: Getting the Most Out of CSMFO Location: Portola Room 11:00 am – 11:45 am Come meet members of the CSMFO leadership team, and learn how to get the most out of the conference and your membership new members and veterans alike who want to better understand all that CSMFO has to offer. Speaker: Steve Heide, Finance Manager, Chino Valley Independent Fire District www.csmfo.org | 9 10 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 GENERAL GENERAL & & CONCURRENT CONCURRENT SESSIONS SESSIONS Wednesday-Friday, Wednesday - Friday,February February18-20, 18 - 20,2015 2015 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Don McMillan “The Funny Side of Municipal Finance” WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 Location: De Anza Ballroom 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm Presiding: Jesse Takahashi, CSMFO President, Finance Director, City of Campbell When you hear California Municipal Finance you immediately think - comedy! Okay, maybe you don’t - but Don McMillan does. This former-engineer-turned-stand-up-comedian made a major change in his life when he quit his Silicon Valley start-up company in 1993 and went humor in our everyday work lives - even in Municipal Finance! From “Life After Death by who is GASB compliant. After watching Don you will never look at your job the same way again. So, sit back, relax and laugh! OPENING SPEAKER: Joe Castillo who has developed a new way of telling stories with his hands in the sand. SandStory is a unique way of storytelling that uses sand art, a light table and music as a medium. He has been seen live in all 7 continents, over 43 countries, and into 35 different languages. He has done event for world leaders including President Carter, President Bush, President Clinton, Hillary DESSERTS & EXHIBITS DESSERT IN EXHIBIT HALL EXHIBIT AREA OPEN Serra Ballroom 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Serra Ballroom 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm www.csmfo.org | 11 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Crossing the Line: Identifying Fraud in Government It’s All in the Details: Capital Assets, Fund Balance & Net Position Location: Portola Room Location: Steinbeck Forum This session will evaluate the changing landscape of fraud in government, identifying when that imaginary line is crossed. The speakers will discuss the public perception versus legal interpretation of when fraud has been committed, as well as best practice fraud monitoring tools, and the importance of the “tone at the top.” The panel will have stories and examples of the impacts and fallout of fraud in government. They will also share new tips and tools used for fraud detection in auditing, and the changing pressure on auditors to detect fraud as a result of recent government scandals, including the City of Bell and the City of Dixon, Illinois. There is nothing particularly exotic about capital assets, fund balance and net position. All three accounts can be found in virtually any state or local government balance sheet or statement of net position. All Speakers: Debby Cherney, Assistant General Manager – Finance and Administration, Eastern Municipal Water District; Margaret Moggia, Farr, Shareholder, Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. Moderator: Stephen M. Parker, Administrative Services Director, City of Stanton So Much Money…What Are My Best Investment Options? Location: Bonzai Room This session will discuss current market development and how these trends will likely impact the investment market. The panel will focus on managing liquidity in a rising interest rate environment, presenting strategies for both the short- and long-term portions of your portfolio. Bernardino; Deanne Woodring, President, Government Portfolio Advisors Moderator: Mark Uribe, Assistant Director of Finance, City of Camarillo The California Drought – What is in Your Rates? Location: Cottonwood Room Ben Franklin once said, “We know the value of water when the well runs dry”…and it’s now running dry in California. Whether the result of climate change or normal weather cycles, an already hostile and contentious Proposition 218 rate-setting environment is becoming even more challenging. This presentation will consider the following: • Social Justice • Desalinization Implications Speakers: Martin Krieger, Finance Director, Desert Water Agency; Greg Clumpner, Director, NBS; Robert DeLoach, President, DeLoach & Associates Moderator/Speaker: Martin Krieger, Finance Director, Desert Water Agency 12 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 having to address practical issues involving the proper accounting session will examine some of those issues and explore how they can be resolved. Speaker: Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, GFOA Moderator: Pamela Arends-King, Finance Director/City Treasurer, City of Tustin The Latest and Greatest on Pensions, OPEB, Bankruptcies, Local Initiatives and the Future of the Defined Benefit Plan Location: Colton Room they protected or threatened? This session will explore several issues affecting pensions and OPEB now and into the future. It will cover the implications of local agency bankruptcies, court case outcomes on retiree health care, local and statewide initiatives to cut pensions for existing and future employees, and what your rates will look like in the near future. This session will also address the notion of whether being 80 percent funded is necessary to be considered a “healthy” plan. Speakers: Amy Brown, Owner, Public Retirement Journal; Jeff Chang, Shareholder, Chang Ruthenberg & Long, P.C. Moderator: Marcus Pimentel, Finance Director, City of Santa Cruz What Finance Officers Need to Know About Cyber Security Location: Ferrante Room Are you spending scarce government dollars on cyber security technologies that may or may not protect your organization’s data? Do you feel like you have been throwing dollars at a wall to see what will stick? Do you have a strong cyber security plan and you would like to validate your investment? Are you trying to be transparent and safe at the same time? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then this session is for you. Cyber security is everyone’s responsibility, and this session will cover the basics of securing your systems and data while understanding the large investment that must be made. Cyber security is a moving target and a strategic investment. Oakland County, Michigan has invested heavily in strengthening its cyber security posture. This session will outline the County’s efforts, along with practical solutions that will help governments in California embrace best practices and become more secure. Speaker: Phil Bertolini, Deputy County Executive/CIO, Oakland County, Michigan Moderator: Barbara Boswell, Finance Director, City of Lancaster Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Exhibit Hall • Serra Ballroom • 4:45 pm – 6:00 pm 2015 Concurrent Sessions General Information for Thursday February 19 Breakfast in Exhibit Hall ............ 7:30 am – 8:30 am Registration Open ..................... 7:30 am – 5:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open ........................7:30 am – 2:30 pm Break in Exhibit Hall .................. 9:45 am – 10:15 am THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015 8:30AM - 9:45AM 2014 CONCURRENT SESSIONS Pragmatic Approaches to Long-Term Planning Location: Portola Room How can you budget that far out? When are you predicting the next recession will occur? How accurate are you? Common misconceptions Success Stories of Cities that Turned Crises into Opportunities Location: Bonzai Room Learn how the California cities of Los Angeles, Vallejo and Mammoth from taking advantage of these invaluable tools. While it can seem daunting, implementing long-term planning into your organization is out what methods and tools they have utilized, what alliances and partnerships they have found to be essential, what mistakes they have made and what lessons they have learned. board and the public. Come hear from two cities that have successfully integrated long-term planning into their budgeting processes and Angeles; Craig Whittom, Assistant City Manager, City of Vallejo; Marianna Marysheva-Martinez, Managing Director, FTI Consulting is and isn’t, lessons learned and practical advice on implementing longCouncil of Governments Speakers: Tim Kirby, Assistant Director of Finance, City of Sunnyvale; GASB Update—What You Need to Know Now Moderator: Erick Cheung, Finance/HR Director, City of Piedmont Location: Steinbeck Forum The Changing (and Challenging) Municipal Bond Market Landscape Location: Cottonwood Room to respond to the SEC’s “MCDC Initiative.” Local governments are left wondering what structure needs to be put in place so that they can for providing such ideas and services. This session will focus on how to with the comfort level that taxpayers are demanding while still ensuring the best pricing. Deferrals are front and center this year, and the time for implementation of new pension standards is upon us. While pensions remain in the forefront, there are two additional standards of which governments guarantees. This session will explore the issues that are being faced with the implementation of GASB standards, including an overview of statement readers. Speaker: David Bean, Director of Research and Technical Activities, Governmental Accounting Standards Board Moderator: Craig Boyer, Finance Coordinator, Transbay Joint Powers Authority Speakers: Brent Mason, Finance Director, City of Riverside; Raul Amezcua, Managing Director, Stifel; David Brodsly, Managing Director, KNN Public Finance Moderator/Speaker: Brent Mason, Finance Director, City of Riverside www.csmfo.org | 13 Enhancing the Connection Between Finance and Human Resources Location: Colton Room both are underneath the Administrative Services umbrella, or they are functions are closely intertwined. As such, strong coordination and cooperation between the two groups is essential to creating and maintaining a high-performing organization. This session will cover critical What a Finance Officer Needs to Know About Cloud Computing Location: Ferrante Room It seems not a day goes by without hearing the term “Cloud Computing.” It’s the latest buzz, but the Cloud can be very confusing. What exactly is need to know? In this session, you will learn the basics of Cloud computing for local governments, including the difference between hosted and SaaS solutions, as well other terms like PaaS and IaaS. Software vendor offerings will be discussed, as well as the momentum of Cloud solutions in the local government market, and you will learn how the Cloud software cost structure impacts your budget. Finally, we will answer some key questions, including the following: OPEB issues, among others. In this session, Finance professionals will learn • What does it cost? also how that alignment can be achieved. Speakers representing both collaboration. • What are some of the important points to consider when selecting Cloud solutions? • Could Cloud-based software be right for your organization? Speaker: Lalo Perez, Administrative Services Director/CFO, City of Palo Alto; Melissa Tronquet, Labor Relations Manager, City of Palo Alto Moderator: Tracey Hause, Administrative Services Director, City of Temple City Speakers: DeAnna Hilbrants, Finance Director, City of Sonoma; Ronald Loos, Director, SoftResources Moderator: Marc Puckett, Assistant Town Manager – Finance & Administration, Town of Apple Valley THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM Here We Go Again! Big Changes in Measuring OPEB Costs and Liabilities Location: Bonzai Room standards that will parallel the pension accounting changes – and add changes virtually eliminating the “community rating exception,” which session, an experienced actuary and an auditor will detail the changes, and Frog Protection? No – Fraud Prevention! Location: Portola Room If you want Frog Protection, this session may not be the one for you. And you just might not be on the same page as your insurance company, either! This session will cover Fraud Prevention and will leap into such topics as the following: • The top ten fraud prevention tips • Key internal controls that reduce the risk of fraud War stories will also be shared – real life case studies to help you make sure you’re not the next victim of fraud. You can’t simply rely on the external audit to detect fraud for you. This session will outline best practices and initial steps to take in the investigation process when you think an employee may be stealing from your organization. The role of your agency’s governing body in fraud prevention will also be discussed. Speakers: Tim Przybyla, Finance Director, City of Madera; Fausto Partner, Vicente, Lloyd & Stutzman; Geoffrey Kischuk, President, Total Compensation Systems, Inc. Hinojosa, Managing Partner, Price Paige & Company Moderator: Ronnie J. Campbell, Director of Finance, City of Camarillo Moderator: Robin Bertagna, Finance/IT Director, City of Yuba City The Coleman Report Location: Steinbeck Forum Michael will discuss the latest hot legislative and budget issues in the Capitol, important legal developments, current trends and issues in key local revenues, including sales tax, property tax, highway users tax, and Speaker: Michael Coleman, Fiscal Policy Advisor, League of California Cities, and Special Advisor to CSMFO Keys to Successfully Leading a Finance Department Location: Colton Room What do you need to know to be an effective Finance Director? What’s especially important in making the transition into the role? How can you know or haven’t had experience handling? What resources will help you prepare for success as a Finance Director? Whether you are a new Finance Director, actively pursuing these opportunities or simply interested in learning more about this role, you will enjoy a lively panel discussion. Bring your questions and gain insights to help plan the next steps of your career. Speakers: Drew Corbett, Finance Director, City of Menlo Park; Scott Catlett, Assistant Finance Director, City of Riverside; Debbi Lauchner, Finance Director, City of Vallejo CSMFO Coaching Program 14 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 The Ten Deadly Sins! Or…How to Avoid the Potholes on the Road to a Successful ERP Location: Ferrante Room While no one can completely eliminate the inherent risks associated key activities that can minimize the risks and help ensure success. The starts in the initial planning, and continues through post-implementation. a procurement…and then it takes thousands of big decisions to have a successful implementation. DESSERT & PRIZE DRAWINGS At a high level, a successful implementation starts with clear requirements establish a clear strategic vision and obtain organizational buy-in before you start the implementation journey. Once you initiate implementation, the road to success is achieved through commitment, dedication, adaptability, Exhibit Hall Serra Ballroom 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm effective management of the ten key activities does not guarantee success; much smoother. Speakers: Mike Gomez, Financial Resources Manager, City of Riverside; Terry Hackelman, Managing Principal, NexLevel Information Technology, Inc. Moderator: Steve Heide, Finance Manager, Chino Valley Independent Fire District Thursday, February 19, 2015 - Luncheon & Keynote Speaker: Jordan Levine , Director of Economic Research, Beacon Economics 11:30 am – 1:45 pm Location: De Anza Ballroom Presiding: Jesse Takahasi, CSMFO President, Finance Director, City of Campbell State & Local Outlook for the Economy and Revenues forecast for the California and U.S. economies. Attendees will gain insight into the direction the economy will take over both the near- and long-term future and hear analysis of key economic consumer spending, bankruptcies, business activity, personal income, international trade and GDP growth. The presentation will also focus on the leading risks still facing the state’s economy, including the high cost of housing. and updating Beacon Economics’ quarterly state and metro area forecast models. He also manages of Commerce, the California Bankers Association and Paulson & Co., Inc., among many others. www.csmfo.org | 15 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM An Update to Best Practices in Communicating Your Budget Effectively Location: Portola Room Building trust with the public through budget communication is of great importance. But as every year turns, so do expectations of information delivery. Technological and generational changes have created a need to review how an agency communicates its budget. This session will discuss how the presentation of budget information has changed, and what opportunities lie ahead. Speakers: David Cain, Finance Director/Treasurer, City of Fountain Valley; Mike Gomez, Financial Resources Manager, City of Riverside Moderator/Speaker: David Cain, Finance Director/Treasurer, City of Fountain Valley Report on CCMA Activities to Facilitate Readiness for GASB 68 Location: Steinbeck Forum Beginning in 2014, the California Committee on Municipal Accounting with the information required by GASB 68. In this session, the results of those meetings will be discussed, including the anticipated timeline audit responsibilities. In addition, CCMA representatives will discuss the GASB 68 that will be provided in a soon-to-be-released CCMA white paper. Speakers: Dennis Kauffman, Finance Operations Manager, City of Sacramento; Susan Mayer, Consultant/Trainer; Ken Al-Imam, Shareholder, Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. Overview of Debt Financing…So Many Moving Pieces Location: Cottonwood Room Statement, a huge transcript of legal documents and 30 years of debt service and annual reporting. How did you get here? What do you need to know to manage your agency’s risk exposure? This session will provide important differences in their responsibilities to your agency. You will also hear from panel experts on how to package a deal you can live with and that will produce better results. Speakers: Tim Schaefer, Deputy Treasurer for Public Finance, State of California; Steve Heaney, Director of Public Finance, Stifel; Kelly Salt, Partner, Best Best & Krieger; Doug Montague, Principal, Montague DeRose and Associates Moderator: Damien Charlety, Debt Analyst, City of Sacramento Innovative Budgeting Tools Location: Ferrante Room Budget decisions directly affect the quality of life in a community and the important that the process is smooth and transparent. This interactive presentation will offer a greater understanding of why meaningful community involvement is so valuable to the budgeting process, and how The session will explore methods for community involvement in the budget process to help municipalities generate new ideas, make effective decisions and build public acceptance of decisions. Panelists will share innovative tools and participatory budgeting techniques to help manage public money and to engage your community. Participants will learn practical tips to maximize the effectiveness of public forums, budget hearings, town halls and other forms of community engagement in budget decisions. Speakers: Karen Clower, Administrative Services Manager, County of Humboldt; Bill Statler, Consultant and Trainer Moderator: Christy Pinuelas, Director of Finance, City of Agoura Hills 16 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 Actuarial Information 101 Location: Bonzai Room With the recent attention on pension reform and new GASB reporting versed in how to read actuarial reports, including basic terms, methodology and implications essential to determining your pension plan contribution and funded status. This session will explain what you need to know in clear terms, and will help you to translate and communicate actuarial information to decision makers, union members and the public. Speakers: Fritzie Archuleta, Senior Pension Actuary, CalPERS; Julian Robinson, Senior Pension Actuary, CalPERS Moderator: Terri Willoughby, Finance Director, City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department Rating Agencies: How New Evaluation Criteria Could Impact Your Rating Location: Colton Room evaluation criteria for local governments, which resulted in upgrades for some municipalities and downgrades for others. This session will review the changes each rating agency made to its evaluation criteria, including the evaluation of the disclosure of pension obligations, as well as offer discussion about how governments can expect these changes to impact their ratings. Speakers: Karen Ribble, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings; Matthew Reining, Investors Service Moderator: Mark Moses, Finance Director, City of San Rafael THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM How the Affordable Care Act is Currently Affecting Cities and Other Governmental Organizations Location: Bonzai Room effective on January 1, 2015. This program will provide a high-level discussion on how the ACA is affecting cities and other governmental agencies and how provisions of the ACA need to be implemented during 2015. The following key issues will be addressed in this presentation: • Are employers complying with the required “measurement methods” for identifying full-time employees under the ACA? Forms 1095-C and 1094-C reporting requirements? GASB—A Look into the Future Location: Steinbeck Forum Sometimes identifying what is coming down the road is just as important as knowing what you are going to face today. This session will provide a reporting, as the GASB continues to work on a number of important projects. Pull back the due process curtain and see what lies ahead. Speaker: David Bean, Director of Research and Technical Activities, Governmental Accounting Standards Board Moderator: Harriet Commons, Retired Finance Director/Treasurer, City of Fremont Other current ACA developments affecting cities and other government agencies also will be discussed. Developing the Next Generation of High Performers Speakers: William S. Morgan, Principal, White Nelson Diehl Evans LLP; Location: Colton Room Wells Fargo Insurance Services Workplace demographics are changing rapidly. As new employees enter the workplace, it is extremely important that we realize the need to grow, develop and mentor the next generation of high-level performers. Building a Successful Revenue Measure to ensure that our organizations maintain high standards and levels of performance for years to come. This session will explore how to “build Location: Cottonwood Room This session will provide an overview of the planning and technical process, reviewing the challenges and opportunities from lessons learned and strategies for successfully passing a local tax measure in your community. It will also look at communication strategies to convey needs of the community and build broad consensus around a solution qualifying a revenue measure for the ballot, as well as strategies of a successful community-run campaign. step coaching and mentoring process that will lead employees down the path to truly high performance. The very success of our organizations is contingent upon our ability to develop and grow the next generation of high performers – we can and will do it. The City of Salinas has had seven revenue measures in the last 17 years with mostly success at the ballot box. In November 2012, Measure E passed with a 76.8% approval rate. The lessons learned will provide valuable insight on opportunities, challenges and things to avoid. The session will also provide summary material on the Vargas v. City of Salinas California Supreme Court case brought against the City of Salinas challenging actions of the City during a revenue measure and why the Supreme Court sided in favor of the City. Moderator: Mary Dodge, Administrative & Fiscal Services Manager, Sonoma County Agriculture Preservation and Open Space District Speakers: Matt Pressey, Finance Director, City of Salinas; Jared Boigon, Partner, TBWB Strategies As a leader with responsibility for IT operations, are you asked these types of questions? Moderator/Speaker: Matt Pressey, Finance Director, City of Salinas Transforming Your Budget Forecast Into Financial Policy Speaker: Neil Kupchin, Management & Training Consultant, Motivational Business Speaker, Kupchin Training Associates Solve Your IT Investment Puzzle – Put the Pieces Together with an IT Master Plan Location: Ferrante Room • What are our IT strategies and what goals and objectives are they based on? • Does IT have a 5-year plan? • How do we prioritize IT expenditures and who makes the decision on priorities? Location: Portola Room • Are our technology environment and networks stable and secure? is the purpose of these projections and how do you use them to affect where your agency actually spends its money? Does your forecast impact • Do we have a disaster recovery plan? and creating and sustaining operating and capital reserves? and objectives. These high level directional statements are important, but As a leader in your organization, can you answer these questions? The In this session, you will learn how to change your revenue and expenditure have initiatives with tactical and actionable steps, which will be covered in-depth in this session. will learn how to turn your budget forecast into a central document in the discussion of the major issues facing your jurisdiction in the future. Speakers: Rob Jensen, Assistant City Manager, City of Roseville; Russ Branson, Senior Managing Consultant, Public Financial Management; Moderator: Stuart Schillinger, Administrative Services Director, City of Brisbane Dave Krout, Managing Partner, ClientFirst Technology Consulting; Steve Robichaud, Partner, ClientFirst Technology Consulting Moderator: Gloriann Sasser, Administrative Services Director, MoragaOrinda Fire District www.csmfo.org | 17 Everything you need—in one place. Government Banking Charline Botelho 916.498.3439 [email protected] Donna Chu 415.565.9017 [email protected] U.S. Bank is here to provide you the highest level of service possible. With specialized products and services designed to meet your needs, we’ll work with you to help improve your overall efficiency and effectiveness. And, as the fifth largest commercial bank in the country we have the strength and stability you need. We want to be your financial services partner. Robert McGlynn 213.615.6405 [email protected] Jayne Pankratz 208.383.7386 [email protected] Veronica Villasenor 858.522.0259 [email protected] Global Corporate Trust Services William Jennings 213.615.6054 [email protected] Steven Torgeson 415.677.3589 [email protected] usbank.com Member FDIC A CONSTANT IN TIMES OF CHANGE 800.755.6864 | www.willdan.com 18 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015 Come aboard for a night of food, dancing, casino playing, and other surprises! Located throughout the Portola Hotel first floor. 6:30 pm – 11:00 pm www.csmfo.org | 19 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015 - Breakfast, Business Meeting, Awards & General Session General Information - Friday February 20, 2015 Breakfast Buffet – De Anza Foyer ............................... 7:45 am – 8:15 am Business Meeting - De Anza Ballroom...................... 8:15 am – 10:30 am Registration Open - Portola Lobby .............................7:15 am – 9:30 am Turn of the Tide – The New Accounting Standards for Pensions Cheryl Eason, Chief Financial Officer, CalPERS; Alan Milligan, Chief Actuary, CalPERS 9:00 am – 10:15 am Location: De Anza Ballroom Presiding: Jesse Takahashi, CSMFO President, Finance Director, City of Campbell handle measurement and reporting dates, the timing of the necessary actuarial valuations, how to request the information, discount rates and what information will be available to your auditors. in the coming year. Cheryl Eason business planning, enterprise risk management, corporate social responsibility and stakeholder relations in both the private and public sectors. Mr. Milligan plans, organizes, evaluates and directs the work of the actuarial staff. He also develops and implements actuarial policies and procedures; independently provides advice to the Board reports and presentations to the Board and the Committee on actuarial issues; coordinates the activities of the independent consulting actuary and acts as liaison between the consulting actuary and the Board. asset allocation strategy. He recommends changes in the law, contribution rates and actuarial tables based upon the results of investigations and valuations; directs actuarial studies for the on actuarial matters and appears before elected boards and legislative committees. Alan Milligan 20 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM GFOA Resiliency Project Sink or Swim? Preparing for GASB 68’s First Year Location: Portola Room Location: Ferrante Room How adaptable is your organization to today’s changing conditions? Is it prepared to respond to economic volatility? What about the changing demographics of government? The resilient government movement considers these among other questions to discover what is needed for an organization to effectively withstand and recover from shocks and stresses. Hear from GFOA President Bob Eichem about the work of GASB 68 will be here before we know it, in most cases for June 30, 2015 a resilient government. much more audit scrutiny of pension information than in the past. Why is that? What can employers do to be prepared? This session will review all these details to help you prepare. GFOA President Water District Understanding and Analyzing Pension and OPEB Liabilities in Relation to Other City Needs Location: Bonzai Room – now what? What are the key points to analyze? First, is the payroll information correct? That number is the denominator for determining your contribution rate, and if it isn’t correct, the result could be contributing too much or too little to the retirement or OPEB plan. If you determine your annual contribution is correct, do you want to contribute more and, if so, how do you make sure it reduces the liability, rather than merely prepaying next year’s contribution. Finally, as you have additional budget resources, how do you analyze reducing your unfunded pension or OPEB liabilities in you with the tools you need to proactively manage your pension, OPEB and other long-term liabilities. Speakers: David Persselin, Finance Director/Treasurer, City of Fremont; John Bartel, President, Bartel Associates, LLC Moderator: Kathryn Downs, Deputy Director of Finance & Information Technology, City of Rancho Palo Verdes The Coleman Report (Repeat Session) Location: Steinbeck Forum Michael will discuss the latest hot legislative and budget issues in the Capitol, important legal developments, current trends and issues in key local revenues, including sales tax, property tax, highway users tax, and Speaker: Michael Coleman, Fiscal Policy Advisor, League of California Cities, and Special Advisor to CSMFO Moderator: Scott Catlett, Assistant Finance Director, City of Riverside will the audit procedures be? And what’s required if you have more than Speakers: Dennis Kauffman, Finance Operations Manager, City of Sacramento; Mary Beth Redding, Assistant Vice President, Bartel Associates LLC; Ken Al-Imam, Shareholder, Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. Moderator/Speaker: Dennis Kauffman, Finance Operations Manager, City of Sacramento Maximizing Value: Creating an Empowering Work Environment Location: Colton Room We all want to add value and make a difference in the workplace. The work environment we create can motivate, empower and free people to do their best work. The goal is to get everyone on the same page, by expressing thankfulness, which will allow everyone to take greater ownership and pride in the work they do. This highly interactive session will focus on tools to create an empowering workplace, promote ownership, responsibility and accountability, how to express meaningful thankfulness and thirty ways to recognize team members for the work they do. The right words, said the right way, can positively impact someone their entire life. Speaker: Neil Kupchin, Management & Training Consultant, Motivational Business Speaker, Kupchin Training Associates Municipal Water District Speed Coaching – Find the Answers You Need Location: Cottonwood Room This session will give you a lively and engaging way to tap multiple perspectives and instantly broaden your network. CSMFO is blessed with a team of talented volunteer senior professionals who are pleased to help enjoy their careers. In the course of the session, you’ll have opportunities to rotate from one coach to another in sessions of about 15 minutes each. Learn what you can do to address key issues and grow. Coaching Program CSMFO Coaching Program www.csmfo.org | 21 Build Stronger Bonds ADD NATIONAL. Bond insurance from National is backed by substantial claims-paying resources devoted exclusively to U.S. public finance, extensive due diligence, superior execution and more than 40 years of bond insurance experience. www.nationalpfg.com The tides may change… but our focus remains the same. Clients come first. Our professionals have been providing investment management to the public sector for over 34 years. • Portfolio management for general funds and bond proceeds • Arbitrage rebate compliance services • Treasury consulting services • OPEB and pension management For additional information, please visit us at our booth. Monique Spkye Director 415.982.5544 [email protected] Carlos Oblites Director 415.982.5544 [email protected] Sarah Meacham Director 213.489.4075 [email protected] PFM Asset Management LLC www.pfm.com 50 California Street • Suite 2300 • San Francisco, CA 94111 601 S. Figueroa Street • Suite 4500 • Los Angeles, CA 90017 PFM Asset Management LLC is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and had $93.5 billion in assets under management and advisement as of September 30, 2014. A copy of our Form ADV, Parts 2A & B is available upon request. 22 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 EXHIBITOR LISTING ALBERT A. WEBB ASSOCIATES Contact: Shane Spicer 3788 McCray Street | Riverside, CA 92506 Phone: 951-686-1070 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.webbassociates.com servicing public/private sector clients throughout inland southern California since 1945. We have the in-house expertise to address the needs of cities, water/special industry. ASLAN CONSULTING/SCHAFER CONSULTING Booth #403 Contact: Renee Young 24681 La Plaza, Suite 240 | Dana Point, CA 92629 Phone: 949-633-0680 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.myaslanllc.com We are management and IT consultants that specialize in performance improvement. The partners have over 30 years of experience delivering mission critical solutions to the public sector community. Our capabilities cover the spectrum of a project including Needs Analysis, ERP Implementation Services, Advocacy Services, Project Management and Change Management. ASSURED GUARANTY Booth #101 Contact: Jason Kissane One Market, 1550 Spear Tower | San Francisco, CA 94105 Phone: 415-995-8023 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.assuredguaranty.com Assured Guaranty, the leading provider of municipal bond insurance, has helped than a quarter century. It guarantees timely payment of bonds’ principal and interest through three subsidiaries: Assured Guaranty Municipal (AGM), which Corp. (MAC), which provides insurance only in select sectors of the U.S. municipal BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH Booths #113/115 Contact: Jonathan Millard 555 California Street, Suite 1160 | San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: 415-913-2834 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.baml.com/publicsector the public sector, we know the unique challenges you face. You can count on our public sector team to deliver innovative, comprehensive solutions and to help execute to your requirements with focus and attention to detail. BANK OF THE WEST Booth #300 Contact: Government Banking Team 500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1200 | Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 866-588-1358 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.bankofthewest.com/commercialbanking/industry/ government.html Our dedicated relationship managers bring government banking experience and personal attention to every relationship. We get to know your organization, understand your short and long term strategic goals and identify potential solutions project and manage funds more effectively. BARTEL ASSOCIATES, LLC Table #17 Contact: John Bartel 411 Borel Avenue, Suite 101 | San Mateo, CA 94402 Phone: 800-256-2090 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.bartel-associates.com Since 2003, Bartel Associates has offered our 400+ public sector clients highquality actuarial services at reasonable fees, focusing on personal attention and clear results. Our services include OPEB and pension valuations, GASB 45 and 68, 2nd Tier design, actuarial audits, and CalPERS, penson, OPEB and GASB consulting. BBVA COMPASS Contact: James Manning 2850 East Camelback Road, Suite 140 | Phoenix, AZ 85016 Phone: 602-778-0795 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.bbvacompass.com/commercial/industry/government/ including direct bank loans and private-placement bond purchases. BLX GROUP LLC Booth #600 Contact: Glenn Casterline 777 South Figueroa Street, Suite 800 | Los Angeles, CA 90017 Phone: 213-612-2200 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.blxgroup.com California Issuers: Looking for a resource driven, competitively priced proven solutions provider? Consider BLX Group LLC. We offer: Advisory Services (FA and Investment), IRS Compliance Services, Disclosure Services, and much more. Call us at 800-342-5259 or email Managing Director Glenn Casterline at: [email protected]. BNY MELLON Booth #313 Contact: Jose Matamoros 400 South Hope Street, Suite 400 | Los Angeles, CA 90071 Phone: 213-630-6457 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.bnymellon.com BNY Mellon delivers expertise at each stage of the investment lifecycle whether you’re looking to create, trade, hold, manage, distribute or restructure investments. We provide a comprehensive range of investment services that are unrivalled in scale, precision and quality. Our services can enhance transparency, maximize liquidity and mitigate risks. www.csmfo.org | 23 EXHIBITOR LISTING BTI APPRAISAL Booth #204 Contact: Ben F. Tunnell III 605 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 820 | Los Angeles, CA 90015 Phone: 213-532-3800 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.btiappraisal.com CASEWARE INTERNATIONAL INC. Booth #406 469 King Street West | Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 1K4 Website: www.caseware.com/municipal CaseWare’s Audit and Reporting software enables full-automation of audit Angeles. Since 1974 we have assisted cities with all of their appraisal needs in municipal bonds, lease, sale, acquisition, eminent domain and litigation. BUILD AMERICA MUTUAL Table #14 Contact: Scott C. Richbourg 200 Liberty Street, 27 Floor | New York, NY 10281 Phone: 212-365-7562 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.buildamerica.com Domiciled in New York, Build America Mutual Assurance Company (BAM) is a mutual bond insurer of essential public purpose U.S. municipal bonds, exclusively. Our members are the cities, states and other municipal agencies issuing bonds with BAM’s guaranty to lower their cost of borrowing. BAM is rated AA/Stable by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and is sponsored by the National League of Cities. For more information, please go to our website at www.BuildAmerica.com. specializes in all forms of municipal reporting including CAFR, PAFR, Single Audit, SEFA, Budget Book, State Controller’s Report, etc. Customers use our solution to analyze and mitigate risks and to ensure consistencies and accuracies within all reporting. CHANDLER ASSET MANAGEMENT Booth #108 Contact: Ned Connolly 6225 Lusk Boulevard | San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: 858-546-3737 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.chandlerasset.com Since 1988, public entities have trusted Chandler Asset Management to approach results in portfolios that protect principal and enhance income. Our mission is to add value and manage risk – every day, for every client. CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ALLIANCE CHAVAN & ASSOCIATES, LLP The California Special Districts Alliance is a collaborative partnership between CSDA, CSDA Finance Corporation and Special District Risk Management Authority. These organizations work together to provide special districts and other local governments a variety of member services and resources including tax Chavan & Associates, LLP, licensed by California as CPA’s, specializes in CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM CLEARSOURCE FINANCIAL CONSULTING Table #16 Contact: Cathrine Lemaire 1112 I Street #200 | Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 877-924-2732 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.csda.net Booths #103/105 Contact: Simone Parker 400 Q Street | Sacramento, CA 95811 Phone: 888-225-7377 Website: www.calpers.ca.gov public schools, local agency and State employers. Visit our booth to learn about California Employers’ Retirement Trust Fund, supplemental income plans, health CASELLE Table #3 Contact: Wade Walker 1656 South East Bay Boulevard #100 | Provo, UT 84606 Phone: 801-850-5085 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.caselle.com Caselle is a leading provider in Government Accounting Software. With over 45 integrated solutions, Caselle successfully powers more than 1,200 organizations across the United States. For the past 35 years, Caselle has been perfecting the technology powering our integrated software to provide an intuitive, feature-rich 24 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 Table #6 Contact: Sheldon Chavan 1475 Saratoga Avenue, Suite 180 | San Jose, CA 95129 Phone: 408-217-8749 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.cnallp.com Most recently, C&A has completed audits for the Town of Los Gatos, City of Saratoga and City of Tracy. Table #2 Contact: Terry Madsen 7960 B Soquel Drive, Suite 363 | Aptos, CA 95003 ClearSource Financial Consulting provides independently prepared, legally defensible, custom tailored solutions to local government agencies. Key areas of focus include cost of service analysis, revenue requirement analysis, user fee studies, master fee schedule updates, overhead cost allocation studies, internal service fund rate studies, and water and sewer utility rate studies. CLIENTFIRST TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING CUTWATER ASSET MANAGEMENT Software Selection, Application Utilization Improvement, IT Master Planning, IT Infrastructure, IT Security Reviews, Disaster Recovery Planning, Telecom Bill investment options for state and local governments, academic institutions, unions Booth # 412 Contact: David Krout 1181 California Avenue, Suite 270 | Corona, CA 92881 Support and much more. No product sales. We always represent your best interests. COMMERCE BANK Booth #415 Contact: Jason Koch 625 Oakdale Avenue | Corte Madera, CA 95925 Phone: 415-350-7500 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.commercebank.com Commerce Bank specializes in technology driven Accounts Payable Solutions. We help our clients earn revenue by replacing paper checks and electronic payments through VISA, reduce or eliminate paper invoices, electronically approve and track invoices utilizing the cloud and provide a single source payment hub for all vendor payments (ACH, Card, Check). Booth #604 Contact: Gay Eichhoff 8458 Lower Scarborough Court, Suite 300 | San Diego, CA 92127 Phone: 888-982-2252 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.cutwater.com expertise, Cutwater is uniquely suited to help public entities with their investment needs. DAVID TAUSSIG & ASSOCIATES Booth #201 Contact: Andrea Roess 5000 Birch Street, Suite. 6000 | Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: 949-955-1500 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.taussig.com and annual administration of Community Facilities Districts and Assessment COMPUTRON SOFTWARE Booth #409 Contact: Rob Rutkowski 160 Chubb Avenue | Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Phone: 949-887-4217 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.computronsoftware.com Computron Software proudly introduces Chameleon, the proven budgeting and reporting solution for public sector. Available immediately –without the need for If your city, county or special district is still using spreadsheets for your budgets or manual reports, see Chameleon at tiny.cc/CSMFO2015. CONVENIENT PAYMENTS – GOVTELLER Table #18 Contact: Adam Hensleigh 48001 Fremont Boulevard | Fremont, CA 94538 Phone: 510-771-2105 | Email: adam.hensleigh@convenientpayments. com Website: www.convenientpayments.com/government/ GovTeller makes accepting credit/debit cards easy because there is NO for the processing. Accept payments in-person, online and even integrate with your software. GovTeller also has new 2.0 platform which will be ready for EMV. COSTTREE SYSTEMS Booth #318 Contact: Dave Cubbage 112 J Street, Suite 200 | Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 844-267-8873 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.costtree.net CostTree is the premiere web based Cost Allocation Plan Software Provider. Designed with the end user in mind, it is the easiest and most effective tool on the market today. www.csmfo.org | 25 EXHIBITOR LISTING EMPOWER RETIREMENT/GREAT-WEST FINANCIAL Booth #407 Contact: John Borne 655 North Central Avenue, Suite 1520 | Glendale, CA 91203 Phone: 619-410-3481 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.empower-retirement.com Introducing EmpowerTM Retirement, a bold new retirement services company combining the retirement resources, expertise, and scale of Great-West Financial, Putnam Investments, and Great-West Financial Retirement Plan Services (formerly J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services). Our singular vision is to make sure plan sponsors and their participants are engaged in their retirement plans like never before. EXECUTIME SOFTWARE Booth #112 Contact: Jake Brose 1601 South Eucalyptus Avenue, Suite 210 | Broken Arrow, OK 74012 Phone: 888-832-3932 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.executime.com ExecuTime is an Enterprise Time and Attendance solution that integrates with your existing Payroll application. This solution delivers the lowest cost of ownership, unparalleled customer service and leading-edge technology. ExecuTime offers exempt time tracking and much more. FIDELITY INVESTMENTS Booth #304 Contacts: Debra Saunders 350 California Street | San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: 415-445-6976 | Email: [email protected] Fidelity Institutional, a division of Fidelity Investments, offers clearing, custody, Fidelity Institutional’s innovative technology and deep expertise to help more than four million investors make some of the most complex, important decisions of their lives. Fidelity Institutional’s goal is to help clients thrive by supporting the growth FIELDMAN, ROLAPP & ASSOCIATES Booth #301 Contact: James Fabian 19900 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 1100 | Irvine, CA 92612 Since 1966, Fieldman Rolapp has assisted with all aspects of debt issuance process to government agencies. Our track record of success for clients is driven we provide to cities, water agencies, municipal utilities and school districts. FIRST EMPIRE SECURITIES Booth #208 Contact: Courtney Mayo 100 Motor Pkwy, 2nd Floor | Hauppauge, NY 11788 Phone: 631-979-0097 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.1empire.com to providing a broad range of services to ensure our clients are making wellstrategists, state-of-the-art analytical tools, and former regulatory examiners all contribute to a full-service approach developed to help institutions improve the performance of their investment portfolios and to better manage their balance sheets. FIRSTSOUTHWEST Contact: Michael Kremer 1620 26th Street, Suite 230 South | Santa Monica, CA 90404 Our staff assists client s with raising capital by issuing lease and debt revenue bonds, land secured bonds and tax and revenue anticipation notes. Our clients in California include water, wastewater, electric and solid waste utilities, as well as cities, redevelopment agencies, airports/seaports and for debt capacity, capital planning and the evaluation of derivative products. (Member FINRA/SIPC). FITCH RATINGS Booth #203 Contact: John Tillapaugh 650 California Street, 4th Floor | San Francisco, CA 94108 Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch Ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. Fitch Group is 30 countries. In addition to Fitch Ratings, the group includes Fitch Solutions, an industry-leading provider of credit risk products and services, and Fitch Group is jointly owned by Paris-based Fimalac, S.A. and New York-based Hearst Corporation. GOVPAYNET Table #11 Contact: David Meibert 7102 Lakeview Parkway West Drive | Indianapolis, IN 46268 Phone: 888-561-7888 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.govpaynet.com Credit, debit and pre-paid debit card processor for consumer payments to government agencies. 26 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 HARRIS & ASSOCIATES INFOSEND, INC. The Harris & Associates Public Finance team specializes in assessment and InfoSend is a Billing Service Provider utilizing the most advanced approach to offer innovative solutions for organizations seeking eBilling, ePayment, Data Processing, and BillPrint & Mail services. With geographically positioned production facilities Booth #400 Contact: Dennis Klingelhofer 1401 Willow Pass Road, Suite 500 | Concord, CA 94520 Phone: 925-827-4900 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.weareharris.com experts help communities successfully develop strategies to fund and manage infrastructure and development projects, and develop new revenue sources. HDL COMPANIES Booth #217 Contact: Andrew Nickerson 1340 Valley Vista Drive, Suite 200 | Diamond Bar, CA 01765 Phone: 909-861-4335 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.hdlcompanies.com The HdL Companies are dedicated to providing accurate data, expert analysis and innovative software solutions that facilitate local government operations and decisions. Our revenue maximization and consulting services include sales, use and transaction taxes, property taxes, and local taxes including business tax and transient occupancy tax. Our professional services include economic development assistance, and fee studies. HdL also provides software systems for streamlining business license, animal control, code enforcement, false alarm and building permit operations. We have been a trusted partner with local governments since 1983 and currently serve over 380 agencies in six states. HOLMAN CAPITAL CORPORATION Booth #215 Contact: Frank J. Gill IV 29883 Santa Margarita Parkway, Suite 100 | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 Phone: 949-400-0969 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.holmancapital.com Holman Capital Corporation specializes in originating and funding tax-exempt and taxable debt solutions issued by the federal government, state and local Booth #102 Contact: Jerry Finnegan 4240 East La Palma Avenue | Anaheim, CA 92807 Phone: 800-955-9330 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.infosend.com and reliable document delivery service, nationwide coverage and disaster recovery protection. Billers deserve an approach that works, and InfoSend provides that overhead costs. Together, let’s reach your customers more effectively. JONES HALL, APLC Booth #202 Contact: Dave Fama 475 Sansome Street, Suite 1700 | San Francisco, CA 94111 Phone: 415-391-5780 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.joneshall.com experts strive to provide the highest quality legal services in the most effective participation, tax and revenue anticipation notes, refunding obligations and other JP MORGAN Booths #307/309 Contact: George Hausler 300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 350 |Los Angeles, CA 90071 Phone: 213-621-8174 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.jpmorgan.com/pages/jpmorgan/cb/government JP Morgan Government Banking, a Commercial Banking business, provides state, capital equipment, real property, infrastructure and technology needs. Holman Capital manages the process from inception to close to provide our clients with solutions that can maximize tax dollars, improve service and help reduce the cost of meeting public commitments. Our dedicated government experts are keenly aware of the unique challenges government entities face and they strive to help their clients optimize tax and fee collections, automate document management, partner with your local institutions to reinvest capital in your state to create more jobs and economic stability. constituents. ICMA-RC KEENAN & ASSOCIATES ICMA RC’s mission is to help public employees build retirement security. We offer a multitude of programs (457, 401a, Retiree Health Savings and more) with this goal in mind. We are proud to have served the public sector with quality and excellence since 1972 and look forward to delivering on our mission for many years to come. Property & Liability, Workers’ Compensation and Financial Services solutions to public employers through unique, proprietary programs. Keenan’s corporate Table #9 Contact: Dennis Duarte 2635 North First Street, Suite 207 | San Jose, CA 95134 Phone: 408-894-8590 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.icmarc.org Contact: Steve Gedestad 901 Calle Amanecer, Suite 200 | San Clemente, CA 92673 Phone: 949-940-1760 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.keenan.com Oakland, Rancho Cordova, San Jose, Riverside and San Clemente. Founded in and the largest independent broker in California. For more information, call 1.800.645.8102, or visit www.keenan.com. www.csmfo.org | 27 EXHIBITOR LISTING LANCE, SOLL & LUNGHARD, CPA’S LLP Contact: Rich Kikuchi 203 North Brea Blvd, Suite 203 | Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 714-672-0022 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.lslcpas.com MGO Booth #106 Contact: Scott Johnson 3000 S Street | Sacramento, CA 95816 Phone: 916-928-4600 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.mgocpa.com Valley and Silicon Valley we provide services throughout California. LSL’s services a 27-year history of helping government leaders manage their most complex auditing, LSL is committed to providing the highest level of service to our clients. LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP MUFG UNION BANK Lincoln Financial Group’s Retirement Plan Services has been a proven provider of retirement solutions for over 60 years, managing thousands of retirement plans that enroll millions of participants. Headquartered in the Philadelphia region, the operating companies of Lincoln Financial Group had assets under management of $215 billion as of September 30, 2014. MUFG Union Bank, N.A. markets under the Union Bank brand and is a member of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). The global MUFG network MANN URRUTIA NELSON CPAS MUNISERVICES Mannu Urrutia Nelson is an established and respected full service audit and Founded in 1978, MuniServices specializes in services to maximize and safeguard municipal revenue sources. MuniServices works exclusively with government clients to provide Administration, Revenue Discovery, Audit and Collections expertise that encompasses every municipal tax source including sales tax, utility user tax, business tax, property tax, transient occupancy tax and more. MuniServices’ program includes Legislative and Regulatory Advocacy services and carries recent success as the lead local government stakeholder for the enactment of legislation to help municipalities in the State to collect prepaid wireless revenues. MuniServices has worked with over 900 jurisdictions in the United States, resulting in over $2.4 billion in new tax revenue for its clients. Booth #317 Contact: Chris Somers 150 North Radnor-Chester Road | Radnor, PA 19087 Phone: 415-529-8656 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.LincolnFinancial.com Booth #416 Contact: Justin Williams 2515 Venture Oaks Way, Suite 135 | Sacramento, CA 95833 Phone: 916-929-0540 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.muncpas.com attention of a smaller company. to mid-size businesses. Our partners and professional staff are committed to governmental accounting and educating those affected by the shifting legislation. MAYER HOFFMAN MCCANN P.C. Contact: Ken Al-Imam 2301 Dupont Drive, Suite 200 | Irvine, CA 92612 Phone: 949-474-2020 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.mhmcpa.com performance of audit services to local governments. MHM’s clients include cities, water districts, and special districts throughout California. MAZE AND ASSOCIATES Contact: John Rodriguez 3478 Buskirk Avenue, Suite 215 | Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 Phone: 925-930-0902 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.mazeassociates.com nearly one hundred municipal clients. Most important, we are in businesss to help our clients succees. How can we help you? 28 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 Booth #518 Contact: Don Raught 700 California Street, Suite 400 | Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 916-321-3192 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.unionbank.com to commercial banking, trust banking, securities trading services, credit cards, Booth #212 Contact: Fran Mancia 1400 K Street, Suite 301 | Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 559-288-7296 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.muniservices.com MUNITEMPS STAFFING Booth #414 Contact: John Herrera 14241 East Firestone Boulevard, Suite 400 | La Mirada, CA 96038 Phone: 866-406-6864 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.munitemps.com MuniTemps provides temporary accounting and administrative support. Getting temp help for your Department is easy as 1-2-3: (1) email job description, (2) recruited and trained by a CPA and 25-year veteran City Finance Director. NATIONAL PUBLIC FINANCE GUARANTEE CORPORATION Booth #303 Contact: Nicholas Sourbis 1 Manhattanville Road, Suite 301 | Purchase, NY 10577 Telephone: (914) 765-3385 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.nationalpfg.com insurance subsidiary, has been in the bond insurance business for decades, through all economic cycles. Backed by substantial claims-paying resources NEXLEVEL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC. Booth #418 Contact: Terry Hackelman 6829 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Suite 100 | Carmichael, CA 95630 Phone: 916-692-2000, ext.201 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.nexlevelit.com For more information, please visit our website at www.nationalpfg.com. 80 state and local government agencies. NexLevel provides vendor-independent consulting services to support technology planning, procurement, selection, implementation and IT service delivery. NexLevel’s team of experienced, high caliber professionals are guided by honesty, integrity, quality and a commitment to client satisfaction. NBS OPENGOV For nearly 20 years, NBS staff continue to provide dedicated support to communities in California and bring decades of experience to projects they are involved with. NBS’ focus on funding and revenues includes property-based special assessments, special taxes and fees, as well as general governmental fee, utility rate, and development impact fee studies. Supporting analyses for this OpenGov is transforming the way governments analyze, share, and apply their Booth #216 Contact: Tim Seufert 32605 Temecula Parkway, Suite 100 | Temecula, CA 92592 Phone: 800-676-7516 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.nbsgov.com Booth #214 Contact: Ceci De La Montanya 1023 North Shoreline Boulevard, Suite 100 | Mountain View, CA 94043 Phone: 650- 336-7167 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.opengov.com visualizes current and historic revenue and expenses—from multi-year trends to object-level details. Hundreds of state and local governments across the country use the platform to make smarter, data-driven decisions and engage the public California’s cities and many special districts. As a 15th year sponsor, NBS proudly supports CSMFO. NEPTUNE TECHNOLOGY GROUP Table #12 Contact: Hunter Allen 1600 Alabama Highway 29 | Tallassee, AL 36078 Phone: 334-333-4307 | Email: [email protected] Website: ww.neptunetg.com Since 1892, Neptune has provided utility metering systems that save time, money and labor. Every day, thousands of utilities across North America experience advanced water metering software Neptune provides. With System options like the R450™ System, R900® Fixed Network AMI, R900® Mobile with Some Fixed Network AMI and R900® Mobile AMR, each individual utility has the meter reading tools to meet its unique needs today — and far into the future. NEW WORLD SYSTEMS Booth #413 Contact: Skylar Pickard 888 West Big Beaver, Suite 600 | Troy, MI 48084 Phone: 248-269-1000 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.newworldsystems.com For more than three decades, New World Systems has developed industryleading solutions with a sole focus on helping public sector organizations improve Our commitment to fixed income and public finance, as well as our ability to deliver customized, comprehensive solutions to municipal and not-for-profit issuers nationwide, are stronger than ever before. We strive to consistently provide innovative solutions to meet clients unique financing needs. When it comes down to it, we re as committed to building strong, vibrant communities as we are to building a strong, vibrant firm - around the country or right today. here in the great state of California. Contact us toda FIXED INCOME CAPITAL MARKETS 866.261.3367 PUBLIC FINANCE 800.836.4511 Financial Management, HR/Payroll, Utilities, Community Development, eSuite and database. New World’s solutions work the way you do, further enabling a more streamlined approach to local government administration. www.csmfo.org | 29 EXHIBITOR LISTING OPTERRA ENERGY SERVICES PIPER JAFFRAY & CO. OpTerra Energy Services is the largest privately-owned renewable and energy Piper Jaffray (NYSE: PJC) has been serving the needs of clients since 1895. and private industry stakeholders, we implement energy solutions that accelerate customers’ performance, save money, improve the environment and create positive education and engagement opportunities in the communities in which we work. to serve variety of clients: School Districts, Cities, Counties, State Table #15 Contact: Adenna Davis 345 California Street, 19th Floor | San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: 415-529-7905 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.opterraenergy.com PARS Booth #205 Contact: Mitch Barker 4350 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 100 | Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: 800-540-6369 ext. 116 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.pars.org PARS customizes retirement plans for each city’s individual needs. Whether you your objectives: OPEB Pre-Funding Programs for reducing retiree health care liabilities (GASB 45) Leave Conversion Plans for reducing large payouts at the end Alternative to Social Security Plans for part-time, seasonal and temporary employees Supplemental DC Plans to complement existing state pension programs Please contact Mitch Barker or Dennis Yu for a complimentary analysis to see how a PARS plan can help save your city budget dollars. PAYMENTUS Booth #602 Contact: Bentley Claudon 13024 Ballantyne Corporate Place, Suite 450 | Charlotte, NC, 28277 Phone: 704-512-0533 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.paymentus.com Paymentus is a leading provider of comprehensive billing and payment solutions that offer municipalities the ability to send bills via all electronic channels (web, mobile, IVR), receive payments of all types (credit, debit, e-check), manage outbound customer communications, reconcile payments in real-time and empower customers with an easy-to-use self-service portal. PFM ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC Booth # 209 Contact: Carlos Oblites 50 California Street, Suite 2300 | San Francisco, CA 94111 Phone: 415-982-5544 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.pfm.com PFM Asset Management LLC (PFMAM) is a leading SEC-registered investment advisor that is committed to serving the public sector. For over 30 years, our professionals have managed operating funds, reserve funds, and bond proceeds for governmental and other public entities across the country. PFMAM combines familiar with the distinct needs of investors in their region. 30 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 Booth #207 Contact: Victor E. Ume-Ukeje 345 California Street, Suite 2400 | San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: 415-616-1662 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.piperjaffray.com Higher education, senior living. Our Analytics offer multi-pronged solution to help clients navigate ever-changing investment changes. Our strategic guidance incorporates relative value ideas with portfolio strategy. From raising capital to investing proceeds and managing operating funds, we base our approach and solutions on your needs and objectives. PLANTE & MORAN, PLLC Booth #408 Contact: Dennis Bagley Phone: 800-544-0203 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.plantemoran.com Plante & Moran is a leading provider of independent ERP Selection and Implementation, IT Assessment and Strategic Technology Planning, IT Sourcing Evaluation, and IT Security Consulting Services. We are one of largest helping cities and counties minimize risk and maximize technology investments. PROMONTORY INTERFINANCIAL NETWORK, LLC. Booth #405 Contact: Kevin Shaner 1515 North Courthouse Road, Suite 1200 | Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-292-3442 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.promnetwork.com ICS® and CDARS® offer the peace of mind that comes with access to multimillion-dollar FDIC insurance, the opportunity to earn interest on your deposits matches your liquidity needs. With ICS and CDARS, you no longer have to track changing collateral values on an ongoing basis, saving you both time and money. PUN GROUP (FORMERLY PUN & MCGEADY) Booth #308 Contact: Kenneth H. Pun 200 East Sandpoint Avenue, Suite 600 | Santa Ana, CA 92707 Phone: 949-777-8800 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.pungroup.com specializing in state and local governments. With over a hundred (100) years of combined experience in the governmental industry, we have been a trusted business partner to our clients and have earned our reputation as one of the PUBLIC TRUST ADVISORS REGIONAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES AUTHORITY Public Trust Advisors is a national leader in providing investment advisory and management services to local and State governments and the public sector. Public Trust’s full service and communicative approach will result in a fully customized investment solution based on our client’s unique situation and risk tolerances. Regional Government Services Authority is a public agency created and governed by California cities and a Council of Governments. RGS provides shared services, Booth #100 Contact: Tom Tight 999 18th Street, Suite 1230 | Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 407-514-2727 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.publictrustadvisors.com QUESTICA INC Booth #211 Contact: André Aberdeen 980 Fraser Drive, Suite 105 | Burlington, Ontario. L7L 5P5. Canada Phone: 905-634-0110 | Email: [email protected] Website: questica.com analyzing and reporting of operating, salary & capital budgets. effectiveness. RAHBAN CPA & CONSULTING, INC. Table #5 Contact: Sharon Rahban CPA 1070 Casiano Road | Los Angeles, CA 90049 Phone: 310-801-4588 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.rahbancpa.com Booth #306 Contact: Richard Averett P. O. Box 1350 | Carmel Valley, CA 93924 Phone: 831-308-1508 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.rgs.ca.gov highly experienced staff have solutions to operational or workload challenges. We also provide employer services, sharing staff to reduce costs, training, human over 120 agencies we were founded thirteen years ago. REVENUE & COST SPECIALISTS/GOVERNMENT SOFTWARE SYSTEMS Booth #110 Contact: Eric Johnson 1519 East Chapman Avenue, Suite C | Fullerton, CA 92831 Phone: 714-992-9027 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.revenuecost.com We are leaders in providing Cost of Service Fee Studies, Cost Allocation Plans, Development Impact Fee Studies, and Management Studies. To allow you to perform these studies yourself, we offer Costing Software and Development Impact Calculation Software. We now also offer Budget Software to streamline the budget process at an affordable price. internal controls. Further, we will review, recommend, and implement the steps these endeavors. RAYMOND JAMES Booth #109 Contact: Katie Devine 50 North Front Street | Memphis, TN 38103 Phone: 800-564-2249 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.raymondjames.com With more than 40 years of proven performance, Raymond James (NYSE: require and deliver skillful guidance, unparalleled service, superior products, innovative strategies and in-depth research. We offer solutions that make sense for your company’s needs as well as a wide range of services to complement our efforts, including market strategies, diverse product offerings and reporting. markets. California’s Leading Underwriter of Municipal Bonds* SAN FRANCISCO One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700 San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 445-2300 LOS ANGELES 515 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1800 Los Angeles, California 90071 (213) 443-5000 * Source: Thomson Reuters SDC, Calendar Year 2014 Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated | Member SIPC & NYSE www.stifel.com/publicfinance www.csmfo.org | 31 EXHIBITOR LISTING RICHARDS, WATSON & GERSHON Table #19 Contact: Teresa Ho-Urano 355 South Grant Avenue, 40th Floor | Los Angeles, CA 90071 Phone: 213-626-8484 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.rwglaw.com RW BAIRD Booth #200 Contact: Jeff Desind 777 East Wisconsin Avenue | Milwaukee, WI 53202 Phone: 570-402-0113 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.rwbaird.com of California public entities. We handle the entire spectrum of municipal concerns attorneys are dedicated to work as a team to provide our clients comprehensive and practical services. nationally for a number of municipal bond issues from 2009-2013, according to IPREO Muni Analytics as of December 31, 2013. ROGERS, ANDERSON, MALODY & SCOTT, LLP SCI CONSULTING GROUP Contact: Scott Manno 735 E. Carnegie Drive, Suite 100 | San Bernardino, CA 92408 Phone: 909-889-0871 | Email: [email protected] Website: ramscpa.net Phone: 707-430-4300 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.sci-cg.com Booth #316 Booth #417 Contact: Blair Aas to providing the highest standards of quality and professionalism to our clients. Serving California public agencies since 1985, SCI provides a broad range of revenue enhancement services. Services include local funding measure feasibility analysis and public opinion surveys, district-wide revenue measures, special tax and assessment district formation and annual administration, Proposition 218 compliance, development impact fee nexus studies, utility rate studies and LAFCo formation and annexation applications. RT LAWRENCE CORPORATION SIMPLER SYSTEMS, INC. RTL is a single-source and TOTAL Payment Processing Solution provider. We offer In-House Remittance Solutions, Outsourced Services (Lockbox, Disaster Recovery, Remote Data Entry and Virtual Lockbox Solution) and Electronic Payment Processing Solutions (Web-hosted system, IVR/Phone system, Check 21, ACH, Credit Card Payments and Merchant Solutions). Our solutions are Simpler Systems develops software and delivers services. We free data and give people the ability to engage with data meaningfully. Whether it is locked Since 1948, Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott, LLP has been providing quality accounting and related services to a wide range of clients, including governments, private businesses and individuals. Our goal is to provide the highest quality services at the most reasonable rates. We place a premium on timeliness, Booth #401 Contact: Sheila Andres 7740 Painter Avenue, Suite 100 | Whittier, CA 90602 Phone: 562-696-4843 Ext. 102 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.rtlawrence.com and have enhanced operations within the following industries: city/municipalities, RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL Table #4 Contact: Professor Irfan Bora 100 Rockafeller Road | Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: 848-445-5311 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.business.rutgers.edu/govmaccy The Rutgers Master of Accountancy in Governmental Accounting degree is a unique, nationally recognized, online program which prepares graduates for degree program of its type in the nation with students from 34 states. Rutgers is an AACSB accredited institution. 32 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 Table #20 Contact: Keri G. Collins 627 Island View Drive | Santa Barbara, CA 93109 Phone: 805-882-1848 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.simplersystems.com from a user’s perspective. Our intuitive interface lets anyone navigate data independently. SOFTRESOURCES LLC Booth #213 Contact: Spencer Arnesen, CPA 1141 NO 124th Street, Suite 270 | Kirkland, WA 98034 Phone: 425-216-4030 | Email: [email protected] Serving you since 1995, SoftResources provides unbiased software consulting services for: software assessment, software selection, contract negotiation and implementation oversight. Recent projects include assessment and selection of ERP, Financials, HR/Payroll, Permitting Utility Billing, EAM and more. We your project. SPRINGBROOK SOFTWARE Booth #506 Contact: Scott Cummins 1000 SW Broadway, Suite 1900 | Portland, OR 97205 Phone: 503-820-2200 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.springbrooksoftware.com Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Springbrook Software provides the tools that enable communities and local governments to work better. Cloud-based fund accounting, utility billing, tax and customer information systems help local governments, utilities and special districts manage resources and serve their residents. And with almost 800 clients nationwide, Springbrook has the experience and reach to help government keep pace with the demands of running their business. SPRINGSTED INCORPORATED Table #13 Contact: William W. Reynolds 21300 Victory Boulevard, Suite 118 | Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Phone: 818-456-4861 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.springsted.com services, including the full range of debt issuance, operational and capital planning, revenue enhancement, management and compliance areas and investment services. Our economic development services assist you in strategy formation, STONECASTLE CASH MANAGEMENT Booth #107 Contact: Chris Takacs 152 West 57th Street | New York NY 10019 Phone: 212-354-6500 Ext. 357 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.stonecastlepartners.com StoneCastle Cash Management offers the innovative FDIC insured, stable and liquid cash-management vehicle FICA®. FICA® addresses the California Public Fund Investment Primer guidance to seek a balance of safety, liquidity and yield when investing public funds. SUNGARD PUBLIC SECTOR Booth #302 Contact: Brian Baker 1000 Business Center Drive | Lake Mary, FL 32746 Phone: 866-965-7732 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.sungardps.com SunGard Public Sector provides integrated enterprise software solutions to government agencies and utilities serving more than 115 million citizens throughout North America. ONESolution™ is SunGard Public Sector’s comprehensive product line that delivers leading-edge functionality, usability, ledger, and human resources management. In addition, our management services cover strategic planning, organizational management, executive searches and compensation systems. Springsted offers you coordinated, comprehensive professional resources to be successful. STARNIK SYSTEMS INC. Table #10 Contact: John Bueler 7820 Orland Avenue | Lubbock, TX 79423 Phone: 806-792-9863 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.starnik.com UtilityTrakR™, is a Secure Cloud Solution that provides an array of functionality including billing, customer service (CIS), online/mobile payments, collections, document management system, customer portal (EBPP) with detailed history, functions on tablets and much more, all in one and in real-time. STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INC. Booth #315 Contact: Sara Brown One Montgomery Street, 35th Floor | San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: 415-364-6872 | Email: [email protected] MUNICIPAL BOND TRUSTEE M & A ADMINISTRATION ESCROW AGENT CUSTODY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Since 2010, Stifel has senior managed over 1,230 California bond transactions totaling $36 billion. Stifel’s recent acquisitions of Stone & Youngberg in 2011 and De La Rosa & Co in 2014 demonstrates our commitment to the California municipal market by creating the State’s largest and most active Public Finance team. PAYING AGENT DEFAULT TRUSTEE ADMINISTRATION STUDENT LOAN ADMINISTRATION ©2014 Wilmington Trust Corporation and its affiliates. All rights reserved. Affiliates in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Cayman Islands, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, and Luxembourg www.csmfo.org | 33 EXHIBITOR LISTING SYMPRO, A DIVISION OF EMPHASYS Booth #104 Contact: Peter Bakonyvari 2200 Powell Street, Suite 370 | Phone: 510-655-0900 X 2222 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.sympro.com SymPro is the leading provider of Treasury Management Software solutions to the Public Sector. Cities, counties, states, port authorities, utilities, and more, use SymPro for their daily Investment, debt and cash management operations. The solutions include integration to a wide range of ERP accounting systems, URBAN FUTURES INCORPORATED Booth #404 Contact: Michael Busch 3111 North Tustin, Suite 230 | Orange, CA 92865 Phone: 714-283-9334 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.urbanfuturesinc.com advisory and underwriting experience. UFI Public Management Group (PMG) resolves agencies’ most complex issues based on decades of both public and private experience on behalf of cities, counties, and utility districts. THALES CONSULTING INC US BANK primary product offering is CAFR-Online.com which is web-based software used to prepare the entire CAFR. Through use of our own technology, we cost effectively prepare Cities Financial Transactions Reports and Special District Reports for California clients. US Bank is the 5th largest commercial bank in the United States. We provide a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment service products to consumers, businesses and institutions. US Bank was named one of the World’s 50 safest banks in 2014. We use our Table #7 Contact: Joe Stimac 980 Ninth Street, 16th Floor, PMB 1604 | Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 530-979-1648 | Email: [email protected] TURBO DATA SYSTEMS Booth #508 Contact: Roberta Rosen 18302 Irvine Boulevard, Suite 200 | Tustin, CA 92780 Phone: 714-573-5757 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.turbodata.com Turbo Data works with public agencies to increase their revenue and collections collection services, and Franchise Tax Board Interagency Intercept program services. We provide CONNECTED mobile ticketwriters to empower parking, administrative Booth #606 Contact: John Axt 633 West Fifth Street, 24th Floor | Los Angeles, CA 90071 Phone: 213-615-6005 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.usbank.com VAN IWAARDEN ASSOCIATES Table #8 Contact: Candace Gislason, FSA 100 Pine Street, Suite 1250 | San Francisco, CA 94111 Phone: 415-678-1983 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.vaniwaarden.com We are independent actuaries specializing in pensions and OPEB. We have CA public sector auditors. Our consultants have assisted employers for decades with plan design, valuation and cost control. Our clients include governmental agencies in all 58 California counties. TYLER TECHNOLOGIES WELLS FARGO BANK Tyler Technologies provides comprehensive and advanced software and services that empower people who serve the public. Designed with an insider’s understanding of the public sector market, Tyler ERP Solutions offer local and county governments and schools of all sizes fully-integrated applications for Unique in the industry, Wells Fargo brings together capital markets and commercial banking solutions into one team, offering an integrated approach that centers our business around the needs of our clients. We have an extensive track record of working successfully with state, county, and municipal governmental agencies, providing everything from capital markets funding and operating credit, to specialized payment systems. Booth #419 Contact: Kyle Johnson 1 Tyler Drive | Yarmouth, ME 040926 Phone: 800-772-6220 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.tylertech.com 34 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 Booths # 312/314 Contact: Mark Hewlett 333 South Grand Avenue, 5th Floor | Los Angeles, CA 90071 Phone: 213-253-7237 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.wellsfargo.com/com/industry/government WILLDAN FINANCIAL SERVICES WORKIVA costs of growth and generating revenues to fund desired services. Willdan assists agencies by providing a variety of services including: economic development/ Workiva created Wdesk, a cloud based productivity platform, for business data collaboration, management and reporting that is used by thousands of organizations. Wdesk helps public sector and government agencies meet compliance standards with synchronized data, controlled collaboration, granular permissions and a full audit trail. See what we can do for you at workiva.com/government. Booth # 319 Contact: Mark Risco 27368 Via Industria, Suite 200 | Temecula, CA 92590 Phone: 951-587-3500 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.willdan.com Contact: Ralph Gill 2900 University Boulevard | Ames, IA 50010 Phone: 214-995-6249 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.workiva.com ZIONS BANK CORPORATE TRUST WILMINGTON TRUST, N.A. Booth #305 Contact: John Deleray 650 Town Center Drive, Suite 6 | Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Phone: 714-384-4154 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.wilmingtontrust.com Wilmington Trust, a leading provider of corporate trust services in the municipal arena, serves as Trustee, Paying Agent, Escrow Agent, Successor Trustee, and more -- representing more than $100 billion in outstanding tax-exempt issues. Clients look to us to serve as Corporate Trustee from one of our 20 international Booth #206 Contact: Mark D. Petrasso Corporate Trust Division 550 South Hope Street, Suite 2875 | Los Angeles, CA 90071 Phone: 213-593-3153 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.corporatetrust.zionsbank.com For over 100 years Zions Bank has built strong, lasting relationships by delivering excellent service and by adding value to our customer’s Zions Bank makes a difference by providing a truly local customer service experience enhanced by strong technological reporting solutions. One customer service…. www.csmfo.org | 35 2015 SPONSORS DIAMOND SPONSORS PLATINUM SPONSORS Albert A. Webb Associates PFM Asset Management, LLC BNY Mellon Pun Group (formerly Pun & McGeady) HdL Companies Regional Government Services Authority Lance, Soll & Lunghard, CPA’s LLP US Bank MuniServices Willdan Financial Services GOLD SPONSORS Cutwater Asset Management NBS Fidelity Investments Piper Jaffray & Co. Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates Raymond James Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. Stifel, Nicolaus and Company, Inc. Maze & Associates Wilmington Trust, N.A. National Public Finance Guarantee Corp 36 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 & EXHIBITORS SILVER SPONSORS Aslan Consulting/Schafer Consulting Fitch Ratings Public Trust Advisors Assured Guaranty Harris & Associates Questica Inc Bank of the West Holman Capital Revenue & Cost Specialists, LLC. BBVA Compass InfoSend, Inc. Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott, LLP BLX Group LLC Jones Hall APLC RT Lawrence Corporation BTI Appraisal Lincoln Financial Group RW Baird CalPERS Mann Urrutia Nelson CPAs SCI Consulting Group CaseWare International Inc MGO SoftResources LLC Chandler Asset Management MUFG Union Bank Springbrook Software ClientFirst Technology Consulting MuniTemps/Municipal Staffing Solutions StoneCastle Cash Management Commerce Bank New World Systems SunGard Public Sector Computron Software NexLevel Information Technology, Inc. CostTree Systems OpenGov Sympro Software, a division of Emphasys David Taussig & Associates, Inc. PARS Empower Retirement/Great-West Financial Paymentus ExecuTime Software Plante & Moran, PLLC First Empire Securities Promontory Interfinancial Network, LLC. Turbo Data Systems Tyler Technologies Urban Futures Incorporated Workiva Zions Bank Corporate Trust BRONZE SPONSORS Bartel Associates FirstSouthwest Richards, Watson & Gershon Build America Mutual GovPayNet Rutgers Business School California Special Districts Alliance ICMA-RC Simpler Systems, Inc Caselle Keenan & Associates Springsted Incorporated Chavan & Associates, LLP Neptune Technology Group Starnik Systems Inc. ClearSource Financial Consulting OpTerra Energy Services Thales Consulting Inc. Convenient Payments Rahban CPA & Consulting Inc. Van Iwaarden Associates GOLF SPONSORS Jones Hall APLC Lance, Soll & Lunghard, CAP’s LLP TENNISSPONSORS SPONSOR BRONZE Bank of the West NBS PARS Piper Jaffray & Co. Stifel Vavrinek Trine Day & Co., LLP www.csmfo.org | 37 COMPLETE PROGRAM AT A GLANCE KEY: Break-Out Sessions General Sessions Exhibit Areas WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 8:00 AM - 5:45 PM Registration Open (Portola Lobby) 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Early Bird Session - In Control: Getting Familiar with the New COSO Guidelines (Steinbeck Forum) 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM Exhibit Hall Open 11:00 AM - 11:45AM New Member Orientation - Getting the Most Out of CSMFO (Portola Room) 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM Welcome General Session, Luncheon and Keynote Speaker Don McMillan 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Dessert in Exhibit Hall – exhibit hall remains open until 6:00 pm (Serra Ballroom) 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM Crossing the Line: Identifying Fraud in Government (Portola Room) 4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Vendor Reception in Exhibit Hall (Serra Ballroom) 6:00 PM So Much Money…What Are My Best Investment Options (Bonzai Room) The California Drought – What is in Your Rates? (Cottonwood Room) It’s All in the Details: Capital Assets, Fund Balance, and Net Position (Steinbeck Forum) The Latest and Greatest What Finance Officers on Pensions, OPEB, Need to Know About Cyber Bankruptcies, Local Security (Ferrante Room) Initiatives, and the Future of the Defined Benefit Plan (Colton Room) Success Stories of Cities that Turned Crises into Opportunities (Bonzai Room) GASB Update—What You Need to Know Now (Steinbeck Forum) Enhancing the Connection Between Finance and Human Resources (Colton Room) Frog Protection? No – Fraud Prevention! (Portola Room) Keys to Successfully The Ten Deadly Sins! Or… Leading a Finance How to Avoid the Potholes Department (Colton Room) on the Road to a Successful ERP (Ferrante Room) Free Evening THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Buffet Breakfast in Exhibit Hall (Serra Ballroom) 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Registration Open (Portola Lobby) 7:30 AM – 2:30 PM Exhibit Hall Open (Serra Ballroom) 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM Pragmatic Approaches to Long-Term Planning (Portola Room) 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM Break in Exhibit Hall (Serra Ballroom) 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM Here We Go Again! Big Changes in Measuring OPEB Costs and Liabilities (Bonzai Room) The Changing (and Challenging) Municipal Bond Market Landscape (Cottonwood Room) The Coleman Report (Steinbeck Forum) 11:30 AM – 1:45 PM Luncheon & Keynote Speaker Jordan Levine (De Anza Ballroom) 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM Dessert in Exhibit Hall and Prize Drawings (Serra Ballroom) 2:30 PM What a Finance Officer Needs to Know About Cloud Computing (Ferrante Room) Exhibit Hall Closes (Serra Ballroom) 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM An Update to Best Practices in Communicating Your Budget Effectively (Portola Room) Overview of Debt Financing…So Many Moving Pieces (Cottonwood Room) Innovative Budgeting Tools Report on CCMA Activities Actuarial Information 101 (Ferrante Room) to Facilitate Readiness for (Bonzai Room) GASB 68 (Steinbeck Forum) Rating Agencies: How New Evaluation Criteria Could Impact Your Rating (Colton Room) 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM How the Affordable Care Act is Currently Affecting Cities and Other Governmental Organizations (Bonzai Room) Building a Successful Revenue Measure (Cottonwood Room) Transforming Your Budget Forecast Into Financial Policy (Portola Room) Solve Your IT Investment Puzzle – Put the Pieces Together with an IT Master Plan (Ferrante Room) 6:30 PM - 11:00 PM Cruise the Night Away with CSMFO (Portola Lobby) 38 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 GASB—A Look into the Future (Steinbeck Forum) Developing the Next Generation of High Performers (Colton Room) COMPLETE PROGRAM AT A GLANCE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015 7:45 AM – 8:15 AM Buffet Breakfast (De Anza Foyer) 8:15 AM – 10:30 AM Business Meeting & General Session Speakers Cheryl Eason & Alan Milligan (De Anza Ballroom) 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break 10: 45 AM – 12:00 PM GFOA Resiliency Project (Portola Room) Understanding and The Coleman Report Analyzing Pension and (Repeat Session) OPEB Liabilities in Relation (Steinbeck Forum) to Other City Needs (Bonsai Room) Sink or Swim? Preparing for GASB 68’s First Year (Ferrante Room) Maximizing Value: Creating an Empowering Work Environment (Colton Room) Speed Coaching – Find the Answers You Need (Cottonwood Room) www.csmfo.org | 39 FEBRUARY 17-20, 2015 MONTEREY CONFERENCE CENTER SERRA BALLROOM EXIT STAGE KITCHEN RAMP DRESSING ROOM DRESSING ROOM TT12 TT13 TT14 TT15 TT16 TT17 TT18 TT19 TT20 3 FE 8’ 8’ 400 403 404 406 408 301 303 305 307 309 412 414 416 418 8’ 313 315 317 319 7’ 13’ Food & Beverage 2 Bistro Bistro Bistro FA Bistro Bistro 300 302 304 306 308 201 203 205 207 209 312 314 316 318 8’ 211 213 215 217 12’ STORAGE FACILITY TT2 TT11 FE 8’ 200 202 204 206 208 212 214 216 101 103 105 107 109 113 115 600 602 604 606 13’ TT3 TT4 TT5 RESTROOMS TT6 TT7 19’ UP 413 417 419 UP 401 407 409 FA RESTROOMS TT8 TT9 TT10 415 516 518 18’ Food & Beverage EXIT EXIT 405 506 508 8’ ELEVATOR 100 102 104 106 108 110 112 FREIGHT ENTRANCE 13'-4" X 13'-4" FA ENTRANCE BOX OFFICE OFFICES PORTOLA LOBBY STAIRS UP ESCALATOR UP WINDOW 40 | The Changing Tides of California Finance 2015 PHONES EXHIBITOR DIRECTORY Aslan Consulting Schafer Consulting .....................403 NBS ........................................................................216 Assured Guaranty ..................................................101 Neptune Technology Group .................................TT12 Bank of America Merrill Lynch ................... 113 & 115 New World Systems ...............................................413 Bank of the West ....................................................300 NexLevel Information Technology, Inc. ..................418 Bartel Associates .................................................TT17 OpenGov ................................................................214 BLX Group LLC ......................................................600 OpTerra Energy Services .....................................TT15 BNY Mellon .............................................................313 PARS.......................................................................205 BTI Appraisal ..........................................................204 Paymentus ..............................................................602 Build America Mutual ...........................................TT14 PFM Asset Management, LLC................................209 California Special Districts Alliance......................TT16 Piper Jaffray & Co. .................................................207 CalPERS ....................................................... 103 & 105 Plante & Moran, PLLC ............................................408 Caselle....................................................................TT3 ................405 CaseWare Internation Inc. ......................................406 Public Trust Advisors ..............................................100 Chandler Asset Management.................................108 Pun Group (formerly Pun & McGeady) ..................308 Chavan & Associates, LLP .....................................TT6 Questica Inc ...........................................................211 ClearSource Financial Consulting ..........................TT2 Rahban CPA & Consulting Inc. ..............................TT5 ClientFirst Technology Consulting ..........................412 Raymond James.....................................................109 Commerce Bank.....................................................415 Regional Government Services Authority...............306 Computron Software ...............................................409 Revenue & Cost Specialists, LLC...........................110 Convenient Payments...........................................TT18 Richards, Watson & Gershon ...............................TT19 CostTree Systems ...................................................318 Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott, LLP ................316 CSMFO ...................................................................516 RT Lawrence Corporation ......................................401 Cutwater Asset Management .................................604 Rutger’s Business School .......................................TT4 David Taussig & Associates, Inc. ...........................201 RW Baird ................................................................200 Empower Retirement/Great-West Financial............407 SCI Consulting Group ............................................417 ExecuTime Software ...............................................112 Simpler Systems, Inc. ...........................................TT20 Fidelity Investments ................................................304 SoftResources LLC.................................................213 Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates .............................301 Springbrook Software .............................................506 First Empire Securities............................................208 Springsted Incorporated ......................................TT13 Fitch Ratings...........................................................203 Starnick Systems Inc. ...........................................TT10 GovPayNet ...........................................................TT11 Stifel, Nicolaus and Company, Inc. ........................315 Harris & Associates ................................................400 StoneCastle Cash Management.............................107 HdL Companies .....................................................217 SunGard Public Sector ...........................................302 Holman Capital .......................................................215 SymPro Software, a division of Emphasys .............104 ICMA-RC ................................................................TT9 Thales Consulting Inc. ............................................TT7 InfoSend, Inc. .........................................................102 Turbo Data Systems ...............................................508 J.P. Morgan.................................................. 307 & 309 Tyler Technologies ..................................................419 Jones Hall APLC.....................................................202 Urban Futures Incorporated ...................................404 Lincoln Financial Group .........................................317 US Bank..................................................................606 Mann Urrutia Nelson CPAs .....................................416 Van Iwaarden Associates .......................................TT8 MGO .......................................................................106 Wells Fargo Bank ........................................ 312 & 314 MUFG Union Bank..................................................518 Willdan Financial Services......................................319 MuniServices ..........................................................212 Wilmington Trust, N.A. ............................................305 ................414 Zions Bank Corporate Trust ....................................206 National Public Finance Guarantee Corp...............303 www.csmfo.org | 41 Save the Date! 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