NCGFOA Preliminary Spring Conference Agenda
March 6 – March 8, 2024
Benton Convention Center
301 W 5th Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Wednesday | March 6, 2024
10:00 am Check-In & Registration Open | Salem Foyer
10:00 am – 6:00 pm Exhibit Hall | Salem 3
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Women In Public Finance Meeting | Xcaret Mexican Grill & Cantina | Off Site
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Welcome | Salem 2
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Session 1 | Ethics | Jonathan Kraftchick, Cherry Bekaert
2:45 pm – 3:15pm Networking Break | Sponsored by | Salem 3
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Session 2 | UNC SOG Update | Kara Millonzi, UNC SOG
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Reception, Sponsored by NCACC | Salem 3 & Salem Foyer
Dinner on your own
Thursday | March 7, 2024
8:00 am Registration Open | Salem Foyer
8:00 am – 6:00 pm Exhibit Hall | Salem 3
8:00 am – 9:00 am Networking Breakfast | Sponsored by Capital Management of the Carolinas | Salem 2
8:00 am – 9:00 am Black Caucus Breakfast | Salem 1-B
9:00 am – 10:30 am Session 3 | Lead Like You Mean It! |Page Fehling, Jake & Page, LLC
10:30 am – 11:00 am Networking Break | Sponsored by EUNA & OpenGov | Salem 3
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Session 4 | The Value of Long-Term Financial Forecasting |Bart Kreps & Chad Cowan, Raftelis
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Business meeting
12:00 pm – 2:30 pm Finance Officer’s Certificate Program | Salem 1-A
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch | Sponsored by Capital Management of the Carolinas & NC Class | Winston Ballroom
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Session 5 | Arbitrage Rebate Compliance | Kim Hoyt, Jeff Moore, Andre Barrett, Bingham-Arbitrage Rebate Services
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Networking Break |Sponsored by NC Investment Pool | Salem 3
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Session 6 |GASB | Lee Carter, Capital Management
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Reception | Sponsored by Wells Fargo | Salem 3 & Salem Foyer
Dinner on your own
Friday | March 8, 2024
8:00 am Registration Open | Salem Foyer
8:00 am – 12:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open | Salem 3
8:00 am – 9:00 am Networking Breakfast | Sponsored by NC Class| Salem 2
9:00 am – 10:00 am Session 7 | National & Regional Economic Update | Dr. Todd McFall, Wake Forest University
10:00 am – 10:30 am Networking Break | RH CPAs PLLC & US Bank | Salem 3
10:30 am – 11:30 am Session 8 | LGC Update | Debbie Tomasko, LGC Secretary, Jennifer Wimmer & Kendra Boyle, NC Department of State Treasurer
11:30 am – 11:45 am Exhibitor Card Drawing | Must be present to win
11:45 am – 12:30 pm Session 9 | Legislative Update | Chris Nida, NCLM, Denise Canada, NCACC
12:30 pm Adjournment