City of Champaign Finance Director Kay Nees and Financial Services Manager/City Accountant Carrie Siems attended the 113th Annual Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles from May 19-22, 2019. The event featured three keynote speakers – Charmaine Brown, James and Deborah Fallows, and Peter Bregman, who presented on topics such as diversity and inclusion, leadership, facing adversity, and lessons learned on what makes communities thrive from journeys across America.
There were several breakout sessions covering a variety of topics such as strategies for funding capital projects, debt management, strategic planning and budgeting, disaster recovery planning, financial transparency, collecting new taxes, fraud protection, and much more.