2009 WASBO Fall Conference Handouts
Thursday, September 24
8:30-9:45 Get What You Want With What You’ve Got - Keynote by Christine Cashen
10:00-11:00 Breakout Sessions
Managing Your Credit Rating in a Challenging Market - Michel Clark, Director, Robert W. Baird & Co. and Beth Dougherty, Analyst, Moody’s
Federal Law Update - Shana R. Lewis, Partner, Lathrop & Clark, LLP
Budget Tracking Tools for Operating Budgets and Capital Projects - Joe Ledvina, Supervisor of Buildings & Grounds, La Crosse School District
WASBO Mentorship Program - Diane Pertzborn, Director of Business & Auxiliary Services, DeForest Area School District
11:10-12:10 Breakout Sessions
Short-term Borrowing Factors to Consider - Panel Participants: Julianna Ebert, Partner, Quarles & Brady, LLP, Lisa Voisin, Director, Robert W. Baird & Co., Debby Schufletowski, School Business Specialist, Robert W. Baird & Co., Thomas Wohlleber, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, Greg Bauer, VP of Business Banking, M&I Bank, Jay German, Municipal Sales Trader, Robert W. Baird & Co.
Comprehensive Facility Planning - Charlie Kramer, Director Buildings & Grounds, Eau Claire School District
The 2009-11 State Budget - John Forester, Director of Government Relations, School Administrators Alliance
Managing Your PDP Process Developing Timelines and Goal Statements - Diane Pertzborn, Director of Business & Auxiliary Services, DeForest Area School District
12:15-1:30 Lunch Program
• WASBO Update - Woody Wiedenhoeft, Executive Director, WASBO
• ASBO Update - Erin Green, ASBO Vice President
1:30-2:30 Breakout Sessions
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 “ARRA” - Part 2 - Julianna Ebert, Partner, Quarles & Brady, LLP, Brian Brewer, Director, Robert W. Baird & Co., Michel Clark, Director, Robert W. Baird & Co.
The New Collective Bargaining Law – Bargaining in a Post-QEO World - Robert Butler, Co-Director of Employment and Labor Law Services; Staff Counsel, Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB)
Budgeting for School Facilities Departments -Gary Rosploch, Buildings & Grounds Supervisor, Muskego-Norway School District, Scot Ecker, Business Manager, Muskego-Norway School District
It’s Your Money—How is it Being Spent? Health Care Cost Drivers - Sharon Espinosa, Member Health Services Director, RN, BSN, BS, WEA Trust
2:45-3:45 Breakout Sessions
The Federal Stimulus Package Reporting Requirements - Elizabeth Kane, Assistant Director, School Management Services Team, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Long Range Capital Projects Planning - Patrick Acker, Director of Buildings & Grounds, Baraboo School District, Gary Siegman, Director of Buildings & Grounds, Whitefish Bay School District
Bargaining Strategies - Michael J. Julka, Partner, Lathrop & Clark, LLP
Pills and Puppets—Marketing Big Pharma - Paul Rosowski, R.Ph., M.S., Manager of Clinical Pharmacy, WEA Trust, and Greg Kuelz, Pharmacy Benefits Director, WEA Trust
4:15-5:30 pm WASBO Olympic Team Building Activity
Friday, September 25
8:30-9:45 Movin’ and Munchin’ Schools A Winning Program for Students & Staff Alike! - Keynote by Casey FitzRandolph and Suzy Favor Hamilton
10:00-11:00 Breakout Sessions
Childhood Athletics Score a Lifetime of Positive Results with Casey FitzRandolph
Dealing with Olympic-Sized Pressure in the Workplace and How it Can Affect Your Mental Health with Suzy Favor Hamilton
Revenue Limits - The Past, Present & Future
11:15-12:15 Breakout Sessions
Pros and Cons of QEO Changes
How Facilities Managers Can Become Leaders in Their School District - Dale Zabel, Director of Facilities Services, Kettle Moraine School District and Patrick Finnemore, Director of Facilities, Kenosha Unified School District
Governmental GAAP Update - Renee Messing, CPA, Partner, Public Sector Client Services, Clifton Gunderson LLP
Equalization Aid/Levy Credits - Janet Rosseter, Executive Director of Business Services, La Crosse School District and Bambi Statz, Coordinator, School Business Management Program, UW - Whitewater
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