Committees

Annual Conference

Responsible for organizing an informative, educational annual conference in which relevant issues concerning cities, counties, and other governmental agencies are addressed.

DUSTIN FARRON

Annual Conference Chair

Peachtree City

Career Development

Responsible for improving the professional and technical expertise of government finance officials and those working with governments in various capacities through an expanded education program and other opportunities.

Kristan Oblein

Career Development Chair

Gwinnett County Government

Communications

Responsible for providing a source of timely information concerning the organization, members, and any other relevant topics that affect the membership. Distribute this current information on the Web site, in the newsletter, and in special editions when appropriate. Also, to provide for posterity a written and photographic record including GGFOA membership, offices, meetings, and other significant events.

Mikhale Pogue

Communications Chair

Gwinnett County Government

Government Relations/Strategic Planning

Responsible for providing input into the legislative, executive, and judicial policy processes at the state and federal levels of government and focusing on laws and regulations that affect governmental finances. Committee also monitors the implementation of the goals of the strategic plan on a five-year interval.

Carlos Encinas

Government Relations/Strategic Planning Chair

Encinas Law LLC

Membership

Responsible for increasing membership and involvement in the Association by broadening the base of participation and increasing awareness of the Association’s benefits.

Grant Conaway

Membership Chair

Columbus GA Consolidated Government

Scholarship/Awards

Responsible for encouraging the participation of governmental entities in the Government Finance Officers Distinguished Budget Presentation Award and Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting program, and for encouraging membership participation in GGFOA by providing a meaningful awards program recognizing contributions of individual members. Scholarships will be awarded recognizing outstanding performance by Georgia residents in undergraduate and/or graduate study in accounting/finance in order to encourage careers in the public finance arena.

Jonathan Smith

Scholarship/Awards Chair

Columbus Consolidated Government

Technical Resources

Responsible for serving the membership by responding to technical inquiries and requests for information and developing information resources needed by the government finance professional.

Benjamin Meadow

Technical Resources Chair

Columbus Consolidated Government