GFOA Annual Conferences and Presidents
GFOA Annual Conferences and Presidents
A timeline of Annual Conference locations and leadership
| Year | Conference Location | Annual President |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington, District of Columbia | Lunda Asmani, Norwalk Public Schools, Connecticut |
| 2024 | Orlando, Florida | Tanya Garost, Martenville, Saskatchewan |
| 2023 | Portland, Oregon | Laura Allen, Maryland Department of Budgeting |
| 2022 | Austin, Texas | Terri Velasquez, Aurora, Colorado |
| 2021 | Virtual | Michael A. Bryant, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina |
| 2020 | Virtual | Marion Gee, Metropolitan Saint Louis Sewer District, Missouri |
| 2019 | Los Angeles, California | Terry S. Stone, Hanover County Poublic Schools, Virginia |
| 2018 | Saint Louis, Missouri | Steven Gibson, Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| 2017 | Denver, Colorado | Patrick J. McCoy, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, New York |
| 2016 | Toronto, Ontario | Marc Gonzales, Clackamas County, Oregon |
| 2015 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Heather A. Johnston, Burnsville, Minnesota |
| 2014 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Robert W. Eichem, Boulder, Colorado |
| 2013 | San Francisco, California | Tomothy L. Firestine, Rockville, Maryland |
| 2012 | Chicago, Illinois | Chris Morill, Roanoke, Virginia |
| 2011 | San Antonio, Texas | Linda C. Davidson, Boca Raton, Florida |
| 2010 | Altanta, Georgia | Len Brittain, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2009 | Seattle, Washington | Paul A. Macklem, Kelowna, British Columbia |
| 2008 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Kenneth L. Rust, Portland, Oregon |
| 2007 | Anaheim, California | Charles Cox, Farmers Branch, Texas |
| 2006 | Montréal, Quebec | Thomas Glaser, County of Cook, Illinois |
| 2005 | San Antonio, Texas | Carla Sledge, Wayne County, Michigan |
| 2004 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Nancy Zielke, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2003 | New York, New York | Edward Harrington, City and County of San Franscisco, California |
| 2002 | Denver, Colorado | William Patrick Pate, High Point, North Carolina |
| 2001 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Timothy Grewe, Portland, Oregon |
| 2000 | Chicago, Illinois | Anne Spray Kinney, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 1999 | Nashville, Tennessee | Gary H. Bruebaker, State of Oregon |
| 1998 | San Francisco, California | Douglas R. Ellsworth, Mount Prospect, Illinois |
| 1997 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Linda R. Savitsky, Hartford, Connecticut |
| 1996 | Portland, Oregon | Arthur R. Lynch, Glendale, Arizona |
| 1995 | Baltimore, Maryland | Timothy H. Riordon, Dayton, Ohio |
| 1994 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Bonnie Ridley Kraft, Gresham, Oregon |
| 1993 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Arnold G. Holz, Washington, District of Columbia |
| 1992 | Orlando, Florida | John L. Pickard, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1991 | Denver, Colorado | Richard B. Dixon, Los Angeles, California |
| 1990 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Gary R. Norstrem, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| 1989 | Seattle, Washington | Virginia Rutledge, Ludlow, Massachusetts |
| 1988 | Atlanta, Georgia | Frank L. Greathouse, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 1987 | Washington, District of Columbia | Patrick C. Glisson, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1986 | Los Angeles, California | Betty Jo Harker, Ames, Iowa |
| 1985 | Chicago, Illinois | John T. Walsh, Hartford, Connecticut |
| 1984 | San Antonio, Texas | Arthur A. Blumenfeld, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1983 | Toronto, Ontario | Carl L. White, San Antonio, Texas |
| 1982 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Jim C. Kirkland, Tallahassee, Florida |
| 1981 | Boston, Massachusetts | William J. Reynolds, Greenwich, Connecticut |
| 1980 | Phoenix, Arizona | Fernand Denis, Montréal, Quebec |
| 1979 | Detroit, Michigan | Carl V. Husby, Jr., Long Beach, California |
| 1978 | Houston, Texas | Clark Burrus, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1977 | Atlanta, Georgia | Charles L. Davis, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1976 | San Francisco, California | Lennox L. Moak, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1975 | Montréal, Quebec | Alfred D. Bricker, Wayne County, Michigan |
| 1974 | Las Vegas, Nevada | S. Grady Fullerton, Harris County, Texas |
| 1973 | Kansas City, Missouri | John M. Urie, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1972 | Denver, Colorado | Elmer A. Johnson, Denver, Colorado |
| 1971 | New York, New York | John H. Poelker, St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1970 | Miami Beach, Florida | Joe E. Torrence, Nashville & Davidson County, Tennessee |
| 1969 | Toronto, Ontario | Otto H. Loser, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1968 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Nathan J. Sindelar, Moraga, California |
| 1967 | Chicago, Illinois | Louis G. Basso, Wayne County, Michigan |
| 1966 | San Diego, California | Fred L. Schneider, Columbus, Ohio |
| 1965 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | C.F. Craig, Dallas, Texas |
| 1964 | Dallas Texas | Leland M. Romkey, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1963 | Detroit, Michigan | Robert E. Develle, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 1962 | Boston, Massachusetts | John L. Williams, Phoenix, Arizona |
| 1961 | Seattle, Washington | Fred W. Lawrence, San Diego, California |
| 1960 | New York, New York | Richard J. McConnell, Philadephia, Pennsylvania |
| 1959 | Montréal, Quebec | Eugene A. Mintkeski, Port Authority of New York |
| 1958 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | James H. Lowther, Ottowa, Ontario |
| 1957 | Saint Paul, Minnesota | George N. Shaw, Miami, Florida |
| 1956 | Washington, District of Columbia | Charles L. Mathews, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1955 | New Orleans, Louisiana | A.A. Weinberg, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1954 | San Francisco, California | Frank R. Hanrahan, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1953 | Miami, Florida | John McQuilken, San Diego, California |
| 1952 | Boston, Massachusetts | E. Lynn Crossley, Dallas, Texas |
| 1951 | Dallas, Texas | L. Roberge, Montréal, Quebec |
| 1950 | Montréal, Quebec | Lionel G. Ott, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 1949 | Detroit, Michigan | Joseph F. Clark, Wildwood, New Jersey |
| 1948 | Denver, Colorado | C.L. Beazley, Province of Nova Scotia |
| 1947 | New York, New York | Joseph M. Lowery, Los Angeles |
| 1946 | Richmond, Virginia | Rollin E. Agard, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1945 | No Conference | A.E. Fuller, Miami, Florida |
| 1944 | Cleveland, Ohio | Joseph M. Cunningham, New York, New York |
| 1943 | Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania | David V. Addy, Detroit, Michigan |
| 1942 | Buffalo, New York | John R. Lindsay, Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1941 | Louisville, Kentucky | Charles J. Fox, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1940 | Detroit, Michigan | E.E. Hagerman, Dayton, Ohio |
| 1939 | San Francisco, California | A.E. Neals, Springfield, Massachusetts |
| 1938 | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Miner B. Phillipps, Pasadena, California |
| 1937 | Boston, Massachusetts | Arthur C. Meyers, Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1936 | Toronto, Ontario | D.P. Turnbull, Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| 1935 | Knoxville, Tennessee | G.A. Lascelles, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1934 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Henry A. Allen, Worchester, Massachusetts |
| 1933 | Cincinnati, Ohio | C.E. Armstrong, Birmingham, Alabama |
| 1932 | Washington, District of Columbia | George D. Begole, Denver, Colorado |
| 1931 | Toronto, Ontario | Frank J. Flanagan, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1930 | Denver, Colorado | B. Graham West, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1929 | Chicago, Illinois | Charles J. Tulley, Ottowa, Ontario |
| 1928 | Atlanta, Georgia | Theodore N. Waddell, State of Massachusetts |
| 1927 | Ottowa, Ontario | W.S. Hanna, Baltimore, Maryland |
| 1926 | Kansas City, Missouri | Clifford E. Cook, Springfield, Massachusetts |
| 1925 | Rochester, New York | Walter R. Darby, State of New Jersey |
| 1924 | Providence, Rhode Island | Theodore D. Caswell, Augusta, Georgia |
| 1923 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Albert G. Preston, Buffalo, New York |
| 1922 | Colorado Springs, Colorado | Albert G. Preston, Buffalo, New York |
| 1921 | Buffalo, New York | Cyrus C. Pashby, Memphis, Tennessee |
| 1920 | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Cyrus C. Pashby, Memphis, Tennessee |
| 1919 | Baltimore, Maryland | Louis E. Gosselin, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1918 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Joseph S. Pike, Somerville, Massachusetts |
| 1917 | Chicago, Illinois | Mark E. Conan, Syracuse, New York |
| 1916 | Syracuse, New York | Louis M. Kotecki, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 1915 | San Francisco, California | Thomas F. Boyle, San Francisco, California |
| 1914 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Edward S. Osborne, Rochester, New York |
| 1913 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | Samuel M. Wilhite, Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1912 | Buffalo, New York | Samuel M. Wilhite, Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1911 | Washington, District of Columbia | Edmond D. Fisher, New York, New York |
| 1909 | Detroit, Michigan | Alonzo Tweedale, District of Columbia |
| 1908 | Washington, District of Columbia | Louis Betz, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| 1907 | Richmond, Virginia | Louis Betz, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| 1906 | Chicago, Illinois | S.B. Williams, Rochester, New York |