Be a Chef: Creating Your Own Recipe for Budget Success
Be a Chef: Creating Your Own Recipe for Budget Success
Conference RegistrationSession Details
Date: Tuesday, July 1
Time: 3:35 pm - 4:50 pm ET
1.5 CPE credits
Level: intermediate
Field of Study: Finance
Location: Room 147
A key tenet of GFOA's Rethinking Budgeting initiative is to encourage government budget professionals to think of themselves as chefs rather than as cooks. No two governments or communities are exactly the same, so what works for one may not work for yours. Rather than follow a specific checklist or recipe for budget success, GFOA encourages you to harness your inner chef and create your own recipe.
This panel discussion will feature budget leaders who have embraced the role of chef and are experimenting with new budget ingredients and techniques to satisfy their stakeholders.
Learning Objectives
Identify the critical skills needed to become a budget professional.
Understand how creativity, flexibility, and adaptability are valuable for a government budget professional.
Learn how you can practice applying your budget skills to refine your own budget recipe.
Speakers
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Megan Bourke
Budget Director, Loudoun County, Virginia
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Victor Brownlees
Assistant City Manager, City of Pearland, Texas
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Rosalyn Impink
Budget Director, Town of Lexington, Massachusetts
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Katie Ludwig
Director of Resource Development, Chicago
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Sharon McGuire
OMB Director, City of Boca Raton, Florida
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Kathryn Mortensen
Budget and Performance Manager, City of Brighton, Colorado