AGA & ASMC Joint Spring PDT 2019 “The Challenge of Change”

The “Strategic Professional Development” held by the AGA Virginia Peninsula and the ASMC Hampton Roads Chapters was a great success! Individuals from all levels of federal, state or local government organizations and from the private sector had the opportunity to earn up to 16 CPEs while networking with other government financial management professionals. We were honored to host a diverse group of speakers, all whom addressed a variety of topics under the theme “The Challenge of Change”.

The event was held Wednesday, April 24, 2019  – Thursday, April 25, 2019 at the Chesapeake Conference Center in Chesapeake, VA with over 200 attendees. Thank you to everyone for helping make this year’s PDT a success!!!

The following topics were presented on Day 1, April 24, 2019

• Transparency in Government by Ann M. Ebberts, AGA Chief Executive Officer
• USCG FMPS BPR (Financial Management and Procurement Services Business Process Reengineering) Progress to Date: Lessons Learned in Organizational Change for Financial Management and Contracting Professionals by CAPT James “Brett” Millican, Team Leader, USCG FMPS-BPR
• Center Of Excellence (COE) / Scaling Robotics by Robert Grabowsi, Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting
• Financial Management: A National Enterprise Perspective by Andrew S. Morgan, Deputy Chief of Staff G-8, US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
• Budget Update by Major General John M. Pletcher, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller
• Evaluating Government Performance In Times of Change by Richard Evans, Director at CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) LLP
• Defending Navy Networks by James A. Granger II, CISSP, Senior Policy Advisor, Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC)
• Changing the Army’s Accessions Enterprise from an Industrial Approach to the 21st Century by COL Anthony “Tony” D. Campbell, Director, Accessions Directorate, US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

The following topics were presented on Day 2, April 25, 2019

• What is Good Leadership by Chuck Brooks, Deputy Chief Financial Officer – Programs at NASA Langley Research Center
• Best Practices in Leading Organizational Change Management by Captain Jeffrey V. Yarosh, Commanding Officer, US Coast Guard Finance Center
• Department of the Navy (DON) Financial Management Transformation by Thomas W. Harker, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) at US Navy
• Challenge of Change- “Non” Success Story by Jay Poole, Auditor, City of Chesapeake, Virginia
• Economic Update and Challenges for 2019 by Robert M. McNab, Ph.D., Director of the Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy and Professor of Economics at Old Dominion University
• The Change Experience: A Purposeful and Personal Approach to Managing Change in the Midst of Disruption by Liz Burokas, Performance Consultant, People Advisory Services, EY and Dionne Tyus, Talent, People and Change Management, EY
• Change Motivation for Financial Managers by Jeremy “JT” Taylor, Chief of Financial Management and Comptroller of the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA