Winter 2025 Quarterly Conference

MD GFOA invites you to attend our first quarterly conference of 2025! Don't miss important updates on the new presidential administration, ongoing activities from the State of Maryland, and more.

The Winter Conference will take place on Friday, January 24, 2025 at the Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport in Linthicum, MD. Check-in begins at 8:00 AM and the meeting adjourns at 4:30 PM. See below for our ticket prices and tentative agenda.

Standard Registration closed on Friday, January 17, 2025.
Registrations after that date will incur a $50 late fee, including any onsite registrations.

REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE WITH A $50 LATE FEE ADDED TO STANDARD REGISTRATION FEES.
SEND AN EMAIL TO mdfgoa@mdgfoa.org FOR DETAILS ON COMPLETING LATE REGISTRATION.

Click here for details on becoming an Exhibitor at this event!

Agenda

9:00 am – 9:10 am: Introduction and Welcome

• Speaker: Diane Fox, President, MD GFOA

9:10 am – 10:50 am: GASB Update

This session covers an update on recent GASB pronouncements and projects.

• Speaker: Joseph Wicklund, Project Manager, Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

10:50 am – 11:10 am: Break

11:10 am – 12:00 pm: Federal Legislative Update

This session will examine what the first year of President Trump's administration and the 119^th Congress brings, and how that will impact local government finance officers.

• Speaker: Michael Belarmino, Senior Policy Advisor, Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA)

12:00 pm –1:00 pm: Lunch

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Networking Event

1:25 pm – 1:30 pm: Sponsor Raffles

1:30 pm – 2:20 pm: State Legislative Update

This session will cover the second year of Governor Moore’s Administration and what the 2025 Maryland General Assembly holds for government finance officers.

• Speaker: Kevin Kinnally, Legislative Director, Maryland Association of Counties
• Speaker: Angelica Bailey Thupari, Esq., Director – Government Relations, Maryland Municipal League

2:20 pm – 2:40 pm: Break

2:40 pm – 3:30 pm: IRA Tax Credits

The landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) creates significant opportunities for state and local governments to tap into refundable federal tax credits for their green energy investments. The full spectrum of renewable energy technologies is incentivized under the IRA, including electric vehicles, solar projects, and geothermal HVAC, to name a few. This session will cover what credits are available under the IRA, how applicable credits are calculated, and how state and local governments can claim their credits with the IRS.

• Speaker: Michael De Prima, Principal - Federal Tax Strategies, CLA

3:30 pm – 4:20 pm: 2025 Market Outlook and Post-Election Impact

Marquette’s research team will provide an outlook for 2025 across the economy and various asset classes; including post-election impact that we’ll be monitoring over the year.

• Speaker: Frank Valle, Associate Director of Fixed Income, Marquette Associates
• Speaker: Evan Frazier, Senior Research Analyst, Marquette Associates

Adjourn