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NOVAGA Meetings and Events: 2006-2007

May 2007

  • • May 16 - Awards Banquet - Senator Paul Sarbanes featured speaker, "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Strength of American Business," Details from the event

April 2007

March 2007

  • • March 21 - All-day Educational Event, "Internal Controls are Key"

  • • March 22 - Early Careers Networking Event
  • • March 10 - Community Service - Operation USO Care Package
  • • Combined group of volunteers made over 10,000 care packages for the troops!
  • • Pictures from the event - Page 1, Page 2

Febuary 2007

  • • "Career Development for Early Careers"
  • • Generational Differences in the Workplace - Beatrice Jones Ross, RCO Communications
  • • Engaging the Protégée - Dan Grossberg, Ernst & Young
  • • Accountability in Your Community and Environment - Alexandra Cousteau, Earth Echo International
  • • What's new in Early Careers - Jennifer Curtin, AGA Early Careers Coordinator, PowerPoint Presentation
  • • Moderator - Rick Vasquez, DoDIG
  • • Special thanks to Grant Thornton LLP for sponsoring this event!!
  • • Extended meeting time - 4:30-8:00 p.m.

January 2007

  • • "Shared Services," PowerPoint Presentation
  • • Kathryn Gould, IBM, Global Business Services Associate Partner
  • • Marshal Gimpel, DOT, Enterprise Services Center Director
  • • Steve Balsam, US Commodities Futures Trading Commision Project Manager

December 2006

  • • "Performance Based Budgeting in Government: Status and Accomplishments in Improving Accountability"
  • • Thomas Skelly, Director of Budget Service, Department of Education, Improving Integration Performance Information, Congressional Budget Justifications, PowerPoint Presentation
  • • Nina Hatfield, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Business Management, US Dept of Interior
  • • Michael Snyder, Regional Director, National Park Service, Management Excellence for the 21st Century, PowerPoint Presentation
  • • Marshall Jones, Deputy Administrator, Denise Sheehan, & Kathy Tynan, US FISH and Wildlife Service, US Dept of the Interior, Managing for Results and Sustaining Excellence, PowerPoint Presentation
  • • Robert Sturgell, Deputy Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Government Must Have a Bottom Line, PowerPoint Presentation
  • • Mark Forman, Partner, KPMG, Head of Civilian Agencies, KPMG Federal Practice
  • • Christopher Mihm, Managing Director, Strategic Issues Team, US Government Accountability Office
  • • Robert Shea, Counselor to the Deputy Director for Management, US Office of Management and Budget, PowerPoint Presentation

November 2006

  • • "Annual Tax and Financial Strategies Update"
  • • Mark Mantelli, Tax Director, Ryan, Sharkey and Crutchfield Powerpoint presentation
  • • Eric D. Hess, Alpha Financial Advisors Powerpoint presentation
  • • Afternoon session -- "VA CPA Ethics Training", Douglas Ziegenfuss, Chair, Accounting Department, Old Dominion University

October 2006

• AGA National President Jeffrey Hart
• "Excited to Serve" PowerPoint presentation
• Joint Meeting with Montgomery/Prince Georges Chapter

September 2006

• Ed Mazur, "Intergovernmental Financial Dependency and Risks" PowerPoint presentation
• Social Gathering at the National Gallery of Art
• Artwork by the Attendees - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3