EACUBO 2024 Annual Meeting
Program Details

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Sunday, October 13

3:00 - 5:00 PM Registration/Information
3:30 - 5:30 PM Mentoring Fall Session (Invitation Only)
5:30 - 6:30 PM Mentoring Program Alumni Reception (Invitation Only)
6:30 - 9:00 PM Welcome Reception at Reading Terminal Market

Monday, October 14

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration/Information
7:30 - 8:30 AM CFO Breakfast (Invitation Only)
7:30 - 8:30 AM First-Time Attendee Breakfast (Invitation Only)
7:30 - 8:30 AM Networking Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:30 - 9:45 AM Opening Keynote Address: Major Trends Facing American Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities
Catherine Bond Hill, Former President, Vassar College; Managing Director, Ithaka S+R
10:00 - 11:00 AM Expand Staff Recruitment through Career and Technical Education Partnerships
CPE Available: 1 credit, Business Management & Organization
• James Riley - University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
• Andrew Harris - University of Pennsylvania
• Rene Melendez - The Philadelphia Academies, Inc.
Optimizing Campus Investment: How Facility Condition Assessments Drive Decision-Making in Higher Education
CPE Available: 1 credit, Finance
• Kenneth Dearstyne, Jr. - Reading Area Community College
• Bryan Haag - Entech Engineering, Inc.
Financing Carbon Transition and the Business Officer's Role in Balancing Financial and Environmental Sustainability
CPE Available: 1 credit, Specialized Knowledge
• Alice Turbiville - Swarthmore College
• Dennis Gephardt - Moody's Ratings
Automating Expense Management: Use AI to Connect Your Campus Spend
CPE Available: 1 credit, Information Technology
• J. Michael Gower - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Anne Gutsick - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Elizabeth Downs - Huron Consulting Group
• Elizabeth Rees - SAP Concur
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Break in the Exhibit Hall
12:00 - 1:00 PM Winning Strategies: Proactive Approaches to Student Athlete Mental Health
CPE Available: 1 credit, Management Services
• Adrienne Larmett - Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP
Strategic Finance & Business Office Practices: A Tale of Research & Transformation
CPE Available: 1 credit, Business Management & Organization
• Alan Gilbert - CUNY Brooklyn College
• Arijit Dhillon - CUNY Brooklyn College
• Aharon Grama - CUNY Brooklyn College
Cybersecurity Governance and Risk Management Strategies for Higher Ed Institutions
• Irving Bruckstein - Washington College
• Randall Romes - CliftonLarsonAllen
Ethics Potpourri
1:15 - 2:15 PM Special Session with Kara D. Freeman, NACUBO President & CEO and Networking Lunch
2:30 - 3:30 PM Cost of Attendance and Insecurity; The Difficult Choices Students Have to Make
CPE Available: 1 credit, Economics
• Jaime Hansen - Swipe Out Hunger
• John Delate - SUNY Adirondack Community College
Long Range Financial Planning: KPIs in Capital and Operational Budgets
• Jeremy Bass - PFM Financial Advisory LLC
GAAP FASB Questions Answered
CPE Available: 1 credit, Accounting
• Nicole Tirella - Boston University
• Richard Cole - Forvis Mazars
• Charlene Sweeney - Brown University
3:30 - 4:30 PM Dessert in the Exhibit Hall
4:30 - 5:30 PM General Session: Washington Update
CPE Available: 1 credit, Specialized Knowledge
• Liz Clark - NACUBO
5:30 - 6:30 PM Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall
6:30 - 9:00 PM Networking Reception at SPIN

Tuesday, October 15

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Registration/Information
7:30 - 8:30 AM Chair's Business Partner Appreciation Breakfast (Invitation Only)
7:30 - 8:30 AM Networking Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:30 - 9:30 AM General Session: Being Resolute and Courageous: Discovering Your Influence to Drive Change
CPE Available: 1 credit, Personal Development
• Howard Teibel - Teibel Education Consulting
• Christian Recknagel - TAIT
9:30 - 10:00 AM EACUBO Annual Business Meeting
10:15 - 11:15 AM Break in the Exhibit Hall
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Continuing the Conversation: Exercising Your Influence to Drive Change

Leading in Times of Change; Practical Approaches to Stay Agile, Navigate Resistance, and Center Students when Allocating Resources
CPE Available: 1 credit, Finance
• Alan Gilbert - CUNY Brooklyn College
• Terri Dautcher - NACUBO
Creating a Capital Plan: Success Requires More than a Strong Financial Model
CPE Available: 1 credit, Finance
• Josh Keniston - Dartmouth College
• Whitney Henry - Dartmouth College
Tax Update: Communicating with a Newly Funded Internal Revenue Service
CPE Available: 1 credit, Taxes
• Amanda Coon - Plante Moran
• Sadie Mayle - Plante Moran
• Katie Thornton - Plante Moran
12:30 - 1:30 PM Networking Lunch
1:45 - 2:45 PM Navigating Change in Higher Education: How Two Pennsylvania Institutions are Adapting to the Shifting Landscape
CPE Available: 1 credit, Finance
• Neil Horgan - Villanova University
• Christopher Collins - Moody's Ratings
• Sharon Minnich - Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Navigating AI in Higher Education: Risks, Opportunities and Back Office Transformation
CPE Available: 1 credit, Information Technology
• Mike Cullen - Baker Tilly
• Adrienne Larmett - Baker Tilly
Bridging the Generational Gap: Enhancing Employee Engagement and Morale in the Workplace
CPE Available: 1 credit, Personal Development
• Nico Washington - Haverford College
• Christian Recknagel - Tait
Leveraging RCM to Streamline Departmental Research Administration
CPE Available: 1 credit, Business Management & Organization
• James Riley - University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
2:45 - 4:00 PM Ice Cream Social in the Exhibit Hall
4:00 - 5:00 PM Connection & Community: How Universities are Re-Imagining the Campus Store
CPE Available: 1 credit, Business Management & Organization
• Seth Weinshel - The George Washington University
• Brian Mauro - DeSales University
• Roger Demareski - Villanova University
Keep them Enrolled: Boosting Retention by Protecting Students from Drops for Non-Payment
• Darren Lipscomb - Community College of Philadelphia
• Derrick Sawyer - Community College of Philadelphia
Achieving Financial Sustainability Through Scenario Analysis
• Michael Nicolescu - Synario
Women's Leadership Roundtable
5:15 - 7:30 PM Cheers! Reception

Wednesday, October 16

8:00 - 11:30 AM Registration/Information
8:00 - 9:00 AM Networking Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 AM Closing Keynote Address
• Jason Butikofer – University of Connecticut Athletics
•  David Noble – University of Connecticut
Nick Bayer - Saxby’s Coffee
• William Guerrero - University of Bridgeport
10:15 - 11:15 AM Beyond Buildings: Alternative Project Delivery/P3 Approaches and Financings for Institution Infrastructure and Facilities
CPE Available: 1 credit, Finance
• Steve Park - Ballard Spahr LLP
Your Executive Presence in a Changing World
CPE Available: 1 credit, Personal Development
• Teri Bump - AmericanCampus
Empowering Higher Education Leaders to Leverage AI
• Michelle Silvia Spriggs - CBIZ & MHM
• Rob McGillen - CBIZ & MHM
Building a $200M (+/-) Endowment for Small, Private IHEs through Net-Tuition Revenue. The Good, the Bad, and the FUTURE
CPE Available: 1 credit, Management Services
• Sue Mannering - Goldey-Beacom College
• Charles Hammond - Goldey-Beacom College
11:15 - 11:30 AM Break
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM AI and Machine Learning: Powering Intelligent Solutions for Higher Education
CPE Available: 1 credit, Information Technology

Leveraging Human Capital Analytics to Drive Financial Sustainability and Outcomes on Campus
CPE Available: 1 credit, Business Management & Organization
• Mark Flower - John Jay CUNY
• Kathryn D'Angelo - Temple University
• Kyle Sauvageau - HelioCampus
Value-Added Student Services: Understanding the Connection between Mental Health Resources and Retention
CPE Available: 1 credit, Finance
• Travis Apgar - Case Western Reserve University
• Brian Schroeder - Preventia
• Rachel Pauletti - Forvis Mazars
A Caveman can do it: The Path to Financial Sustainability through Data Acceleration and Analytics Automation