The Latest on the FDTA: How Finance Leaders are Tackling Modernization

Mark Funkhouser, president of Funkhouser & Associates, is a municipal finance expert who has spent decades in government service. As the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, during the Great Recession, Mark made the tough choices to put his city on the path to fiscal sustainability. That experience, his long tenure as an auditor and his most recent post as the publisher of Governing magazine have made him a trusted and credible advisor to government officials across the country. Read more

David Stringfellow is zealous about accountability, leveraging his expertise in Economics and Public Policy to make governments better. He's been deep in government data for over two decades spanning federal, state, and local governments. As Deputy State Auditor for the State of Utah, he leads projects and builds teams at the nexus of public finance, data science, and analytics. They make change by scrutinizing billions in public funds through data-driven audits and special projects to detect fraud, waste, and abuse. They also pioneer innovative models and dynamic processes to show governments — large and small — how to more effectively deliver valuable public goods and services in response to societal demands. Read more

Liz Sweeney is a registered municipal advisor with extensive experience in credit analytics, municipal disclosure, rating agency relations, municipal debt products, and structured data standards. Liz is a member of the board of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB). She is also a Senior Fellow at the Milken Institute. Previously, Liz was managing director at S&P Global Ratings.

Liz was one of the first municipal market participants to experiment with machine-readable structured data standards including XBRL. Such standards later became central to the requirements of the Financial Data Transparency Act. Her knowledge of taxonomy development and application of data standards to facilitate reporting requirements are unique among municipal securities market professionals.

She holds an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business, a BS from Georgetown University, and a Certificate in Healthcare Management from NYU’s School of Professional Studies. Nutshell Associates is registered as a municipal advisor with the SEC and MSRB. Nutshell Associates is certified as a Women’s Business Enterpries (WBE) and Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB).

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Tyler is the co-founder and CEO of DebtBook, a leading provider of cloud software for treasury and accounting teams in the public finance industry.

As the CEO of DebtBook, Tyler is committed to building the best-in-class software solutions that our government and non-profit finance teams deserve. The configurable solution helps treasurers and accountants in public finance streamline their entire debt management processes, from data management, payments, accounting and financial reporting, disclosure, tax compliance, and proceed spend-down management. By equipping these teams with innovative tools to power their organizations, DebtBook is improving the way public finance works for all of us.