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On-Demand Webinar | Recorded on 4/4/24

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

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On-Demand Webinar | Recorded on April 4, 2024

FDTA Panel Discussion

The FDTA marks a shift towards enhanced transparency in local government financial reporting, with the SEC guiding the transition to machine-readable and structured data formats by 2027.

However, preparing for the FDTA is about more than machine-readable reports and regulatory compliance. It's about improving transparency and accountability and practicing better fiscal management, which can have real, beneficial impacts on our communities.

Watch the insightful webinar recording where our panel of experts discuss:

  • The latest news on the FDTA and what it means for local government
  • What finance leaders can do to prepare
  • How municipal finance modernization can facilitate more strategic work and better outcomes for our communities

The panel of speakers includes: Mark Funkhouser, Ahmed Abonamah, Megan Kilgore, and Tyler Traudt. Scroll down for more info on our panelists.

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Mark

Mark Funkhouser

President

Funkhouser & Associates

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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

Ahmed

Ahmed Abonamah

CFO

City of Cleveland

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Ahmed Abonamah serves as the Chief Financial Officer for the City of Cleveland and oversees a staff of roughly 265. He’s in charge of the budget, payroll, payments and procurement, among other key financial departments. Read more

Megan

Megan Kilgore

Auditor

City of Columbus, OH

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Megan Kilgore is the Auditor for the City of Columbus. She is the first woman to ever hold the position for the nation’s 14th most populous city and can be credited with leading Columbus through one of its greatest challenges – the worst public health and economic crisis in a generation.

Since 2018, Kilgore has managed the City’s offices of income tax, financial reporting, debt management, accounting and operations, payroll services, and financial systems. As City Auditor, she oversees a nearly $5 billion debt portfolio, $2 billion investment portfolio and administers the collection of approximately a billion dollars in revenue every year. Read more

Tyler

Tyler Traudt

CEO & Co-Founder

DebtBook

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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.

About Funkhouser & Associates

Funkhouser & Associates is a consulting company that builds impactful and effective relationships between state and local governments and private companies. Policy is aspirational. F&A works across sectors to help connect the dots between policy and process, between population data and improved community outcomes, between technology and more human-centered government. Armed with decades of 360-degree experience in the inner workings of how policy is built, funded, and enacted, we can help match public sector needs with private sector solutions.

 

About Debtbook

DebtBook connects and powers treasury and accounting teams in the public finance industry so they can deliver on their mission and improve lives. We provide cloud-based software solutions that address the unique operating challenges and regulatory requirements of the public finance industry, including debt management, lease management (GASB 87), and subscription management (GASB 96). Our solutions help more than 2,100 of the nation’s state governments, local governments, hospitals, higher education institutions, utility systems, transit systems, airports, seaports, and charter schools connect their most important assets: people, processes, and data.

With additional productivity and visibility, DebtBook customers gain easy access to the information they need to deliver better financial outcomes, strengthen risk management and compliance, and help their organization achieve their strategic goals.