Please note that this session combines the MASA Great Start Cohort and the MASA Finance Academy.
9 – 9:30 Welcome and What’s New? Ryan Fetters, Director, Baker Tilly
9:30 – 10:30 Contract Negotiations Darren Kermes, Superintendent, SouthWest Metro Intermediate District 288 Presentation Slides
10:30 - 12 Tracking School Finance: What Should Be on Superintendents’ Radar? Kelly Smith, Retired Superintendent, Belle Plaine Public Schools Todd Netzke, School Management Services Presentation Slides
12 – 12:30 Lunch Break provided by MASA Fireside Room
12:30 – 2 Panel – Our Best Finance Advice for New Superintendents Bill Adams, Assistant Superintendent, Willmar Public Schools (and former Superintendent of New London-Spicer School District) Renee Corneille, Superintendent, St. Anthony-New Brighton School District Christine Tucci Osorio, Superintendent, N. St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District Ranae Case Evenson, Superintendent, Jordan Public Schools
2 – 2:15 Break
2:15 – 3:15 Local Reporting Lori Volz, Director of Finance & Operations, Owatonna Public Schools (formerly with Baker Tilly) Ryan Fetters, Director, Baker Tilly Presentation Slides