Agenda 
Date: March 8, 2023
Location: Minneapolis Marriott NW 
Room: Hennepin 1 | Marriott Floor Map
Time: 9 am - 4pm
Session Facilitator: Ryan Fetters, Director, Baker Tilly

Topics: Contract Negotiations, Tracking School Finance, Finance Panel, Local Reporting

​Participant List
Presenter Bios

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

3:15 – 4
Open Forum/Discussion Topics