February 15 - 17, 2026 | Pinehurst, N.C.

Thank you to Everyone who Attended!

This conference serves as a fantastic opportunity to gather, exchange ideas, and collaborate with your peers. If you have an interest in offering your time and talents as we plan future conferences, please reach out to a Board member, and let us know. 

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November 16-18 | Cherokee, NC

Thank you to Everyone who Attended!

This conference serves as a fantastic opportunity to gather, exchange ideas, and collaborate with your peers. If you have an interest in offering your time and talents as we plan future conferences, please reach out to a Board member, and let us know. 

NCGFOA Fall Conference CPE credit certificates were mailed from NCGFOA@nclm.org on Friday December 12 at about 10:00 am. If you haven't received yours yet, please check your spam or junk folders and consider making NCGFOA@nclm.org a safe sender in your email. If you have any concerns about the data on your certificate, please contact Sara Mountcastle @ nclm.org  Thank you for your patience as we transition to the NCLM as our CPE certification provider. They have been prudent in their new authority to ensure that our processes are fully compliant with NASBA requirements. 

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July 20-22, 2025 | Wilmington, N.C.

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This conference serves as a fantastic opportunity to gather, exchange ideas, and collaborate with your peers. If you have an interest in offering your time and talents as we plan future conferences, please reach out to a Board member, and let us know. 

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Feb. 16-18, 2025 | Pinehurst

Thank you to Everyone who Attended!

This conference serves as a fantastic opportunity to gather, exchange ideas, and collaborate with your peers. If you have an interest in offering your time and talents as we plan future conferences, please reach out to a Board member, and let us know. 

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July 21-23, 2024 | Wilmington

Thank you to Everyone who Attended!

This conference serves as a fantastic opportunity to gather, exchange ideas, and collaborate with your peers. If you have an interest in offering your time and talents as we plan future conferences, please reach out to a Board member, and let us know. 

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Session 1 | GFOA Overview and Asset Management : GFOA Past President; Teri Velasquez, CPA, CPFO, Director of Finance, Aurora, CO

Session 2 | SDFs, MCs, CRFs, & Opioids : Kara A Millonzi, UNC School of Government

Session 3 | Grants Management - Lessons from the Trenches : Greg Miller, CPA, Director & Market Industry Leader and Darshana Shyamsunder, National Grants Management Services, FORVIS

Session 4 | Economic Update | Dr. Mouhcine Guettabi, Associate Professor of Economics, Cameron School of Business, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Session 5 | AI Innovation in Local Government | Rusty Lindsey, Regional Vice President, Local Government South, ORACLE

Session 6 | Keynote Speaker – Winning the Talent War | Jeff Butler

Session 7 | 5 Keys to Strategic Planning – Ryan Nichols, ClearGov

Session 8 | Legislative Update – Christopher Nida, Director of Technical Assistance for Cities,  NCLM and Denise Canada, Fiscal and Policy Research Director, NCACC

Session 9 | LGC/GASB Update | Sharon Edmondson, Secretary, Local Government Commission; Deputy Treasurer, State and Local Government Finance Division

Cherry Bekaert | Ethics - The Evolving Definition of Good

2023 Spring LGC Update

UNC SOG - Designing Strong Internal Controls

2023 Moody's Investors Service - Update

65^TH North Group - Fraud & Embezzlement

Miller³ Consulting Inc. - Disparity Study

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - National & Regional Economic Update

Wells Fargo - Transforming Receivables in a Digital World