Risk Management for Short and Long Term Financial Planning
With looming budget uncertainties, proactive short and long term planning while minimizing risk and maximizing return is ever so crucial. Experts from banking and business office services will present strategies for analyzing needs and possible solutions. We will explore banking best practices and multi-year cash flow monitoring. Learn how Lines of Credit, Commercial Cards, and Sweep Accounts can all aide in sustaining operations during lean times. Collaboration with your business office services will be key in maintaining operational health.
Presented by

Director of School Finance
Delta Managed Solutions
Debbie Howard is Finance Director and Finance Department Head at Delta Managed Solutions. She has over five years of accounting finance experience for charter schools and over 14 years of CFO and accounting experience for non-profit and tribal organizations.

Delta Managed Solutions
Joanne Fountain is the Chief Administrative Officer of Delta Managed Solutions with an intensive educational background in California and Nevada charter and traditional schools. Joanne has over ten years of experience as an executive director and teacher of a successful charter school. Joanne’s Master’s Degree in the Art of Education and achievement of making the Dean’s list in the school of business at the University of Nevada at Reno allows her to bring her experience of education and business together to guide the staff at DMS and clients to success.

SVP, Director of Public Sector Banking
Tri Counties Bank
Vanessa, Director of Public Sector Banking, has over 30+ years of experience and a proven track record of working with public sector clients, charter schools, non-profits, municipalities and associations. Vanessa has been a pioneer in charter school financing, being one of the first to create a traditional bank financing option for charter schools in 2007 when the industry first experienced state deferments. Additionally, Vanessa is experienced in non-profit financing, tax exempt financing structure, bond financing, Revenue Anticipation Notes and a host of unique lending structures. Vanessa also has an extensive background in liquidity management and direct knowledge of investment policy structures.