Welcome to the 2021 Finance Seminar- we are so excited to be hosting our finance community at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue this year. Please read carefully through the agenda, after which you’ll find the registration button. You will be billed after the event. Partial registrations are not available; you are welcome to join the rest of the Annual Meeting for the same cost.

This year’s registration costs are: $490/WPPA member $525/non-member $50/WPPA member guest

Interested in sponsoring our event? Sponsorships are a flat $500 this year. Contact Business Manager Tasha Cilurso at tcilurso@washingtonports.org if you’d like to sponsor the event.

Wednesday, December 1

7:00: Registration Desk Opens

7:30 – 8:15: Plated Breakfast (separate room than education) Maple Room (3rd Floor)

8:15 – 8:30: Transition to education room

8:30: Welcome and Announcements: Scott Goodrich WPPA Finance and Administration Committee Chair/Director of Finance and Accounting, Port of Vancouver Auditorium (3rd Floor)

 8:30  – 10:15: SAO Updates and Upcoming GASB Standards: Deena Garza and Olivia Crouch, Office of Washington State Auditor Auditorium (3rd Floor)

10:15 – 10:30: Break and transition to different room for TIF training

 10:30 – 11:30: Tax Increment Financing: Bob Stowe, Stowe Development & Strategies and Alice Ostdiek, Strading, Yocca & Carlson Evergreen E (Lobby Level)

11:30 – 12:00: Establishing a TIF district: Randy Hayden, Port of Pasco  Evergreen E (Lobby Level)

12:00 – 1:30: Luncheon with Annual Meeting attendees / Kick off to WPPA Annual Meeting with Keynote Presentation by Matthew Gardner, Windermere Real Estate: A Real Estate Economist’s View on the Future of Housing Regency Ballroom (2nd Floor)

1:45 - 2:00pm Break

2:00 – 2:45 pm (Optional) Port Perspectives on Workforce Housing: A Discussion on Legal Authority and Responding to Community Needs Regency Ballroom (2nd Floor)

2:45 - 3:00 pm Break

3:00 - 3:45 pm (Optional) Looking at the Practical Implications of the New Equity Legislation for Your Port Regency Ballroom (2nd Floor)

4:00 – 5:30: (Optional): Annual Associate Member Reception Evergreen ABCD (Lobby Level)

5:30 – 7:00:  Seminar Dinner Buffet / Reception Cedar Ballroom (2nd Floor)

Thursday, December 2

7:30 – 8:15 am: Plated Breakfast Maple Room (3rd Floor)

8:15  – 8:30: Transition to education room

8:30 – 9:15: Insurance Market Update: Anne Shackleford, and Deborah Bovee, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.  Auditorium (3rd Floor)

9:15 – 9:45: Community Sourced Funding: Alan Crain and Richard Martinez, Kitsap Bank Auditorium (3rd Floor)

9:45 – 10:00: Break

10:00 – 11:30: Leading Change & Operational Stability During a Sustained Pandemic: Rudy Caluza, Port of Seattle, and Scott Goodrich, Port of Vancouver Auditorium (3rd Floor)

11:30 – 11:45: Seminar wrap up, evaluation forms, drawings

12:00 –  4:30:  Optional: Annual Meeting Education: Port Reports and Roundtables

6:00:  Optional: Annual Meeting Reception