SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION OF

SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS CONFERENCE

Conference Program

IP Resort Biloxi, Mississippi April 20 - 22, 2021

CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE Date Agenda Time Monday, April 19, 2021 Breakfast (with hotel voucher) 7:00 am – 8:30 am

SASBO Board of Director Meeting 9:00 am - 5:00 pm SASBO Emerging Leaders Meeting 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Registration/Information Desk Open 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Breakfast (with hotel voucher) 7:00 am – 8:30 am Registration/Information Desk Open 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Exhibitor's Move in 7:00 am - 9:00 am Exhibitor Meeting 8:30 am – 9:00 am Concurrent Workshops 8:30 am - 9:20 am Concurrent Workshops 9:30 am - 10:20 am Exhibits Open with Refreshment Break 10:20 am – 11:00 am Concurrent Workshops 11:00 am - 11:50 am Lunch/Networking/Business Meeting 12:00 pm - 1:45 pm Exhibits Open 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm Executive Director’s Meeting 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Concurrent Workshops 2:40 pm - 3:30 pm Concurrent Workshops 3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Welcome Reception with Exhibitors 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm (Exhibitor Door Prizes)

Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Breakfast (with hotel voucher) 7:00 am – 8:30 am Registration/Information Desk Open 7:30 am - 1:30 pm Discovery Forum Speaker 8:30 am - 11:15 am Lunch & Discovery Forum Sessions 11:30 am - 4:00 pm Dinner at Gollott’s Restaurant 6:00 pm – 9 pm

Thursday, April 22, 2021 Breakfast (with hotel voucher) 7:00 am – 8:30 am Registration/Information Desk Open 7:30 am - 1:30 pm Discovery Forum Speaker 8:30 am - 11:15 am Lunch & Discovery Forum Sessions 11:30 am - 4:00 pm President's Reception (by invitation) 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Dinner/Entertainment/Karaoke 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Friday, April 23, 2021 Breakfast (with hotel voucher) 7:00 am – 8:30 am

Monday, April 19, 2021

7:00 am – 8:30 am Breakfast (Grab and Go with Hotel Voucher) Studio B 9:00 am - 5:00 pm SASBO Board Meeting Ballroom E-H 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Registration/Information Desk Open Ballroom A Foyer

SASBO Emerging Leader Meeting 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

SASBO Emerging Leader Committee Meeting - Invitation Only Ballroom C

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 7:00 am – 8:30 am Breakfast (Grab and Go with Hotel Voucher) Studio B 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Registration/Information Desk Open Ballroom A Foyer

Concurrent Workshops 8:30 am - 9:20 am

How Customer Friendly is Your School District Ballroom A

Presenters: Terry Haas and Debra Dixon Doss, Retired, North Carolina

Everyone should feel comfortable and welcome at your schools. The welcoming environment begins with the treatment people receive at the door. The customer-focused school district assigns resources and has a constant commitment to being responsive to external and internal customers. Come and discover tools to create a customer friendly school district.

Simplify Procurement for your District – Build a One-Stop-Shop Procure-to-Pay E-Commerce Marketplace Ballroom B

Presenters: Eric Gould & April Marzzacco, EqualLevel and Joni Al Shabibi, Lee County Public Schools, Florida

In this session, learn how an E-Commerce P2P solution can enable school districts to quickly deploy a flexible procure-to-pay marketplace that ensures compliance and best value. We will share examples from districts to show the impact that E-procurement can have on your processes and add to your bottom line. From increasing transparency, efficiency, and value for money, an E-Commerce P2P solution will enable your district to conduct business in the office, or remotely and provide greater access into an approved and fully digital supply network when responding to the changing status quo.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Concurrent Workshops 8:30 am - 9:20 am

Keep Your Child Nutrition Program Thriving During a Crisis Ballroom C

Presenter: Keshia Williams, Coweta County Schools, Georgia - Director of School Food Services

Discover the paradigm shift that re-designed a Georgia School Food Service Program in 48 hours. While the world was on pause, this operation adapted and evolved in the new established shift by implementing benchmarks and identifying trending data. One year later, learn how this operation is thriving and pivoting simultaneously.

Getting Things Done in Your Pajamas: Tips for Working Remotely Ballroom D

Presenter: Marla Carnes, Russell County Schools, Kentucky – Director of Business Operations There is no doubt the pandemic has changed the way we work. In this session, we will discuss best practices for hosting and participating in online meetings with an emphasis on working remotely. Next, we will review ideas to set yourself up for success should you find yourself needing to work remotely on short notice. These tips will include using technology to maintain access to virtually every file and note in our offices.

Concurrent Workshops 9:30 am -10:20 am

School Board Relations with the Business Office Ballroom A

Presenter: Anya Randle, Assumption Parish Schools, Louisiana - Director of Business Services

Presentation detailing characteristics that should be portrayed by board members and business office staff to allow for transparency in communicating the district’s financial information.

Personnel Issues: What Impact Will COVID-19 Continue to Have and What Changes Are Expected Under the New Administration? Ballroom B

Presenter: Jim Keith, Adams & Reese LLP, Mississippi - Attorney

This session will discuss ongoing issues caused by COVID-19, vaccines, variants to COVID-19 and remote work. We will also discuss the impact of the Biden Administration on personnel laws such as independent contractors, joint employment, minimum wage, sexual harassment and transgender issues.

Developing a Management’s Discussion & Analysis Ballroom C

Presenters: Susan Barkley, Shelby County Public Schools, Kentucky – Chief Financial Officer and David Stokes, McLean County Public Schools - Chief Financial Officer

This session will help you develop an effective MD&A for your FY21 financial statements. We will discuss the components required by GASB. In addition, we will share strategies to showcase your district strengths and help stakeholders interpret the annual financial information.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Concurrent Workshops 9:30 am -10:20 am

Effective Advocacy (Legislative Issues) – How to Gain Political Clout Ballroom D

Presenter: Robyn Keene, Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators - Director of Financial Services

It is never to early to start building relationships with your local officials and state legislators to influence legislative decision making. Solid relationships are the most effective way to shape the thinking of those who decide public policy. During this session we will discuss strategies of building relationships and opening lines of communication with local and state level officials to become a useful and trusted source of information and insight for them.

10:20 am - 11:00 am Exhibits Open with Refreshment Break Studio B

Concurrent Workshops

11:00 am -11:50 am

Let Me Tell You a Story…About 1:1 Initiatives Ballroom A

Presenters: Jeff Davis, Tyler County BOE, West Virginia – Treasurer, Anita Hays, Collierville Schools, Tennessee – Chief Financial Officer and Adam Steele, Hickory City Schools, North Carolina - Director of Finance & Business

In this session, three SASBO representatives share their experiences with starting 1:1 initiatives in their respective school districts. Topics covered will include funding, leases, stakeholder buy-in, strong technology teams (for rolling out devices as well as teacher training), infrastructure, device insurance, and long-range planning to name a few.

Social Media Do’s & Don’ts Ballroom B

Presenter: Corey Kirby, Harben, Hatley and Hawkins, LLP, Georgia - Attorney

Have you ever been scrolling social media and seen a post of one of your employees and wandered to yourself….should they really have posted that?? Well join us as we take a legal look into what your employees are allowed and not allowed to post on social media. Dive into real life cases pulled straight from social media.

Understanding Financing for Capital Projects Ballroom C

Presenters: Jim Young, Warren Greenlee, Bonnie Granger, Young Law Group, PLLC, Mississippi - Attorneys

This session will provide information focusing on practical and legal issues related to financing capital projects and other debt related issues. Included will be practical planning matters, evaluation of methods to sell debts, working with underwriters versus private placement, as well as federal tax law and SEC considerations. Mr. Young, Mr. Greenlee, and Ms. Granger have a wealth of legal and financial experience in these areas and will share their experience with you in a way that will be applicable for all states and municipalities.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Concurrent Workshops 11:00 am -11:50 am

Personnel Issues: What Impact Will COVID-19 Continue to Have and What Changes Are Expected Under the New Administration? (Session Repeated) Ballroom D

Presenter: Jim Keith, Adams & Reese LLP, Mississippi - Attorney

This session will discuss ongoing issues caused by COVID-19, vaccines, variants to COVID-19 and remote work. We will also discuss the impact of the Biden Administration on personnel laws such as independent contractors, joint employment, minimum wage, sexual harassment and transgender issues.

12:00 pm - 1:45 pm Exhibitor Appreciation Lunch/SASBO Business Meeting Studio B

Annual Business Meeting Studio B

Presiding/Welcome/ Introductions Marla Carnes, President

Special Recognitions Marla Carnes, President Presentation of Outstanding Business Officials Marla Carnes, President Will O’Reilly & Lisa Boone, American Fidelity

Greetings from Illinois ASBO Susan Harkin and Michael Jacoby Greetings from Pennsylvania ASBO Wanda Erb and Jay Himes

Committee Reports Constitution and By Laws Lynn Buch, Chair

Nominations Stu White, Past President Election of Officers and Directors Marla Carnes, President Installation of SASBO Officers Susan Harkin, ASBOi Director

Special Presentation Sharon Chuculate, 2021-2022 President Invitation to 2022 Conference Arkansas ASBO Announcements Marla Carnes, President Adjournment

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm Exhibits Open with Refreshment Break Studio B

Executive Director’s Meeting

2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

State Executive Director’s Meeting - Invitation Only Ballroom E-F

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Concurrent Workshops 2:40 pm - 3:30 pm

Providing Platinum Customer Service in the Business Office Ballroom A

Presenter: Susan Harkin, SFO, Community Unit School District 300, Illinois - Chief Operating Officer

Good customer service in schools optimizes the interaction between staff, students, parents, and your community. Lousy customer service can permanently tarnish the image of your school district or department. If someone has a bad experience at your school district, you can bet they will be relaying that to their friends and family, and worse yet, may take their complaint up the chain to your superintendent or school board. However, customer service does not mean catering to every constituents’ whim but finding creative ways to provide a better school experience. In this session, learn about how your business office can shift from the blame game to creating a platinum customer service mindset.

Employees, Contractors and Taxes: Wading Through Risky and Expensive Waters Ballroom B

Presenter: Chris McCarty, Lewis Thomason Law, Tennessee - Attorney

Public school systems and other public entities often forget that they must recognize some of the same dangers faced by private enterprise. Those public school systems, for example, are often quick to call a part-time speech therapist a “contractor” and pay her as a 1099. In doing so, however, IRS and/or DOL misclassification factors are often either never discussed or outright ignored. Similarly, those same public school systems – as generally tax exempt entities – also quite often ignore risks associated with failing to recognize taxable fringe benefits (e.g., administrator bonuses; assigned vehicles; certain relocation payments; etc.). This session aims to help put those type of risks back on everyone’s radar, while also offering practical advice regarding the mitigation and/or elimination of the same risks.

Millennials in the Workplace Ballroom C

Presenter: Ken Overman, Lowndes County Schools, Georgia - Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations

Millennials are changing the workplace, and it is crucial that school and district leaders are aware of what it takes to ensure that these employees - and ALL employees - are prepared for success.

Leadership Skills - Working Together and Time Management Ballroom D

Presenter: Rodney O. Jackson, Fayette County Public Schools, Kentucky - Director of Finance

This session will focus on working together utilizing time management to improve your leadership skills for efficiency and effectiveness in your career. At the end of this session, the attendee will have learned at a minimum 10 strategy rules to utilize for time mastery management techniques.

Concurrent Workshops 3:40 pm - 4:30 pm

The Importance of Recognizing School Business Champions Ballroom A

Presenter: Susan Harkin, Community Unit School District 300, Illinois - Chief Operating Officer

School business officials do incredible work! While many don’t want the recognition, it is vital to acknowledge their hard work and innovative ideas to celebrate our shared successes. Annually, ASBO International recognizes those school business officials that go above and beyond to serve the profession with the Eagle Award and recognizes a school business official’s ingenuity and resourcefulness with the Pinnacle Award. Come learn about the difference between these two awards so you can be or nominate the next SASBO member to earn one of these prestigious awards.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Concurrent Workshops 3:40 pm - 4:30 pm

Protect Your Ass…ets Ballroom B

Presenter: Susan Barkley, Shelby County Public Schools, Kentucky – Chief Financial Officer

This session will arm you with the knowledge needed to help prevent and detect fraud in your district. We will discuss high risk areas, effective internal controls, and review actual frauds in school districts. You’ll also have a chance to win a fabulous prize as we test our knowledge of fraud indicators.

Emotional Leadership Dilemmas Ballroom C

Presenters: Anya Randle, Assumption Parish Schools, Louisiana – Director of Busines Services and Lesia Casanovas, Beauregard Parish School Board, Louisiana – Director of Business and Finance

As a leader, oftentimes you're faced with dilemmas. What do you do? How do you handle it professionally? Attendees will learn how to control their emotions while facing dilemmas and difficult situations in this session.

A Paradigm for Change: Becoming Your District's Expert Storyteller Ballroom D

Presenters: Jeff Carew, Forecast5 Analytics - Managing Director

As district ambassadors, we're entrusted to do all we can to frame our district's "picture" to help increase understanding and transparency within our communities. A powerful way to do so is through storytelling. Learn how this enduring approach can help us engage with our stakeholders in new and more meaningful ways by sharing our challenges, our opportunities, and our successes!

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Welcome Reception with Exhibitors Exhibitor Door Prizes

Vendor Hall Studio B

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet (bring ticket you received at hotel check in) Studio B 7:30 am – 1:30 pm Registration/Information Desk Open Ballroom A Foyer

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Discovery Tracks

8:30 am – 11:15 am All Tracks Ballroom A-B Speaker: Judson Laipply

“Lead Your Evolution” Everything changes. Not everything evolves. Every organization needs leaders who can lead the evolution. Change is inevitable; evolving is not. Evolving means becoming a better version of ourselves, our organizations, our world by focusing on the things we have influence over. Overcoming the adverse reaction to chaos and embracing the struggles that strengthen allow leaders to help their organizations to evolve. The world is moving faster and faster requiring a constant evolving mentality. Never rest on laurels or past accomplishments instead seeking to grow, stretch, and evolve. Learn from those that came before and refused to evolve and gain insight into how you can lead your evolution. 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch for Tracks 1-3 Studio B

11:30 am – 4:00 pm Choose Between Tracks –

Track 1 Blanche’s Riverboat Adventure

After lunch at the hotel, follow Blanche for transportation down to the “Rusty Anchor” to board the Betsy Ann Riverboat for a historical and ecological cruise between Deer Island and the gulf coast. Learn about Biloxi’s local history, the seafood industry, the Barrier Islands and wildlife that flourishes in the Mississippi Sound Estuary.

Listen to the captain as he describes the local characters that lived on Deer Island, how the islands got their names and other little-known facts of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Enjoy beautiful scenery and delightful wildlife sightings including dolphins, brown pelicans and herons.

Sponsored by:

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Track 2 Dorothy’s Lesson Plan: Know the Five L’s

(Held at the Hotel – Ballroom E-G)

Not feeling like venturing out of the hotel? Stay in for lunch and join Dorothy's classroom for guest speaker Judson Laipply for “Five L’s for Personal and Professional Development” Laugh, Listen, Learn, Live, and Love. Laugh with yourself. Laugh with others. Listen to yourself. Listen to others. Learn from yourself. Learn from others. Live for yourself. Live for others. Love yourself. Love all others. Simple yet powerful. These five words help create a framework for personal and professional development that can cover a wide range of topics including: communication, emotional intelligence, bias, growth, stress reduction, work-life harmony, motivation, member engagement, and more. Using these five words as a guiding framework Judson Laipply builds a custom interactive workshop designed to engage, educate, enlighten, and entertain. High energy and high content, participants will discuss relevant subject matter that will have direct impact on their lives both personally and professionally. Formatted for fun and function your time with Judson will go by in a snap and not only will you have a blast…you’ll learn a ton! Sponsored by:

Track 3 Rose’s Team Building Art Experience

After lunch and transportation to the museum, participate in a team building activity involving painting your own canvas. Tour the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art and enjoy all that makes the museum unique: the artists, the architecture, the history, and the landscape. The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art celebrates the innovative, independent and creative spirit of their namesake Mississippi master potter George Ohr (1857-1918). In a fitting tribute to Ohr, artist and architect Frank Fehry designed an award-winning campus of bold, intriguing, self-sufficient structures. The four new buildings and the reconstructed home of Pleasant Reed offer visitors separate but not isolated experiences – together creating a single unified vision connected by the expansive brick plaza and the majestic live oaks. Let the landscape be relaxing and the art inspiring, invigorating and challenging. Sponsored by:

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Track 4 Sophia Asks: Being a Leader…Are You Hitting the Mark?

Picture it…Biloxi 2021 Load buses (in front of the IP) at 11:30 for transportation to your Discovery track activity. Lunch will be ordered from Creole Soul Food Truck at the venue. Then throw yourself into a team building activity of Axe Throwing. Skal Axe Throwing is the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s only urban axe throwing company, and the only World Axe Throwing League affiliated company in the greater gulf coast area. You’re guaranteed a fun and safe team building activity that you will never forget. Next find out if you will need to use your newly developed knife throwing skills to survive the jungle. Your team’s plane has crashed in the jungle and you salvage only 15 items to help you survive. Are these items useful? How will you use them to lead your team out of the jungle? Sponsored by:

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Wednesday Evening Event Gollott’s Restaurant

Wednesday Evening Event Evening of Food and Fun!

Come and go transportation provided every 20-30 minutes Sponsored by:

Thursday, April 22, 2021

7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet (bring ticket you received at hotel check in) Studio B 7:30 am – 1:30 pm Registration/Information Desk Open Ballroom A Foyer

Discovery Tracks

8:30 am – 11:15 am All Tracks Ballroom A-B Speaker: Logan Weber

“Sticks and Stones Exposed: The Truth Behind Words and Relationships”

This hilarious presentation zeroes in on the power of our words and the impact they have on the culture and climate of an organization. What kind of atmosphere are our words creating? One in which professionals strive to work as a strong team or one that is breeding an inability to trust and work together. Discover how to transform your organization and your relationships and how to build a great “community” at work and beyond.

11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch for Tracks 1-3 Studio B

11:30 am – 4:00 pm Choose Between Tracks -

Track 1 Blanche’s Riverboat Adventure

After lunch at the hotel, follow Blanche for transportation down to the “Rusty Anchor” to board the Betsy Ann Riverboat for a historical and ecological cruise between Deer Island and the gulf coast. Learn about Biloxi’s local history, the seafood industry, the Barrier Islands and wildlife that flourishes in the Mississippi Sound Estuary.

Listen to the captain as he describes the local characters that lived on Deer Island, how the islands got their names and other little-known facts of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Enjoy beautiful scenery and delightful wildlife sightings including dolphins, brown pelicans and herons.

Sponsored by:

Thursday, April 22, 2021 11:30 am – 4:00 pm Choose Between Tracks –

Track 2 Dorothy’s Lesson Plan: Aspire to Be a Winner

(Held at the Hotel – Ballroom E-G)

Not feeling like venturing out of the hotel? Stay in and join Dorothy's classroom for guest speaker Logan Weber for “The Winner in You”. In many school systems today, there is an emphasis on customer service and aspiring to make it a priority. Principles taught include: Practice Makes Permanent (Not Perfect), Excellence – An Act or a Habit, The Power of the Tongue, The Number 1 Secret of Professionals and the 6 Most Powerful Words in the English Language. Using large group discussion, teams, interactive exercises and visuals— this workshop will recharge you to do the “right things. Sponsored by:

Track 3

Rose’s Team Building Art Experience

After lunch transportation to the museum, participate in a team building activity involving painting your own canvas. Tour the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art and enjoy all that makes the museum unique: the artists, the architecture, the history, and the landscape. The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art celebrates the innovative, independent and creative spirit of their namesake Mississippi master potter George Ohr (1857-1918). In a fitting tribute to Ohr, artist and architect Frank Fehry designed an award-winning campus of bold, intriguing, self-sufficient structures. The four new buildings and the reconstructed home of Pleasant Reed offer visitors separate but not isolated experiences – together creating a single unified vision connected by the expansive brick plaza and the majestic live oaks. Let the landscape be relaxing and the art inspiring, invigorating and challenging. Sponsored by:

Thursday, April 22, 2021

11:30 am – 4:00 pm Choose Between Tracks –

Track 4 Sophia Asks: Being a Leader…Are You Hitting the Mark?

Picture it…Biloxi 2021 Load buses (in front of the IP) at 11:30 for transportation to your Discovery track activity. Lunch will be ordered from Creole Soul Food Truck at the venue. Then throw yourself into a team building activity of Axe Throwing. Skal Axe Throwing is the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s only urban axe throwing company, and the only World Axe Throwing League affiliated company in the greater gulf coast area. You’re guaranteed a fun and safe team building activity that you will never forget. Next find out if you will need to use your newly developed knife throwing skills to survive the jungle. Your team’s plane has crashed in the jungle and you salvage only 15 items to help you survive. Are these items useful? How will you use them to lead your team out of the jungle? Sponsored by: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm SASBO President’s Reception - Invitation Only Ballroom A 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Thursday Evening Event Studio B

Thursday Evening Event Evening of

Food, Fun, Entertainment and Karaoke! Dinner to be served at 6:30 pm in Studio B

Sponsored by:

Friday, April 23, 2021

7:00 am – 8:30 am Breakfast (Grab and Go with Hotel Voucher) Studio B

SASBO Salutes the 2020-2021 State Outstanding Business Officials

Each of the State’s Outstanding Business Officials were selected for their leadership and the contributions they have made to their school district and their state association, the service they have provided to their peers and subordinates and their service to their local community. Each is recognized as one of the top school business officials in their state and serve as a mentor and role model for members of their state ASBO as well as SASBO. Alabama Lynn Buch, Chief School Financial Officer Homewood City Schools Arkansas Sharon Chuculate, Business Manager Clarksville School District Georgia Stephen Thublin, Assistant Superintendent for. Finance and Business Houston County Board of Education Kentucky Jill Monroe, Finance Officer Marshall County Public Schools Louisiana Wilfred Bourne, Chief Financial Officer Calcasieu Parish School Board Deloris Walker, Director of Finance Bogalusa City Schools North Carolina Jeff Hollamon, Associate Superintendent/Chief Financial Officer Onslow County Schools South Carolina Mellanie Jinnette, Chief Financial Officer Chester County School District Tennessee Brenda Malone, Accounts Payable and Bookkeeping Specialist Greeneville City Schools Virginia Marcia Stevens, Chief Operations Officer Caroline County Public Schools

Special thanks go to American Fidelity Assurance for their support

of the SASBO Outstanding Business Officials program

President - Marla Carnes Director of Business Operations, Russell County Board of Education, Kentucky

President Elect - Sharon Chuculate

Business Manager, Clarksville School District, Clarksville, Arkansas

Vice President - Jackie Sparks Finance Director, Cook County Schools, Adel, Georgia

Past President - Stu White

Business Manager, Moss Point School District, Mississippi

Director - Lynn Buch - Homewood City Schools - Homewood, Alabama Director - Sharon Hopkins - Pangburn School District - Pangburn, Arkansas Director - Suanne Lee - Monroe County School District - Key West, Florida Director - Chris Latimer - Coweta County Schools – Newnan, Georgia Director - David Stokes - McLean County Public Schools - Calhoun, Kentucky Director - Anya Randle - Assumption Parish School Board - Napoleonville, Louisiana Director - David Rubenstein - South Panola School District - Batesville, Mississippi Director - Adam Steele - Hickory City Schools - Hickory, North Carolina Director - John Gardner - Horry County Schools - Conway, South Carolina Director - Anita Hays - Collierville Schools - Collierville, Tennessee Director - Deborah White - Goochland County Public Schools - Goochland, Virginia Director - Jeff Davis - Tyler County Schools - Middlebourne, West Virginia

Associate Member - Todd Manning - Virco. Inc. - Roanoke, Virginia Associate Member - Joel McKenzie - American Fidelity - Lexington, Kentucky Executive Director - Sandy Halliwell - Clinton, Mississippi

SASBO Save the Dates

AASBO/SASBO Joint Conference and Discovery Forum -

April 5-7, 2022 Embassy Suites, Hot Springs, Arkansas

72nd SASBO Conference and Discovery Forum – April 3-5, 2023 Marriott Downtown, Louisville, Kentucky

Southeastern Association of School Business Officials

Board of Directors 2020-2021

DIAMOND SPONSORS AIG Retirement Services

American Fidelity

PLATINUM SPONSORS EqualLevel, Inc.

First Financial Group of America Forecast5 Analytics

Virco

Thanks to our sponsors for their generous support and participation at this conference. The following companies assisted

SASBO by contributing to our activities throughout the year.

GOLD SPONSORS

Equitable PERA Administrators

U. S. OMNI & TSACG Compliance Services Young Law Group

SILVER SPONSORS InCare Technologies

Schneider Electric The Nutrition Group

BRONZE SPONSORS

PARTNER

TIPS – The Interlocal Purchasing System

ADDITIONAL EXHIBITORS

ABM Industry Groups, LLC Andrews Technology

Arkansas ASBO Campus Benefits, LLC

CMTA Energy Solutions Courage Technologies, Inc.

Daylight Capital Advisors, LLC Edlio – Online School Payments

Educational Benefit Frontline Education

ICMA-RC Kelly Education

Modified Logic ParCou, LLC

Records Consultants, Inc (RCI) Sodexo

Staff EZ Synergetics

ABM Industry Groups, LLC 1117 Joe McCullough Road Jayess, Mississippi 39641 901-569-6552 https://www.abm.com clark.brady@abm.com AIG Retirement Services (Diamond) 2300 Windy Ridge Parkway SE, Suite 240S Atlanta, GA 30339 770-395-4705 https://www.aigrs.com/ allen.thomas@valic.com American Fidelity (Diamond) 2525 Harrodsburg Lexington, KY 40504 859-223-8030 https://americanfidelity.com Joel.McKenzie@americanfidelity.com Andrews Technology 1213 Culbreth Drive, Suite 126 Wilmington, NC 28405 910-724-5053 https://www.andrewstechnology.com/ Ciarra@andrewstechnology.com Arkansas ASBO 219 S. Victory Street Little Rock, AR 72201 501-372-1691 https://www.theaaea.org/ r.keene@theaaea.org Campus Benefits, LLC 2 Ravinia Drive, Suite 1500 Atlanta, GA 30346 770-262-0604 cjohnson@campusbenefits.com https://campusbenefits.com/ CMTA Energy Solutions 9519 Civic Way, Suite 100 Prospect, KY. 40059 502-409-4062 https://www.cmta.com/ thockensmith@cmta.com

Courage Technologies, Inc. 417 W. Main Street, Suite 201 Tupelo, MS 38804 662-844-4466 couragetech@comcast.net Daylight Capital Advisors, LLC 328 West Park Street Canton, MS 39046 769-666-4543 https://www.daylightcapitaladvisors.com/ larry.l.day@daylightcapitaladvisors.com Digital Designs, Inc. (Bronze) 14045 Ballantyne Corp Place, Suite 140 Charlotte, NC 28277 704-790-7120 http://www.ddilink.com kmauren@ddilink.com Edlio-Online School Payments 22375 Brodweick Drive Sterling, VA 20166 571-382-6676 https://osmsinc.com/ kristine@edlio.com Educational Benefits 1616 Brookwood Little Rock, AR 72202 501-733-5531 https://www.ebiteam.com/ kjoseph@ebiteam.com Equalis Group (Bronze) 5550 Granite Pkwy, Ste 298 Plano, TX 75024 469-441-2895 https://equalisgroup.org/ rbunker@equalisgroup.org EqualLevel, Inc. (Platinum) 9200 Corporate Blvd, Suite 200 Rockville, MD 20850 281-786-6474 https://equallevel.com/ egould@equallevel.com

VENDOR DIRECTORY

Equitable (Gold) 525 Washington Boulevard, 34th Floor Jersey City, NJ 07310 910-200-8191 https://equitable.com/ brian.lake@equitable.com First Financial (Platinum) 410 North Jefferson Avenue Covington, LA 70433 985-893-5519 http://www.ffga.com gayle.adams@ffga.com Forecast5 Analytics (Platinum) 2135 CityGate Lane, Suite 420 Naperville, IL 60563 630-955-7501 https://www.forecast5analytics.com/ csmith@forecast5analytics.com Frontline Education 1400 Atwater Drive Malvern, PA 19355 484-328-4413 https://www.frontlineeducation.com vtempleton@frontlineed.com ICMA-RC 350 3rd Avenue, NE Carmel, IN 46032 202-557-5588 https://www.icmarc.org korr@icmarc.org InCare Technologies (Silver) 1310 Old Oak Place Montgomery, AL 36117 205-317-7764 https://incaretechnologies.com/ ttaylor@incare360.com Ion Wave Technnologies (Bronze) 3653 South Avenue Springfield, MO 65807 417-823-7773 https://ionwave.net dprentice@ionwave.net

Kelly Education 1014 Bradbury Lane Charleston, SC 29492 843-637-6702 https://www.kellyeducationalstaffing.us john.meekins@kellyservices.com Modified Logic 130 N. Preston Road, Suite 100 Prosper, TX 75078 469-998-7176 https://www.modifiedlogic.com/ heather@modifiedlogic.com ParCou, LLC 7965 Veterans Parkway, Suite 104 Millington, TN 38053 901-230-2389 http://www.par-cou.com/ jparker@par-cou.com PERA Administrators (Gold) 773 Dewitt Road Webster, NY 14580 585-703-0353 http://www.peraadministrators.com/ mbuckley@peraadministrators.com Records Consultants, Inc (RCI) 12829 Wetmore Road San Antonio, TX 78247 210-366-4127 https://rcitech.com/ ccoryell@rcitech.com Schneider Electric (Silver) P. O. Box 4297 Brandon, MS 39047 601-260-0966 www.se-enable.com madelyn.dunn@se.com Sodexo 20714 Meadow Drive Sonoma, CA 95476 512-660-8195 https://www.sodexorise.com/schools mailto:Amy.Oliver@sodexo.com

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