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Conference Organizer
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Conference Organizer
“Transitions in Power: Succession Planning for Pension Funds,” Public Funds Forum, Deer Valley, UT, September 5, 2025.
“The Art of the Chair,” Public Funds Forum, Laguna Beach, CA, September 4, 2024.
“Leadership Lessons from the Movies,” Presentation to the City of McKinney (TX) Leadership Team, McKinney, TX, August 12, 2024.
“The New Principles of Management,” Public Funds Forum, Palmetto Bluff, SC, September 6, 2023.
“Best Practices in Fund Governance,” Public Funds Forum, Laguna Beach, CA, September 7, 2022.
“Private Equity: A New Approach for Fees, Governance and Transparency,” Public Funds Forum, Park City, UT, September 5, 2019.
“Public Pension Plan Governance: The Ball’s in Our Court (Again!),” Public Funds Forum, Park City, UT, September 7, 2016.
“A University’s Fragility – And the Importance of Alumni Leadership and Support,” KU Alumni Association Board Chair Reunion, Lawrence, KS, February 1, 2014.
“Remarks to the Graduating Class,” Commencement, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, May 21, 2006.
“Alumni Strength,” Editorial, The Lawrence (KS) Journal-World, June 3, 2004.
“The Public Has a Right to See Public Records,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, March 3, 2019.
“Lessons Learned: A CEO’s Experience Re-engineering a Health Claims Organization,” Western Claims Conference (2012).
“How to Fix Corporate Leadership in Four Easy Steps: Taking a Page from the San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System,” Pensions & Investments (May 18, 2009).
“Alumnus Rescues San Diego’s Public Pension System,” Columbia Law School Alumni News, Fall 2007.
“An Overview of the City of San Diego's Pension ‘Crisis’: What Happened and Where Are We Now,” Testimony presented to the California Public Employee Post-Employment Benefits Commission (July 2007).
