Agenda • Preconference Workshops
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
10:00 am – 6:00 pm   Convention Registration
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm   Pre-Conference Workshops
  (Choose one of our sessions packed with leading-edge solutions.)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm   Post-Graduation Cocktail Reception
  (Open to pre-conference workshop attendees only.)
4:30 pm– 6:00 pm   CEO-Chair Reception & Exhibit Premiere
  (Open only to CEOs, Chairs and Presidents.)
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Convention Registration
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Pre-Conference Workshops

Financial Management: Key Ratios and Planning for Growth
Andy Sigl, Partner WIPFLI    David Saber, Senior Manager WIPFLI

Andy SiglDavid Saber CU directors like growth. Who doesn’t? But growth isn’t easy or simple. Credit unions that reach for growth without planning for it may end up putting themselves in a difficult position – with eroding capital and visits from angry examiners.  If you want to grow, you need to know what impact that growth will have on your CU’s balance sheet and capital levels. The good news is, there are key ratios CUs can use as management tools to make sure they grow safely. 

In this session, Andy and David will delve into advanced financial management strategies tied to a handful of ratios that CUs can and should use to manage growth and financial health.

You’ll get:

  • An analysis of the economy and the industry’s place within it
  • An explanation of several key ratios CUs can use as management tools
  • Further discussion on ALM, interest rate risk and liquidity risk

If you have a basic knowledge of financial management and you’d like to expand your understanding of CU finances and strategy, this is the session for you.

Andy Sigl, Partner, Wipfli — Since 2004, Andy Sigl has led WipFli’s financial institutions practice for Minnesota. Prior to his time at WipFli, Andy worked as an independent consultant to financial institutions and as an executive with several bank holding companies. His specialties include financial projections and capital planning.

David Saber, Senior Manager, Wipfli — A Senior Manager for WipFli, David Saber has provided consultative services to financial institutions (from family-owned to publicly traded financial institutions) on a variety of strategic initiatives for years. Recently, he led numerous regulatory enforcement action engagements working directly with bank boards. Prior to his time at WipFli, David served as an analyst in the Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Directors 101 Boot Camp: A Crash Course for New Directors
Tim HarringtonTim Harrington, President T.E.A.M. Resources

Are you new to your credit union’s board? This is the workshop for you! In this session, Tim will cover the basic information and intelligence all board members need to run their credit union responsibly. Topics will include the basics of financial statements, a how-to for allowance for loan and lease loss methodology and an introduction to asset liability management and more.

New directors will also need to fulfill the NCUA’s financial literacy for directors requirements within months of assuming a role on the board. Credit unions: Get your financial literacy training right here! This session will include a hefty financial literacy component designed to meet the NCUA’s financial literacy requirements.

Note: Directors from especially large and/or complex credit unions may be required to get some additional training to meet NCUA financial literacy requirements.

Tim Harrington, President, T.E.A.M. Resources — Tim Harrington is a CPA, a dynamic public speaker and a one-time board chair. He has also provided training and consulted for hundreds of credit unions and tens of thousands of credit union volunteers and staff throughout the U.S. Since 1996, Tim has been President of T.E.A.M. Resources, a firm that provides consulting, strategic planning and training to the credit union industry.
Risk-Centric Strategic Planning
Tony Ferris, Partner The Rochdale Group

Tony FerrisThink about ALM, electronic banking, data security, a rush of new regulations, stress testing and business lending. The financial services industry is getting more complicated all the time. Are traditional strategic planning methods enough to deal with all of this? No, says Rochdale’s Tony Ferris. Credit unions constantly manage a shifting universe of black holes and evolving sets of assumptions, Tony says. They need a strategic planning process that is more open, flexible and responsive to risk than traditional methodologies can offer. A revised, risk-centric approach to strategic planning can help your credit union leverage new opportunities and better mitigate risk at the same time.


Tony Ferris Partner, The Rochdale Group— With 15-plus years’ experience in the financial services industry, Tony Ferris brings a broad range of financial and management skills to his role as Partner at The Rochdale Group. His expertise includes enterprise risk management, group collaboration and facilitation, project management, compliance, and merger planning and integration. Before coming to Rochdale, he spent ten years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and U.S. Central Credit Union, where he was responsible for member relations and business development.
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Post-Graduation Cocktail Reception

(Open only to pre-conference workshop attendees.)

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
CEO-Chair Reception & Exhibit Premiere

(Open only to CEOs, Chairs and Presidents.)