2011-2012 IMA-GMC Meetings
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 9:52PM Monday November 21, 2011
Alioto's Bar & Restaurant, Wauwatosa
Topic: The sharing of financial information with employees in privately held companies.
Speaker: John Couper CPA, MBA, 2010 MMAC CFO of the Year, Charter Manufacturing Inc.
John Couper has applied that holistic lesson throughout his career with the Mequon-based company. Spearheading innovative approaches to health coverage, using a relationship-based approach to lending and pursuing transparency with the employees are just some of Couper’s initiatives in his two-decade run as Charter’s CFO.
Monday December 19, 2011
Wisconsin Club, Milwaukee
Topic: The Business of Basketball
Speaker: Danica Olson, CPA
Danica Olson, Accounting Manager in the Milwaukee Bucks organization, will speak to the IMA-GMC on "The Business of Basketball". This topic is particularly timely, given the financial issues that are currently dividing basketball team owners and the player's union.
Danica E. Olson, CPA is the Accounting Manager for the Milwaukee Bucks, Inc. Olson is the President-Elect of the WICPA, a member of the Forensic CPA Society, Milwaukee World Trade Association, and Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity. In addition to working at the Bucks she is an accounting instructor at DeVry University and University of Phoenix. She enjoys traveling and playing tennis in her free time. She and her husband, Andy, live in Milwaukee with their cats, Chloe, Meg and Rocca.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Radisson Hotel, Wauwatosa
Topic: IFRS
Speaker: Wendy Hambleton, CPA Director of BDO
Wendy Hambleton is Director of BDO USA’s National SEC Practice and heads the firm’s IFRS Task Force. Previously she was a partner in the SEC practice and was the Regional Technical Director for the Midwest region.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Venice Club, Brookfield
Topic: Economic Update – State of Wisconsin
Speaker: Paul Jadin – CEO if the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
Appointed by Governor Scott Walker as Secretary of the Department of Commerce on December 30, 2010, to accomplish the transition to the public-private Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. He began to serve as its CEO on the establishment of the corporation on July 1, 2011.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Charcoal Grill Brookfield
Topic: TBD
Speaker: TBD
Monday, April 16, 2012
Country Springs Hotel, Waukesha
Topic: Student Night
Speaker: Michael Steinmetz, CPA, Vice President and General Manager, Manpower
Michael Steinmetz leads all aspects of the operation of Manpower’s Commercial Staffing business in the Midwest Division’s six states.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Panos Bar and Grill, Waukesha
Topic: Past Presidents Recognition Night and Health Care Reform Update
Speaker: Patrick Georgia Sr. Vice-President / Health & Benefit Practice Leader- Aon Risk Solutions
Patrick serves as a Senior Benefit Consultant, managing a block of middle to large market clients and focusing on creating comprehensive multiple line benefit strategies in the manufacturing, services, and healthcare industries. Patrick has facilitated numerous strategic benefit planning programs to assist clients in understanding the latest alternatives in efficiently managing their healthcare spend.