10-County Budget Conference 2025

Hotel Colorado – Glenwood Springs, CO

Sept. 17-19

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Session 1: View Boulder County’s presentation of the compiled pre-event survey results.
Session 8: View Ryan Airey’s and Michael Haney’s presentation: “Budgeting for the Unknown: Navigating Shifts in Federal Disaster Assistance”.

The following documents contain materials from external parties that may not be fully accessible. To request an Americans with Disability Act (ADA) accommodation, please email ADA@bouldercounty.gov, or call 303-441-1386. View the county’s accessibility statement.
Session 2: View Monica Cook’s presentation on Embracing AI in the Budget & Finance Office.
Session 3: View Dr. Jennifer Caragol’s presentation on Understanding Personal Strengths to Achieve Professional Fulfillment.
Session 4: View Kate Watkins’s Colorado’s Demographic Outlook presentation.
Session 5: View Brian Lewandowski’s Economic Update presentation: “Attention to the Risks”.

Last updated: Sept. 9

Time	Item	Speaker
noon - 2 p.m.	Hotel and Conference Check-In	-
2 - 3:15 p.m.	Session 1: Roundtable	Survey results presented by Boulder County
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.	Break	-
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.	Session 2: AI in Government Finance	Monica Cook, Vice-President of Customer Solutions - OpenGov
4:30 - 5 p.m.	Break	-
5 - 7 p.m.	Welcome Reception - heavy appetizers and drinks (2) provided	Sponsored by OpenGov
-	Dinner on your own	-

Time	Item	Speaker
8 - 9 a.m.	Breakfast (provided)	-
9 - 10 a.m.	Session 3: Living Your Top Five Percent	Dr. Jennifer Caragol, Author and Motivational Speaker on Wellbeing
10 - 10:15 a.m.	Break	-
10:15 - 11 a.m.	Session 4: Demography	Kate Watkins, State Demographer - State of Colorado
11 - 11:15 a.m.	Break	-
11:15 - noon	Session 5: Economic Update	Brian Lewandowski, Executive Director of the Business Research Division at the Leeds School of Business - University of Colorado Boulder
noon - 1 p.m.	Lunch (provided)	-
1 - 2:15 p.m.	Session 6: Priority Based Budgeting and Performance Measures	Chris Fabian, Senior Director of Product Strategy for Priority Based Budgeting - Tyler Technologies
2:15 - 3 p.m.	Trivia/Game	Natalie Springett, Chief of Staff - Boulder County
3 - 3:15 p.m.	Break	-
3:15 - 4:30 p.m.	Session 7: BC Public Health Case Study	Armando Guardiola, Director of Finance and Administration - Boulder County Public Health
-	Dinner on your own	-

Time	Item	Speaker
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.	Breakfast (provided)	-
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.	Session 8: Budgeting for the Unknown: Navigating Shifts in Federal Disaster Assistance	Ryan Airey, Boulder County Senior Program Manager in Recovery and Resiliency Division; Michael Haney, Director of the Office of Grants Management
10:45 - 11 a.m.	Closing and Passing of the Torch	-
11 a.m.	Hotel Check-Out	-