Hotel Colorado – Glenwood Springs, CO
Sept. 17-19
10-County Budget Conference 2025
- Conference registration link (redirects to Larimer County registration login)
- Hotel Colorado – Google Maps
- Hotel booking link – TravelClick reservations group ID 4566848
- Boulder County W-9
Speaker Bios
Access the bios for our main session speakers. Updated on Sept. 10.
Conference Materials
- 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”.
Final Agenda
Last updated: Sept. 9
Wednesday Sept. 17
| 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 | - |
Thursday Sept. 18
| 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 | - |
Friday Sept. 19
| 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 | - |