Board of Directors

MDGFOA has an exceptional team of volunteer Officers, Directors, Standing Committee Chairs, and Educators who are diligent in assuring that all MDGFOA members and associates experience the best services all year.

2024 Report of the Nominating Committee

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Officers

Diane Fox, President
Director of Treasury
Frederick County Government
Frederick, MD

Mike Walther - Secretary
Senior Fiscal & Policy Analyst
Baltimore County Auditor's Office
Towson, MD

Rafiu Ighile, Incoming President
Director of Finance
Howard County Government
Ellicott City, MD

Stephen McGibbon, Past President
Director of Finance
Prince George's County Government
Largo, MD

Letitia Carolina-Powell, Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer
WSSC Water
Laurel, MD

Directors

Jonathan Martin - State
Chief Deputy Treasurer
State of Maryland
Annapolis, MD

Brian Schenck - Southern
Financial Operations Supervisor
Anne Arundel County, Office of Finance
Annapolis, MD

Jennell Rogers - At Large
Chief, Bureau of Treasury Management
City of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Janice Hartman - Municipalities
Director of Finance
City of Gaithersburg
Gaithersburg, MD

William Seymour - Associate
Founding partner at SB & Company, LLC

Bill Early - Associate
Principal
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Baltimore, MD

Angela M. Price - Central
Deputy Director of Finance
Howard County Government
Ellicott City, MD

Martha Darling Sparks - Eastern

Finance Director
Talbot County, MD

Michael Walther - At Large
Senior Fiscal & Policy Analyst
Baltimore County Auditor's Office
Baltimore, MD

Alex Strate - Public Education
Senior Auditor
Baltimore County Public Schools
Towson, MD

Todd Feely - Associate
M&T Bank

Lisa Sesny - GFOA Representative
Accountant Auditor Supervisor
Montgomery County Government
Rockville, MD

Linda Allen - Washington Metro
Deputy Director of Finance
Prince George's County Government
Largo, MD

Kelcee Mace - Western
CFO
Washington County, MD

Courtenay Desabaye - Public Education
Special Assistant to the CFO in Office of the CFO
Baltimore City Public School System
Baltimore, MD

Robert Preston - County
Deputy Director
Office of Budget and Finance, Baltimore County Maryland Government
Towson, MD

Jennifer Diercksen - Associate
First Vice President
Public Finance
Davenport & Company LLC

Dawn Mitchell Parks - Delaware
Finance Director
Town of Ocean View, DE

Executive Staff

Mike Walther - Program Co-Chair
Senior Fiscal & Policy Analyst
Baltimore County Auditor's Office
Towson, MD

Alex Strate - Program Co-Chair
Senior Auditor
Baltimore County Public Schools
Towson, MD

Standing Committees

Dawn Mitchell Parks - By-Laws

Eric Jackson - Long Range Planning

Todd Feely - Membership

Jennifer Diercksen - Partnerships

Linda Allen - Communications

Jennifer Diercksen - Education/Continuing Prof.

Stephen McGibbon - Nominating Committee

Stephen McGibbon - Lloyd Jones Scholarship

Affinity Group Chairs

Investment and Treasury Management

Tim Hayden, Co-Chair

Robert Burk, Co-Chair

Budget and Fiscal Policy

Letitia Carolina-Powell, Co-Chair

Robbie Sandlass, Co-Chair

Debt

Anton Voinov, Co-Chair

Jennell Rogers, Co-Chair

GASB Affinity Group

Bill Early, Chair

Retirement

Marty Jacobs, Chair

Tax / Revenue

Eric Jackson, Co-Chair

Daniel Lewis, Co-Chair

Pension

Rafiu Ighile, Chair

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Board of Directors

Officers

Diane Fox, President Director of Treasury Frederick County Government Frederick, MD

Mike Walther - Secretary Senior Fiscal & Policy Analyst Baltimore County Auditor's Office Towson, MD

Rafiu Ighile, Incoming President Director of Finance Howard County Government Ellicott City, MD

Stephen McGibbon, Past President Director of Finance Prince George's County Government Largo, MD

Letitia Carolina-Powell, Treasurer Chief Financial Officer WSSC Water Laurel, MD

Directors

Jennell Rogers - At Large Chief, Bureau of Treasury Management City of Baltimore Baltimore, MD

Janice Hartman - Municipalities Director of Finance City of Gaithersburg Gaithersburg, MD

William Seymour - Associate Founding partner at SB & Company, LLC

Bill Early - Associate Principal CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Baltimore, MD

Angela M. Price - Central Deputy Director of Finance Howard County Government Ellicott City, MD

Alex Strate - Public Education Senior Auditor Baltimore County Public Schools Towson, MD

Todd Feely - Associate M&T Bank

Lisa Sesny - GFOA Representative Accountant Auditor Supervisor Montgomery County Government Rockville, MD

Linda Allen - Washington Metro Deputy Director of Finance Prince George's County Government Largo, MD

Kelcee Mace - Western CFO Washington County, MD

Courtenay Desabaye - Public Education Special Assistant to the CFO in Office of the CFO Baltimore City Public School System Baltimore, MD

Jennifer Diercksen - Associate First Vice President Public Finance Davenport & Company LLC