2025 Finance & Administration Seminar Agenda
Wednesday, June 25th
9:00 am – Optional Tour: Port of Walla Walla’s Key Technology Facility
Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of Key Technology, a global leader in food processing automation. Explore how advanced machines and smart tech ensure quality and safety in the snacks you love. **Time is approximate & subject to change, pre-registration is required, minimum of 20 attendees, maximum of 40. Pick up will be at the conference center entrance of the Marcus Whitman Hotel.**
11:00 am – Tour attendees return to the Marcus Whitman Hotel, lunch is on your own
12:30 pm – Registration Opens
Registration & afternoon events take place in the Sacajawea/Clark Ballrooms
1:00 pm – Welcome and Announcements
Scott Goodrich – WPPA Finance & Administration Committee Chair/CFO, Port of Vancouver
Welcome from Kip Kelly, Port of Walla Walla Commissioner
1:15 pm – What’s On Your Mind? Open Discussion Forum Conversation prompt: One success and one challenge from the past year or the year ahead. We will ask each port to speak, rather than each person.
1:45 pm – In the Know with State Auditor’s Office Deena Garza, Scott Woelfle and Joanna Bailey, State Auditor’s Office
3:30 pm – Break
3:45 pm – 2025 Legislative Session Updates for Port Finance
Eric ffitch, Executive Director, WPPA
Dinner on Your Own
Thursday, June 26th
Breakfast & Lunch, Take Place in the Lewis Ballroom
The General Session Topics Take Place in the Sacajawea/Clark Ballrooms
7:00 – 7:45 am – Breakfast Buffet
8:00 am – Open Discussion Forum
8:30 am – Maritime Lien Rights and Risk Management for Ports
David Boyajian and Kent Roberts, Schwabe
9:45 am – GASB Updates for Current and Future Years
Vivian Vandenburg, State Auditors’ Office
11:00 am – Break
11:15 am – Navigating AI: Policy Development and Best Practices for Ports
Laura Lemire, Schwabe
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm – Lunch Buffet
1:30 pm – How to Become Your Own Treasurer
Scott Goodrich, Port of Vancouver
Diane Campbell, Port of Seattle
2:45 pm – Labor Law Update for Port Finance
Michael Garone, Schwabe
3:45 pm – Break
4:00 pm – Municipal Bonds 101: Legal & Financial Strategies for Port Stacey Lewis and Clare Riva, Pacifica Law Group Tyler Benson, Piper Sandler
5:00 pm – Adjourn for the day
6:00 – 8:00 pm – Hosted Reception and Dinner Buffet
The reception takes place at Dunham Cellars, 150 E. Boeing Ave., Walla Walla. Transportation to the winery is on your own. Please carpool if possible!
Friday, June 27th
Hotel checkout is 11:00 am, you are welcome to checkout before breakfast if possible
Breakfast Takes Place in the Lewis Ballroom and the General Session Topics Take Place in the Sacajawea/Clark Ballrooms
7:00 – 7:45 am Breakfast Buffet
8:00 am – The Changing Nature of Cyber Coverage and Cyber Risk
Eric Swagerty and Lisa McMeekin, Enduris
9:00 am – Cybersecurity in Port Finance Krista Sadler and Lisa Lam, Port of Seattle
10:00 am – Public Records Retention: Compliance, Best Practices and Risk Management
Scott Sackett, Washington State Archives
11:00 am – Wrap up and Adjourn
