Area Programming

The following areas have plans for fall programs:

SYRACUSE AREA - will hold a full day workshop on November 17th. The session topics and speakers include the following:

• James Mingle, University Counsel for Cornell University will present on institutional governance, board of committee structure and leadership, and how Sarbanes-Oxley has impacted these issues.
• Ted Lewkowicz of Bond, Schoeneck and King will speak on section 4958 of the Internal Revenue Code which addresses excess benefit transactions and recent inquiries sent by the IRS to several hundred colleges and universities regarding compensation paid to officers and board members.
• Mary Wheeler, associate controller for Cornell University, and John Robinson, The RSmart Group, will present on the Kuali Project, the development of a financial administrative system by a consortium of colleges and universities using open source code.
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers will present on filing requirements for foreign bank accounts and investments as well as other current issues they see in the accounting and tax field.
• Marsh and Mercer HR Consulting will present on Medicare Part D prescription benefits for retirees and its impact on costs incurred by colleges and universities for retiree benefits.

CPE credits are available for attending the workshop.

NEW JERSEY - will hold its full-day fall workshop at Rutgers University on Wednesday, November 17th. The session topics include

• a tax update by John Harabedian of Rutgers (a committee member and great resource),
• a fraud prevention session presented by Robert DiPasquale of JH Cohn,
• a presentation by Jean Demchak of Marsh on managing international program risks, and
• a "Whistleblower" program compliance session contrasting outsourced and internal programs. That session will be co-presented by Tom O'Keefe of Ethicspoint and Laurel Harvey, Chief Compliance Officer at Princeton University.

CPE credits are available for the workshop.

NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA - will be holding its fall meeting at The New School on November 10th. Topics include:

• New Financial Ratios Published by KPMG,
• The Balanced Scorecard,
• Business Officer Ethics,
• Relationship Between the Business and Development Offices.

Registration materials will be emailed in late September. For information contact Howard Buxbaum at hbuxbaum@njcu.edu.