2020 CIFA SRF Workshop Online Edition

The CIFA SRF Workshop is the nation's premier training and professional development program for SRF managers and staff. The 2020 CIFA SRF Workshop Online Edition is a series of online, interactive courses that will be delivered throughout the fall.​

​

Session Snapshots (PDFs)

(All courses are 3:00 - 4:30 pm)

Full Program

Tuesday, December 1: Marketing

Wednesday, December 2: Financial Markets

Thursday, December 3: Streamlining

Monday, December 7: Asset Management

Wednesday, December 9: Small Community Solutions

Monday, December 14: PISCES-AQUARIUS Recognition Ceremony 

​

Important Notes on Registration

• After you register, a calendar invitation with a unique link for each online course will be sent to you. Please accept the calendar invitation. 

• Payment will not be made upon registration. Within ten days of registration, an invoice will be emailed to you. Payment may be made by check, ACH or credit card (VISA, MasterCard, American Express.

• CIFA Certification Form 52.204-4 for compliance with Section 899 (a)(1)(B) of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

  ​

Completed Courses: Session Snapshots and Presentations (PDFs)

​

Opening Session: National Outlook on Water Infrastructure

• ​Yu Ting Guilaran, EPA Deputy Director of the Office of Drinking Water and Ground Water

• Andrew Sawyers, EPA Director of the Office of Wastewater Management

​

SRF Leadership on COVID Response

• Oklahoma Experience: Joe Freeman and Lori Johnson, Oklahoma Water Resources Board

• West Virginia Experience: Marie Prezioso, West Virginia Water Development Authority

• Indiana Experience: Jim McGoff, Indiana Finance Authority, and Erica Walker, 120Water

​

Stormwater

• Adriana Caldarelli, WEF Stormwater Institute

• Joanne Throwe, Chair, Environmental Finance Advisory Board

• Ellen Tarquinio, EPA's Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center

• Iowa Perspective: Lori Beary, Iowa Financing Authority

 

Impact of COVID-19 on Utilities

• EPA's Water Utility COVID-19 Financial Impact Tool

• Shadi Eskaf and Elsemarie deVries Mullins, University of North Carolina Environmental Finance Center

• Arkansas Case Study: Mike Rhoda, Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority

​

Regionalization

• Joanne Throwe, Chair, Environmental Finance Advisory Board, and Eric Rothstein, Galardi Rothstein Group

• Sarah Buck and Laura Landes, Rural Community Assistance Partnership

• Erin Kristine Riggs, University of North Carolina Environmental Finance Center

• Oklahoma: Eddie Rhandour, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality 

​​

Water Reuse

• Incorporating Water Reuse into State Revolving Fund Programs, Justin Mattingly and Kiri Anderer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Florida Case Study: Tim Banks, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Kevin Higginson and Jeff Pearson, City of Cape Coral

• California Case Study: Greg Swartz, Piper Sandler

• Oklahoma Case Study: Lori Johnson, Oklahoma Water Resources Board 

​

Lead Service Lines

• Massachusetts Case Study: Nate Keenan, Massachusetts Clean Water Trust

• New Jersey Case Study: Patricia Gardner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

• Illinois Case Study: Gary Bingenheimer, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

• Wisconsin Case Study: Greg Farmer, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

​

Resiliency

• Rhode Island Case Study: Jay Manning, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

• Arizona Case Study: Stacey Brechler-Knaggs and Neil Chapman, City of Flagstaff, and Dan Dialessi, Water Infrastructure Financing Authority of Arizona

​

Conference Archive

​

Registration Rates​

• Complete Program for CIFA Members: $99 

• Complete Program for Non-Members: $129

• Individual Courses: $29 each (Four or more courses will be billed at the program rate.)