Executive Director/CEO, Government Finance Officers Association of the United States & Canada; City Manager, City of Roanoke, VA; Assistant City Manager, City of Savannah, GA; Senior Municipal Finance Advisor to South African National Treasury, Research Triangle Institute; Fellow, Kellogg National Leadership Program; Research & Budget Director, City of Savannah, GA; US Peace Corps Volunteer, Ukraine 1, US Peace Corps; Research & Budget Director, City of Savannah, GA; Senior Management Analyst, City of Savannah, GA; Senior Budget Analyst, Catawba County, NC; Downtown Project Manager, City of Lynn, MA
History of Employment
Primary Policy Areas
Banking/Financial Regulation, Budget and Finance, Government Operations/Innovation, Infrastructure, International Aid and Development, Pensions, Taxes, Urban Affairs
Primary Sector of Expertise
Local
Primary Functions
Budgeting and Finance, Human Capital
Management Matters Podcast
Fiscally Healthy Communities with Chris Morrill
Season: 1 Episode:23 | September 21, 2020
Show Notes:
In this episode, we welcome Chris Morrill, Executive Director and CEO of The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) and Academy Fellow, to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on state and local budgets, especially in relation to school districts and revenue management, lessons learned during the 2008 fiscal crisis from his previous work in Savannah, GA and Roanoke, VA, and the modernization of budgeting.
With Chris Morill, Executive Director and CEO of Government Finance Officer's Association of the United States and Canada
Topics Include:
- The mission of the GFOA
- School district finances
- Grading today's national fiscal health from the GFOA perspective
- Lessons learned from the 2008 financial crisis
- Measures to counter the loss of revenue for state and local governments
- Conversations with communities on appropriate trade-offs in budgetary spending
- Tools to help budget officers during COVID-19
- Measuring the equity impact of the budget
- Advice for budget officers moving forward
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