Expand Your Horizons in One Powerful Day
We raised the bar last year — and we’re doing it again!
Converge brings together four powerhouse conferences in one: Government Contractors, Business & Industry, Government & Not-for-Profit, and Forensic Valuation. Choose sessions across any track to sharpen your skills, connect with experts, and grow your network.
The day kicks off with breakfast and registration at 7:15 a.m. Bonus sponsor sessions at 8:00 a.m., with our keynote starting at 8:30 a.m. Our endnote will conclude at 5:25 p.m.
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Your Registration Includes
Stay for Networking and Celebrate MACPA's 125th Anniversary!
After Converge, stick around for an informal mixer with peers, speakers, and MACPA members.
When: Right after the event
What’s included: Light refreshments, relaxed atmosphere, and great company
Cost: Free
Group registration discounts available — contact MACPA for details.
Interested in sponsoring this event? Reach out to our Sponsorship Team at sponsorship@macpa.org.
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CEO
Sage Policy Group
Anirban Basu is Chairman & CEO of Sage Policy Group, Inc., a Baltimore-based economic and policy consultancy he founded in 2004. He serves the Chief Economist function for many organizations, including the Maryland Bankers Association and Associated Builders and Contractors. The Baltimore Business Journal named him one of the region’s 20 most powerful business leaders in 2010. In 2022, he entered the Daily Record newspaper’s Circle of Influence. He is the Distinguished Economist in Residence at Goucher College, where he teaches History of Economic Thought. He holds four graduate degrees, including a J.D. and a Ph.D.
VP of Finance
Savannah Bananas
Wait…he’s a CPA?!? Oh, you better believe it…and then some ;-) An entrepreneur, college professor, financial professional and author, this guy’s looking to start another Renaissance! Simply, whether in the boardroom, classroom, or locker room, his passion is to help others make better decisions by translating tedious technical topics into tangible intelligence useful for personal and professional success. And if you thought THAT was a mouthful, check out his personal formula for success: (Big 4 + Private equity + Franchising + Internet startups + Fraud Examiner + CFO Consulting + 18.5" Biceps) / (Humility + Faith + Family) = Accounting Badassery in motion. I mean, it's just math, right?!? Living his personal mantra of Integrate, Educate, Elevate...and Entertain, Dr. Tim Naddy abhors complacency and doesn’t believe in settling for less because a good day consists of helping folks understand their value (and yes, you're worth it). An alchemist of precision, professionalism, and panache, his secret sauce is using storytelling to mix all the things he loves…entertaining, speaking, writing, sumif functions, and jazz hands…into the wonderful world of Accounting and Phinance. Shadow Ops is his domain, but he ain’t shy of the spotlight either, so if you’re down to collab, he’s ready to rock n roll! Connect with him on LinkedIn and tune in to him on his Business Biceps & BS podcast (LI: Business Biceps & BS | IG: @bizbisnbs) #cpaevolved #respectthegrind
Founder
Culture ID
Don Rheem is founder of CultureID an employee engagement tech company which allows organizations to build engaged, high-performance cultures. Rheem focuses on using neuroscience and behavioral science-backed research to consult with leaders in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. His passion for delivering truly outstanding improvements in business performance conveys quickly to the CEOs and senior executives he works with.
A former science advisor to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Rheem shares a grounded and empirically validated methodology to get employees more engaged and better positioned for success targeted at the bottom line.
Rheem and his team at CultureID show business leaders how to create the workplace conditions that trigger hard-wired motivators that improve employee performance. These intrinsic drivers of human behavior increase engagement in ways that improve productivity, team alignment, morale, and retention.
A leading speaker and author, Rheem lectures on employee engagement throughout North America and Europe helping thousands of CEOs understand the key drivers of exceptional workplace behavior. His ForbesBooks publication, Thrive By Design: The Neuroscience That Drives High-Performance Cultures, lays out the neurological underpinnings of human behavior that distinguish Don’s company from conventional leadership consulting. As a featured TEDx speaker, Don presented some of his most popular content in Can Work Save Our Relationships? in 2018 and How to Stay Ahead of the Future of Work in 2022.
Don lives just outside of Washington, D.C. with his wife, Dr. Kathryn Rheem, and enjoys spending time with his family and writing in his free time.
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