MDGFOA
Membership Membership in
MDGFOA, a premier government finance
officer's organization in Maryland, is open to everyone whose career,
studies or interests involve government
financial management. Its public members
form a diverse group of individuals,
from entry-level employees to senior
managers, who work for a broad range of
governments, including the State,
county, city and other towns and
municipalities of all sizes from all
Maryland regions and all states.
Membership also includes representatives
from accounting and actuarial firms,
banks, and investment and consulting
institutions. Memberships are individual
and cannot be transferred to another
individual at any time.
Membership Fees
Active Membership
$35.00-
may be held by any
employee of a government entity
who is employed in government financial
management, including accounting,
auditing, financial reporting, cash
management and investments, debt
management, budgeting, pension and
benefits, risk management and
procurement. Associate
Membership $45.00-
may be held by any other person not
eligible for Active Membership, but who
is interested in continuing education
and promoting the practice of government
financial management , and furthering
the objectives and purpose of the
Association. Retired $5.00-
any person retired from employment from
a government entity. Student N/C
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any person actively enrolled in a
university or college full-time pursuing
a finance or accounting degree. Honorary
N/C - any MDGFOA past
president or inductee into our Honorary
Member category
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help strengthen their professional
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developments in their field while
expanding their network.
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Lloyd W.
Jones Scholarship- Deadline
for Submission: April 10, 2012
The Maryland GFOA Executive
Committee at its regular meeting
on May 2, 1997, approved the
establishment of the Lloyd W.
Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Lloyd Jones was a past president
of the Maryland GFOA and held
vital City, County and State
finance posts in addition to the
many other organizations which
he served as a volunteer. He was
a most exemplary public servant
in his positions as Director of
the Maryland Deposit Insurance
Fund, Director of the Department
of Assessments and Taxation,
Director of the Maryland
Lottery, Chief Accountant for
Baltimore City and Director of
Finance of Carroll County.
To honor Lloyd and the
principles he stood for,
Maryland GFOA annually
awards a scholarship grant
to a government employee to
attend the MDGFOA Summer
Conference who otherwise
would not be eligible to
attend at their employer’s
expense. The scholarship
consists of free conference
registration and room plus
$200 to help defray the cost
of attending the conference.
It also includes a one-year
membership in the MDGFOA.
To be eligible, nominees must be
employed by the State or a local
government in the practice of
governmental financial
management, who have made an
outstanding contribution to
their organization in the
performance of their duties
during the past year.
Nominations may be made by any
Active Member, with the final
selection by the Maryland GFOA
Executive Board.
If you
would like to contribute to the
Fund to help perpetuate this
scholarship opportunity, please
send your check payable to
“Maryland GFOA—Lloyd W. Jones
Memorial Scholarship Fund” to: MDGFOA 2142 Priest Bridge
Ct., Ste. 9, Crofton, Maryland
21114
The Maryland GFOA
is an IRC 501 c (3)
organization. Contributions to
the Fund may be deductible as a
charitable contribution. Check
with your tax advisor.
MDGFOA
has prepared our Conference
Presentation Archive to best suit
the needs of our members and others
that wish to enhance their
education, review important timely
information and share with
colleagues. We have queried the
presentations so that it may be
easier for you to access.
MDGFOA
will be offering an online search of
our membership as a benefit to
increase your network, gain
resources and keep up with our
'Who's Who' of MDGFOA members. Our
directory search will be sectioned
into Members and Associates. To
ensure that your information is
accurate for others to access, make
sure you update any information as
it changes. MDGFOA requests that our
Directory be only for viewing
contact information. Any
non-solicited, repeated, marketing
phone calls, email or mail should be
brought to MDGFOA Management
attention at
mdgfoa@mdgfoa.org.
The Maryland Government
Finance Officers Association (MD
GFOA) was started to promote the
improvement of methods of
governmental finance in Maryland,
including mutually understandable
procedures of accounting, budgeting,
and financial reporting, and the use
of common terminology,
classification, and principles. MD
GFOA provides an opportunity for
mutual discussion and analysis of
financial problems, the development
of qualified public employees and
achievement of closer relationships
among those concerned with public
finance to improve the public
service. As
a sponsor or exhibitor, you can gain
maximum exposure to state and local
government finance officers (finance
directors, accountants, budget
directors, treasurers, etc.) from
across the State of Maryland.
You will have the opportunity to
meet these executives and key
individuals within the government
finance arena at the Annual Summer
Conference.
You can meet core decision makers
who can influence the development
and growth of the industry.
You also have a genuine opportunity
to interact and form relationships
with some of the industry's best.By
being a sponsor, your company can be
recognized as a "front and center"
supporter of Maryland GFOA as well
as the government finance sector.
MD GFOA provides many
opportunity levels for sponsorship
at the Annual Summer Conference in
Ocean City, Md. June 20th through
22nd 2012.
The sponsorship opportunities
offered further your brand
recognition, enhance your image,
increase your visibility and
increase sales. Take time now to
review the levels.
Select the level that best fits your
company or organization.
Please remember that the funds
raised by sponsorships help MD GFOA
produce the highest quality events,
services and activities. You can be
a part!
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The Maryland GFOA Executive
Committee at its regular meeting
on May 2, 1997, approved the
establishment of the Lloyd W.
Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Lloyd Jones was a past president
of the Maryland GFOA and held
vital City, County and State
finance posts in addition to the
many other organizations which
he served as a volunteer. He was
a most exemplary public servant
in his positions as Director of
the Maryland Deposit Insurance
Fund, Director of the Department
of Assessments and Taxation,
Director of the Maryland
Lottery, Chief Accountant for
Baltimore City and Director of
Finance of Carroll County. 
MDGFOA
has prepared our Conference
Presentation Archive to best suit
the needs of our members and others
that wish to enhance their
education, review important timely
information and share with
colleagues. 
MDGFOA
will be offering an online search of
our membership as a benefit to
increase your network, gain
resources and keep up with our
'Who's Who' of MDGFOA members. Our
directory search will be sectioned
into Members and Associates. To
ensure that your information is
accurate for others to access, make
sure you update any information as
it changes. MDGFOA requests that our
Directory be only for viewing
contact information. Any
non-solicited, repeated, marketing
phone calls, email or mail should be
brought to MDGFOA Management
attention at
mdgfoa@mdgfoa.org.
The question
is: What will they remember....?
Please access the membership
directory here