Modern Finance & the Financial Crisis

Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014
Time: 12:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM CT / 10:00 AM MT / 09:00 AM PT [Prevailing Time]
Presenter(s): Russell D. Wasson, CPA
Learning Objectives:
To enable participants to be able to critically analyze economic news and look beneath the surface to obtain a clear picture of the present state of our country's economy.
Field of Study: Economics
Program Level: Basic
CPE Credit: 1 Credit Hour
Delivery Method: Group Internet-based
Prerequisite(s): No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.

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Course Description

The presentation will focus on economic factors that are not available on general media and we'll investigate the actual state of our economy based on real data, not sound bites from major news organizations.

Presenter and Moderator Bios
Russ Wasson, CPA is the Director of Tax, Finance and Accounting Policy for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).

Since January 2005, Russ has represented NRECA with respect to tax, finance and accounting policy. Russ is a trusted resource on those issues for NRECA members’ finance professionals and management, the professionals that advise our members, and staff, board members, and commissioners at related standard setting bodies and agencies. Russ has also led NRECA’s advocacy efforts at the Commodities Futures Trading Commission as the CFTC implements the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. In the next year, Russ will be helping members as they seek to alter their business practices in response to the complex new set of regulatory obligations.

On behalf of NRECA, Russ serves as a member of the FASB Small Business Advisory Committee and participates in the Financial Accounting Foundation strategic focus group on the future direction of the FASB.

Russ received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1980. Russ worked for Cajun Electric Power Cooperative from 1983 until 2000. As Vice President and Corporate Controller, Russ had forty four individuals in his division. After Cajun, Russ started a consulting firm that provided consulting services to electric cooperatives and an RTO. In 2001, Russ began teaching at Penn State’s Advanced School of Power Engineering which he continued to do until 2013.

Russ has been a professional musician since age 14. Russ and his wife Diane are the proud parents of two daughters that live in Alabama and New York.

Cost
$56.00 for NSAC Members / $70.00 for Non-Members

Delivery System

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CPE Credits
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Delivery Method: Group-Internet Based.

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Easy.
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