2011 Risk Management Conference for Ministries

Wednesday, November 9, 2011, Yorba Linda, CA

In this increasingly complex world in which you minister, it’s essential to have the facts. That’s why we are again sponsoring the Legal and Tax Update featuring Richard Hammar of Church Law & Tax Report/Christianity Today.

This full day program, with afternoon breakout sessions, including tracks for Security, Legal and Financial, may be the most valuable event of the year for your ministry, staff and board members. This is not a sales event. This is our ministry to you.

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Presenters

Richard Hammar is an attorney, CPA, and author specializing in legal and tax issues for churches and clergy. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and attended Harvard Divinity School. He is the author of several books, including Pastor, Church & Law, the Church and Clergy Tax Guide, and The Church Guide to Copyright Law. He also writes Church Law & Tax Report, a bimonthly newsletter reviewing significant legal and tax developments for churches and clergy, and the Church Finance Today, a monthly newsletter for church treasurers.Richard Hammar has been inducted into the church management "hall of fame" by the National Association of Church Business Administration, and has served on the boards of several prominent charities, including the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. He is a member of the Missouri and Illinois Bar Associations, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Christian Legal Society, and is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court.

Golnar Fozi, Partner Daley & Heft LLP.
In her transactional practice, Fozi assists employers in drafting and implementing sound work place policies in compliance with Federal and State laws. She represents employers in administrative proceedings before the Labor Commissioner, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing. She advises clients in day to day employment issues such as hiring, firing, investigating harassment claims, and non-competition clauses. She lectures widely on employment issues facing religious employers and small businesses, and provides training in prevention of sexual harassment in the work place.

Bob Brockman, Partner, Daley & Heft LLP.
Robert W. Brockman, Jr. focuses his practice on the areas of personal injury, employment, elder abuse, and business disputes. He has extensive experience in representing religious institutions, public entities, non-profit, as well as for-profit institutions and nursing homes in all phases of litigation. For more than fifteen years, Brockman has successfully tried a wide variety of cases in the federal and state courts.

Brockman has lectured extensively on topics including risk management for religious entities, public entity defense, tort claims, employment, and elder abuse issues for insurance groups, risk managers and attorneys. Brockman is also a member of the San Diego County Bar Association.

Steven W. Campbell, Police Chief, City of El Mirage
Steve Campbell is the Police Chief for the City of El Mirage, having assumed the position on February 11, 2011. Chief Campbell's mission since assuming his new role has been to continue the rebuilding and re-branding of the Police Department. The re-building effort has included the development and implementation of the Department's Vision, Mission, and Values statements; the implementation of "true" community policing wherein every employee is responsible for developing relationships, building partnerships and solving crime related problems; the development of systems to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of work conducted; and, the use of crime data to effectively deploy resources. The El Mirage Police Department is recognized as an effective and professional police organization by all who have the opportunity to interact with the agency or its members.

Chief Steve Campbell began his law enforcement career more than 30 years ago, as an Arizona DPS reserve officer in Flagstaff. He transitioned to the Phoenix Police Department, where he served the next 29 years. Retiring as a Commander, Chief Campbell has a broad range of training and experience in leadership programs, major event planning and organizational redevelopment. He served in a variety of assignments including patrol, motors, planning, downtown special events, professional standards, tactical support and Sky Harbor airport. Chief Campbell has been recognized for his leadership and organizational abilities, including his role as the security planning co-chair for Major League Baseball’s, 2001 World Series. During his tenure with Phoenix Police, he served as an interim police chief for the city of Apache Junction.

Just prior to joining the El Mirage Police Department, Chief Campbell was the Deputy Director for the Arizona Department of Public Safety. His responsibilities included oversight of Human Resources, Finance, Professional Standards and Public Information.

Chief Campbell earned a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Police Science, as well as a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University. He is married and has four children and two grandchildren.

Scott Chaplan, Chairman, The Urban Group of Companies
Over a period of 15 years, Scott Chaplan has created and shaped the Urban Group of Companies into an integrated multi-service firm with the capacity to structure financing, acquire, develop, rehabilitate and manage over $1 billion of multi-unit residential, mixed use, commercial and office properties. Many of these projects involve historic buildings which have been rehabilitated to provide affordable family housing in low-income communities.

Mr. Chaplan serves on the Governing Board of or advises multiple faith-based non-profit entities including City of Refuge Ministries; Perfecting Faith Church; God’s Grace Covenant Church; Temple Kol Tikvah; Force of Hope International; Iglesia Fuenta de Vida; Iglesia de Cristo Mission Elim; Century Christian Center, and others. He is also a board member of The Foundation for Camp Max Strauss, which serves thousands of inner city youth annually; the Chase Foundation, serving the City’s extremely ill youth through Children’s Hospital; Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) which ensures sustainable forestry practices worldwide; The Environmanetal Media Assocation (EMA), the green standard for the entertainment industry and the Mid-City Housing Task Force, serving the City’s lowest income tenants.

He has utilized his expertise and experience in co-authoring The West Corporation’s Code Form Book, the National Business Institute’s Landlord Tenant Guide, and, with Bishop Noel Jones, A Vow of Prosperity. He teaches courses for the National Business Institute, the Beverly Hills Bar Association and Pepperdine University School of Law where he serves as an Advisory Board member and Adjunct Professor for the Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Law.

Mark Jones, Vice President and Senior Banking Consultant at Evangelical Christian Credit Union
ECCU Presenter for: How to Keep Your Ministry’s Financial Assets Secure

Mark has worked in the banking industry and at ECCU for over 25 years, where he has developed a specialization in helping non-profit organizations focus on effective financial management.

Mark serves as a board officer and chairs a rules committee for a regional payments association representing over 1,000 financial institutions in the western United States. Additionally, he has taught nationally and written numerous articles on a variety of topics related to non-profit financial management and the banking industry. Mark maintains the designations of CTP (Certified Treasury Professional) and AAP (Accredited ACH Professional).

Mark has also served on the governing board of his church as elder/treasurer and is currently working as the finance director. He has served on a leadership council for Missionary Athletes International.

Mark and his wife (Debbie) reside in Orange County, California.

Bill Mason, Regional Vice President, Word and Brown

Bill Mason is the Regional Vice President at Word and Brown, the leader in developing and distributing health benefit plan models and solutions. Bill works with premier health plan partners to offer a comprehensive product portfolio and develop innovative sales tools. Word & Brown distributes products and services for individuals, families, and employer groups of all sizes supporting the broker and community. Prior Vice President Legislation- Six years with the Kern Association of Health Underwriters. Past President – Inland Empire Association of Health Underwriters.

Jeremy Moore, Ministry Development Officer at Evangelical Christian Credit Union
ECCU Presenter for: How to Build and Use a Better Budget

Jeremy Moore was born in Germany to missionary parents and grew up in a pastor’s home. He is married to the love of his life, Erika. They have two boys, Alexander and Benjamin. Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Arts in history with minors in business and theology from Lee University. He has done graduate and post graduate work at Auburn University, Colorado State University, and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School.

Jeremy’s background as a Merrill Lynch certified financial manager and years as senior vice president of commercial banking at one of the nation’s largest banks have given him the base of knowledge which he now uses to exclusively serve non-profits through Evangelical Christian Credit Union. He also uses his experience as a former executive pastor to better connect finance and ministry. Jeremy specializes in short- and long-term asset management and acquisition planning and execution, as well as creation and implementation of ministry strategy. He uses his relationships with hundreds of ministry leaders to discover and disseminate best practices in the areas of church and non-profit financial growth and management.

Jeremy’s strives to increase financial stewardship to help ministries better connect the money and the mission.

Twitter -- @jeremymoore

Additional presenters to be announced