CFO Roundtable Agenda:
Tuesday - Wednesday, May 12-13, 2026


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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Alternative Funding Opportunities

8:30 a.m.

Welcome
9:00 a.m.

Alternative Funding Opportunities for Cooperative Capital Projects
Charles R. Brettell, Managing Partner
Prosody Group, LLC

Technology-Driven Efficiency
9:45 a.m.

Report of Results from AI Pre-Survey
Dr. Brian Briggeman, Professor and ACCC Director
Kansas State University, Department of Agricultural Economics
10:15 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m.

Strategic Management of Technology: AI, Tools and Risks
Howard Blazzard, Managing Director of Technology, Innovation and Generative AI
Prosody Group, LLC
Noon Lunch

Navigating Uncertainty
1:00 p.m.

Agricultural Outlook
Matt Clark, Executive Head
Terrain
2:15 p.m.

Break
2:45 p.m.

Navigating Financial Risks
Tom Houser, Retired Relationship Manager
CoBank

Michael Walton, Regional Vice President
CoBank

Dr. Brian Briggeman, Professor and ACCC Director
Kansas State University/AGEC/ACCC
4:00 p.m. Break
4:20 p.m. Bull Session: Deadhorse Theory: What Should the Co-op Stop Doing?
5:00 p.m.

Reception/Dinner hosted by CoBank (on-site)

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Developing Managers
8:00 a.m.

Developing Managers and Building Engagement
Bruce Tulgan, Founder and CEO
Rainmaker Thinking
10:00 a.m.

Break

Fraud

 
10:30 a.m.

Detecting and Mitigating Fraud
Nick Mueting, Managing Shareholder
Lindburg Vogel Pierce and Farris Chartered
11:30 a.m.

Wrap Up Discussion
11:45 a.m.

Lunch and Adjourn

 

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