Mr. Marvin Leavitt graduated with a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Brigham Young University in 1966. He was a Certified Public Accountant in Nevada in 1968. From 1972 until 2001 he was Finance Director for the City of Las Vegas and prior to that he was Director of Administrative Service for 9 years. He serves as Chairman of the Committee on Local Government Finance for more than 25 years, and on numerous legislative committees, including the committee on Local Government Finance and Taxes. He was a lobbyist working on finance and taxation issues from 1977 until 2003. Since retiring from the City of Las Vegas in 2001 he has been a consultant. Marvin continues to represent the Urban Consortium, composed of the five larges cities in the state, since the 2003 legislative session through the 2007 Legislative Session.

Mr. Alan Kalt is a certified public accountant and has been the Churchill County, Nevada Comptroller since 1992. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Nevada Government Finance Officers Association (NGFOA) and County Fiscal Officers Association (CFOA).   Alan serves as the Chairman of the Nevada Public Agency Compensation Trust (PACT) since inception in 1996.  PACT is a local government self-insured worker compensation program with over 70 local governments as members.   Mr. Kalt has presented classes and workshops for Extended Studies at Nevada, for the Nevada Society of CPAs and various other professional groups. Prior to relocating to Churchill County, Mr. Kalt was an accountant with Deloitte & Touché in the Reno office.  He is an honor graduate from Montana State University with a BA in Business-Accounting in 1990.

Mr. John Sherman was appointed Washoe County’s Finance Director in May 1999.  He previously had served as a management analyst for the County on fiscal matters since February 1989.  Prior to joining the County, he was a deputy legislative auditor for the Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau for five years.   As the chief financial officer for Washoe County, Mr. Sherman is responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, accounting, financial analysis, budget and control, asset management, debt issuance and administration, risk management administration.  Mr. Sherman is also responsible for the preparation, administration, and control of the County’s annual operating budget including capital projects funds, debt service funds, and enterprise funds.  Mr. Sherman served on the Supreme Court’s Nevada Judicial Assessment Commission, the Governor’s Task Force on Tax Policy in Nevada Technical Working Group, the Advisory Group to Conduct Interim Study on Lease-Purchase and Installment-Purchase Agreements by Public Entities and the Advisory Committee to the Legislative Committee for Local Government Taxes and Finance. He currently serves on the Committee on Local Government Finance. Mr. Sherman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration degree from University of Nevada-Reno.  He also is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Michael Alastuey worked for the State of Nevada as Statistician for the Welfare Division, Staff Analyst and Deputy Director for the Budget Division, and Deputy Superintendent for Admin. with the Department of Education. He also worked for Clark County as Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance and Assistant County Manager. Mr. Alastuey was President of VRJ Consulting for matters in tax and fiscal policies to local governments and private entities. Presently Mr. Alastuey is Director of Public Policy and Analysis for Applied Market Analysis where he conducts and directs studies of fiscal and economic impacts of tax and revenue proposals.

Mr. Alastuey received a bachelor's degree in business administration from University of Nevada, Reno with graduate study in education administration.

1983 to present-Member, Committee on Local Government Finance
1995 to 2005-Member of the Advisory Committee to the Legislative Committee for Local Government Taxes and Finance
2002-Technical advisor to the Governor’s Task Force on Tax Policy
2008-Member, Nevada Economic Forum

Ms. Beth Kohn-Cole is the partner in charge of audit and accounting services for the public accounting firm of Kohn Colodny LLP. She is a CPA licensed in the states of Nevada, California and Florida.  Ms. Kohn-Cole has over 30 years of experience in public accounting with an emphasis on local governments, nonprofits and homeowner associations as well as other industries.

Kohn Colodny LLP was established November 1997 and consists of two offices in Reno and Carson City.  The firm performs auditing, which is the distinctive service of a public accounting firm, as well as provides tax preparation services and a wide range of management advisory services including arbitration support services, internal audit services, internal control reviews, forensic accounting, business acquisition support, computer software purchase and implementation, training and consultation regarding accounting procedures, and bookkeeping and cash management services. 

Ms. Kohn-Cole is a member of the AICPA, the Nevada Society of CPAs and a member of the Local Government Finance Committee of the state of Nevada.

Ms. Mary Walker, CPA is the founder and President of Walker & Associates. Ms. Walker's area of expertise includes local government finance including budget and capital planning, debt management, and redevelopment and government affairs. Ms. Walker has also had extensive experience working with the Nevada State Legislature regarding local government and hospital issues. Ms. Walker's financial experience includes 4 years in public accounting and 12 years as the Carson City Finance Director. Ms. Walker was also the Carson City Redevelopment Director for 5 years. In 1998, Ms. Walker founded Walker & Associates, a private consulting firm focusing on government affairs and financial management for local governments. Ms. Walker served on the Legislative Subcommittee Studying Laws Relating to the Distribution Among Local Governments of Revenue from State and Local Taxes. Ms. Walker is a member of the Government Finance Officer's Association and Nevada Society of CPAs. Ms. Walker is past director of the Nevada Community Credit Union, fiscal officer for the Nevada Association of Counties, officer of the Redevelopment Association of Nevada and officer of the Nevada Government Finance Officers Association. Ms. Walker received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Mr. Mark R. Vincent was appointed Chief Financial Officer in December 2010. Prior to that appointment Mr. Vincent was the Director of Finance and Business Services for the City of Las Vegas from 1998 through 2010, with the exception of a brief period beginning in December 2008 when he served as Acting Deputy City Manager until a permanent Deputy City Manager was hired. He is currently responsible for the departments of Finance, Human Resources, and Information Technology as well as the City Clerk. Prior to his employment with the city of Las Vegas, Mr. Vincent served seventeen years with several Department of Energy prime contractors. He was employed by EG&G Energy Measurements, Inc. for thirteen years, seven of which were as Treasurer and Director of Finance. He also worked two years for EG&G Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company, Inc. as its Manager of the Finance and Management Control Department, and for two years with Bechtel Nevada as its Business Systems Manager. All three of these contractors supported the weapons testing program at the Nevada Test Site. Mr. Vincent serves on two governmental committees. He was appointed to serve as a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement Board for the State of Nevada by Governor Gibbons in April 2009. He served as the PERS Vice-Chairman from July 2009 to July 2011, and has served as its Chairman from July 2011 to the present. He was also appointed by the Nevada League of Cities in December 2010 to serve on the Committee on Local Government Finance as created by the Nevada Legislature. Mr. Vincent has been a licensed certified public accountant in the state of Nevada since 1981. He worked for national certified public accounting firms specializing in casino audits prior to his Nevada Test Site employment. A resident of Las Vegas since 1965, Mr. Vincent is a 1978 graduate of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with distinction.

Mr. Jeff Weiler has been Chief Financial Officer of Clark County Public Schools since 2006. Mr. Weiler previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Gwinnett County (Georgia) Public Schools for six years. Before that, Mr. Weiler was a consultant with KPMG, where his clients included the New York City Department of Education and several other large education and government clients. Mr. Weiler began his career with the Fairfax County (Virginia) Public School District, where he worked for over 15 years in a number of financial roles. Mr. Weiler holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration degrees from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Mr. Andrew Clinger became the City Manager of the City of Reno in May 2011, . Andrew’s mission is to carry out the policies and programs approved by the City Council and to provide administration leadership to the 1,100 employees of the City of Reno.

Before coming to the City of Reno, Andrew was the Director of the State of Nevada’s Department of Administration, and prior to that he served as the Deputy Budget Director. Andrew is a native Nevadan, graduating from Carson High School and earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is also a graduate of the Leadership and Professional Development Seminar at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Andrew is very passionate about public service and the fiscal management of limited resources. He is also a devoted husband and father of four children.

When Andrew is not working, you may find him mountain biking or spending his time on the sidelines of a youth sporting event where his children are playing soccer, football and basketball.

Ms. Deborah H. Cunningham is Deputy Superintendent for Business and Support Services at the Nevada Department of Education. She is a member of the Department’s Executive Team and oversees NDE offices of Finance and Planning, Accounting and Auditing, Information Technology and Child Nutrition. Her office’s mission is to provide the key support services to schools and the Department that are critical to achieving the Department’s vision of success through learning. Deborah serves as the Department’s legislative liaison and leads a team to improve management integrity in the Department.

Dr. Cunningham is a distinguished leader in school finance who comes to Nevada from the New York State Education Department where she worked as Coordinator of the Office of Educational Management Services. In this capacity she oversaw financial management and fiscal accountability for school districts and BOCES. ?Deborah received a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and is certified as a New York State school district administrator. She has served on the board of the American Education Finance Association, the Journal of Education Finance and the New York State Rural Schools Association. She is currently President of the Association of Education Finance and Policy.