Chief Operations Officer’s Report—Second Quarter 2022 | NACVA Conferences Tackle the Profession’s Big Issues

Chief Operations Officer’s Report: NACVA Conferences Tackle the Profession’s Big Issues
Brien Jones
Chief Operations Officer and
Executive Vice President of Business Development
For 28 years, the NACVA and the Consultant’s Training Institute (CTI) have been pioneers developing and hosting the profession’s most innovative conferences. This year is no exception.
Sessions will address a broad range of timely, relevant issues, including: the economic impact of the pandemic, inflation, and globalization; generational and cultural shifts in the workplace (for example, the great resignation, diversity); digitization and automation of practice strategies, professional standards, and updating best practices.
The profession’s leading experts, whether members of NACVA or not, are still engaged and willing to share their knowledge to help the profession to collectively evolve and grow. Emerging young professionals will step up to the mic sharing their perspectives.
August Super Conference Featured Sessions
The positive experience with last year’s Fort Lauderdale conference led us to scheduling two in-person conferences—a beach destination (Fort Lauderdale Beach, FL) and a ski destination (Deer Valley/Park City, UT)—providing attendees with the option to do what they enjoy whether it is the beach, the ski slopes, or at home attending virtually.
Earn All the CPE You Need to Recertify
Full conference registration (August or December) and two Recommended CPE Bonus Point Programs will get you across the finish line.You will earn up to 62 hours of CPE and waive all or part of your tri-annual recertification fee.
For 28 years, the NACVA and the Consultant’s Training Institute (CTI) have been pioneers developing and hosting the profession’s most innovative conferences. This year is no exception.

August 17–19, 2022 Conference Agenda
Sessions will address a broad range of timely, relevant issues, including: the economic impact of the pandemic, inflation, and globalization; generational and cultural shifts in the workplace (for example, the great resignation, diversity); digitization and automation of practice strategies, professional standards, and updating best practices.
The profession’s leading experts, whether members of NACVA or not, are still engaged and willing to share their knowledge to help the profession to collectively evolve and grow. Emerging young professionals will step up to the mic sharing their perspectives.
August Super Conference Featured Sessions
- Working Out the Kinks: Looming Supply Chain Disputes | Brad Sargent, James Spencer
- Industry Update: Opportunities, Challenges, and Best Practices of High Performing Firms | Allan Koltin
- Proving Mortgage Fraud with Financial Forensics | Marie McDonnell
- Why Hasn't This Case Settled Yet? | Judge Timothy Driscoll, Judge Steven I. Platt (Ret.), Judge Christopher Yates, Melissa Gragg, Michael Kaplan
- Building Better BV Engagements: Hands on Tools to Save Time and Money | Gregory Clark, Josh Horn
- Business Valuation of a Real Estate Centered Entity | Robert Schlegel
- 2022 Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Report | Craig Everett
- Trends in Turnarounds in a Post-Covid World | Matthew McKinlay
- Asset-Based Approach to Business Valuation: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Applications | Robert Reilly
- Middle Market M&A Valuation: Stop Playing Checkers and Start Playing Chess | Stephen White
- Alternate Dispute Resolution and Mediation | Judge Steven I. Platt (Ret.)
- Inflation and Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Impact on Cost of Capital Assumptions | Jim Harrington, Carla Nunes
- Probability-Based DLOM | Marc Vianello
- Beliefs, Behavior, and Fraud in Valuation: Emotional Intelligence to Regulatory Policy, Application and Practice | Dr. Sri Ramamoorti
- Using Liquidity for Determining Illiquidity: Another Way to Justify Your DLOM | Brian Pearson
- Family Law Round Table | Cheryl Connors, Stephanie Hyland
- Using Internet and Social Media Analytic Tools for Valuation and Damages Calculations | Doug Bania
- Case of the Cash Flow Fiasco Interactive Case Study | Leah Wietholter
The positive experience with last year’s Fort Lauderdale conference led us to scheduling two in-person conferences—a beach destination (Fort Lauderdale Beach, FL) and a ski destination (Deer Valley/Park City, UT)—providing attendees with the option to do what they enjoy whether it is the beach, the ski slopes, or at home attending virtually.
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The Chateaux Deer Valley $239 single/double occupancy + Daily Resort Fee Conference Group Rate Expires: November 11, 2022 |
The Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort $235 ocean view studio suites + Daily Resort Fee Conference Group Rate Expires: November 21, 2022 |
Earn All the CPE You Need to Recertify
Full conference registration (August or December) and two Recommended CPE Bonus Point Programs will get you across the finish line.You will earn up to 62 hours of CPE and waive all or part of your tri-annual recertification fee.





