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			| Thank You 2023 Budget Reviewers!Wednesday, April 24, 2024Posted by: CSMFO Recognition Committee
 
 
      CSMFO’s Recognition Committee would like to express its deepest gratitude to everyone who volunteered to review 147 award submissions between September 2023 and January 2024. For the Budget Award Program, the Recognition Committee assigns budgets among
        the committee and volunteer reviewers to determine if they meet the award criteria. Volunteer reviewers’ time, effort, and contributions are critically important in helping the Recognition Committee and CSMFO to encourage governments to improve
        the quality of budget documents. In addition to the potential for budget quality improvements, reviewers are helping to encourage governments to improve the transparency of budget documents, which is one of CSMFO’s Guiding Values.   Sonia Agostini Esteban AlvarezJosefina Alvarez
 Ashley Aparicio Barbara Arenado Carol Atwood Amar Bains Carina Baksa Fabiola Barrita Shannon Brangan Megan Bressem Libby Bretthauer Jodi
            Brown Katie Bruner Christa Buhagiar Carolyn Bunt Claudia Carlos William Castrillon Karina Cervantes Claudia Chang Sandee Chiswick Calvin Cho Bryan Chua Paul Chung Krys Clark Angela
            Courter Krystle Covarrubias Jemelyn Cruz Stephanie Cuff Hiromi Dever Shiela Dilayre Stephanie DiSerio Tiffany Dominguez Christie Donnelly Catlin Dorset Ashley Doyle Brigid Drury June
            Du Nicole Espinoza Roa Javier Estrada David Faraone Nadia Feeser Samuel Feldman James Frigo Felicia Galindo John Garbowski Edwin Gato Erika Gomez Michelle Gomez Vivian Gong Melissa Green Renee Halcon Lupe Hernandez Paula Hooven Lynda Horejsi Nora Howard Cathy Jaramillo Brian Jewett Michele Jordan Jeanette Juarez Toni-Marie Kahre Susan Knudson Steve
            Kwon Art Landeros Wally Lauzon Lisa Leach Melissa Leanza Jen Lee Jennifer Legaspi Thomas Leung Pak Lin Sandra Llamas Natalia Lopez Liz Lydic Maxine Magahiz Jim Malberg Brenda
            Manriquez Fred Marsh Barbara Martin Maria Mata Jenny McConville Brittney Melo Roland Neil Mendoza Joan Michaels Aguilar Spencer Morrison Luis Navarro Leah Nazaroff Vivi Nguyen Danny
            Nguyen Jonathan Nih Cynthia Orozco Dave O’Toole Chaitali Paliwal Rochelle Patterson Dawn Patterson Isarel Perez-Hernandez Ryan Phelps Domenico Piazza Amy Pinion Stephanie Pinto Gilbert Punsalan Brendan Rafferty Autumn Reberger Sandra Repede Thomas Retchless Mary-Ann Rexroad Ryan Roman Lisa Rossi Nancy Rothlisberger Seleen Saiid Mirthala Santizo Kim Sao Matthew
            Schenk Shruti Shah Rosemarie Souto Sheetal Talwar Dominic Tartaglia Chris Tavarez Jeri Tejeda Jennifer Tell Alfredo Tello Neil Tomlinson Brian Tompkins Allison Tong Ann Trinh Liberty
            Urban Jennifer Ustation Kat Valencia Nicole Valentine Anudeep Vanjavakam Vanessa Velasquez Nicholas Walker Sylvia Wells Sue Wier Natasha Woolford Mario Xuereb Kaden Young William
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        Thank you to the 2023 Award season budget reviewers!Interested in being a volunteer budget reviewer? Here are just a few of the many great reasons to participate as a budget reviewer:
         
            Budget reviewers can be at the forefront of the most recent trends in budget documents for CA local governments.Reviewers can see how other agencies present information and return ideas to their agencies!Reviewing budgets is a great way to become involved with CSMFO.Network and collaborate with peers and other reviewers.Professional recognition and development. 
        Wondering what it’s like to be a reviewer? Find your colleagues in the list of names above and ask them to share their experiences. If you are interested in volunteering as a budget reviewer or joining the Recognition Committee, please contact James Russell-Field
        (jfield@fssd.com ) and Natalia Lopez (natalial@moval.org ).
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