Tribal Financial Manager Certificate Program
Distance Learning Only
Participants who complete the curriculum will be awarded a certificate by the ASU American Indian Policy Institue and The Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA).
This non-academic credit, professional certificate program is designed to cover the basics of American Indian law affecting tribal financial management as well as the accounting principles and practices typically encountered in a tribal government setting. Participants who have experience with book keeping and accounting will be able to expand their expertise. Elected officials and managers who oversee the development of budgets will also find the program beneficial. This program does not cover financial investment management, which will be part of an additional program currently being developed.
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Corrine Wilson, CPA, Business Assurance Manager, Moss Adams (Paiute)
Professional Experience
Corrine has 26 years of experience as a financial professional, including 11 years working with Tribal governments in public accounting, and 14 years as a Chief Financial Officer for Tribes in Nevada and Arizona, and two years with a Fortune 500 manufacturing firm. She represented the Native American Finance Officers Association on the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council for six years and worked as team member for two Tribal accounting publications from the Native American Finance Officers Association, the NAFOA GASB34 Tribal Implementation Guide, 2001, and NAFOA Tribal Gaming Guide to Accounting and Financial Reporting, 2007, and is an instructor for the Tribal Financial Manager Certificate Program sponsored by NAFOA and Arizona State University, American Indian Policy Institute. Corrine has conducted numerous training seminars on a wide variety of topics including government accounting, financial reporting, federal program financial management, indirect costs, Tribal government economic development financing and presented to governing bodies, accounting staff, program managers, and federal agencies. Corrine is an enrolled member of the Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe.
Education
Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Accounting Emphasis – University of Phoenix, Arizona
Leadership
Corrine is a member of the firm’s Not-for-Profit/Government Committee, is a co-leader of the Phoenix Office’s Forum W committee, and has served on the Board of NAFOA in various board positions.
Professional Affiliations and Certification
Certified Public Accountant – States of Arizona and California
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Native American Finance Officers Association
Jennifer Giff, Attorney (Akimel O’odham)
Jennifer Giff is a member of the Gila River Indian Community. She earned a B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 1989 and received a J.D. from Arizona State University in 1995. Ms. Giff served the Gila River Indian Community as in-house legal counsel for fourteen years. She has five years experience prosecuting criminal offenders in the Community’s courts. From 2000 to 2003 she was licensed as a Special Assistant United States Attorney to prosecute individuals committing crimes within the Community in the U.S. District Court of Arizona. She was appointed as General Counsel for the Community in 2006 to 2010 and provided legal counsel to the Community in all areas of tribal government and represented the Community in litigation before tribal, state and federal courts. She has lectured at Arizona State University, American Indian Policy Institute, Tribal Financial Managers Certificate Program since 2009.
Linus Everling, General Counsel, Gila River Indian Community (Turtle Mountain Chippewa)
Linus Everling is the Acting General Counsel for the Gila River Indian Community. He is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribe, Belcourt, North Dakota. Mr. Everling received a Bachelor’s Degree in Education (1979) from Dickinson State University at Dickinson, North Dakota, and a Master’s Degree in Public Health (1982) and a Juris Doctor (1986) from the University of California at Berkeley.
Mr. Everling is admitted to practice law in California, Arizona, the Federal District Court for Northern California, the Federal District Court for Arizona, and the Federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Everling has served as an attorney in the Gila River Indian Community Law Office for over 10 years.
Mr. Everling’s prior experience includes serving as a public health and a hospital administrator for the Indian Health Service (IHS). He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Quentin N. Burdick Hospital in Belcourt, North Dakota and the Winnebago Indian Hospital in Winnebago, Nebraska. Mr. Everling negotiated Self-Governance and Self Determination (Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act; Public law 93-638, as amended) (“638”) agreements on behalf of IHS during the 1990’s, and currently negotiates 638 agreements on behalf of the Gila River Indian Community, including agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Service, and the Bureau of Reclamation.
Steve Heeley, Attorney, Akin Gump, (Potawatomi)
Steven Heeley is a Potawatomi Indian from the Walpole Island First Nation in Ontario, Canada. Mr. Heeley is a Senior Policy Consultant to Akin Gump Strause Hauer & Feld LLP, advising Indian tribes on corporate, transactional and natural resources matters, as well as tribal governance and jurisdictional issues. He also served as the Deputy General Counsel for the Gila River Indian Community for more than 10 years. Mr. Heeley is a former Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and former counsel to the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources in the U.S. House of Representatives.
He has a Juris Doctor degree from the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, and is an adjunct faculty associate at the ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law teaching tribal law and government.
Arizona State Memorial Union (MU)(On Campus)
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Near ASU Tempe Campus
Hotels Near Arizona State University:
60 East Fifth Street
Tempe, Arizona 85281
approx: 0.4 miles from ASU
PH: 480.894.1400
SpringHill Suites Phoenix Tempe/Airport
1601 West Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, Arizona 85281 USA
approx: 1 mile / 5min away from ASU
PH: 480.968.8222
601 South Ash Avenue
Tempe, Arizona 85281
approx: 0.6 miles from ASU
PH: 480.966.2800
Hyatt Place, Tempe/Phx Airport
1413 W Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, AZ, 85281
approx: 1 miles / 5 mins away from ASU
PH: 480.804.9544
225 E. Apache Blvd
Tempe, Arizona 85281
Located across the street from Campus (South)
PH: 800.367.0835
915 E Apache Blvd
Tempe, AZ 85281
approx: 1.2 miles from ASUPH: 480.968.3451
1375 E. University Dr.,
Tempe, AZ, US, 85281
approx: 1.2 miles from ASU
PH: 480.774.2500
1915 East Apache Blvd
Tempe, AZ 85281
approx: 2.5 miles from ASU
PH: 480.736.1700
Additional Lodging Options & Tempe Information:
Tempe Convention & Visitors Bureau
Downtown Tempe
51 West Third Street, Suite 105
Tempe, AZ 85281 USA
Toll Free: 800.283.6734
Local Phone: 480.894.8158
Fax: 480.968.8004
The Certificate Program is being conducted in the ASU Memorial Union on the Tempe Campus. The first day of the program is on the second floor in the Gold Room (Room #207).
To request reserved parking at the Apache Boulevard Parking Structure, which is closest to the Memorial Union where the Certificate Program will be conducted, please contact Maria Sanson at mgsanson@mainex1.asu.edu or myself at cyndee.coin@asu.edu. We will require vehicle information on or before January 19, 2012 in order to make parking reservations. You will receive an electronic notification within 24 hours from the time reservations are made.
Please include the following information with your request:
- The number of vehicles that will require a reservation
- The name of the person driving the vehicle
- The dates you will require parking
- The arrival and departure time
AIPI will provide parking validations stamps at the end of each day to cover the parking fee for that day. You will need to put the validation stamp on the parking ticket and provide it to the parking structure attendant when you leave the parking structure. Please be advised that only one parking validation stamp will be issued for each day you request. If you have a need to leave campus during the day, you will need to pay for an additional parking validation. Additionally, reservations will be made with one-arrival/departure per day. Unfortunately, if you leave the parking structure you will not have another reservation for that day.
We accept the following Credit Cards:
If you prefer to Pay by check:
Please make your check payable to the American Indian Policy Institute and indicate Attendee Name on the check stub.
Mail Checks to:
American Indian Policy Institute
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 872603
Tempe, AZ 85287-2603
DEADLINE: Jan 20, 2012 to guarantee your registration.
To be able to accommodate as many participants as possible, we will accept cancellations on or before January 6, 2012.
However, please be advised that you will be charged $175 for any cancellation, once you have registered. Confirmation
will be sent via e-mail. Please note that after January 6, NO refunds will be granted and registrants will be charged
the full course fee of $1,500. You must cancel online. If you need assistance, please call (480) 965-1055.
Call us at (480) 965-1055 for any clarification.
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| Sponsored Projects | 94-336-0412 |
| General University | 80-634-5658 |
CPE Credits
The number of CPE (Continuing Professional Education) credits will be determined by the Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA). NAFOA is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Website: www.nasba.org
The Tribal Financial Certificate Program prerequisites are a basic understanding of tribal finances and the financial goals of the tribal government participants work for. The Certificate Program level is basic and the presenters deliver the material live to the entire group of participants; no advanced preparation is required. The Certificate Program serves tribes in building capacity to manage finances effectively and efficiently and to avoid audit and grant problems.
Please note that CPE Credits are available through In-Classroom TFMC program. They are not available with the CD or Online Formats.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are there hotels near Tempe Campus and what services do they offer?
Many of the hotels have a shuttle service that will pick you up from Sky Harbor International Airport upon request. In addition, some of these hotels offer a shuttle service within a 3-5 mile radius so there is a possibility that your hotel will be able to drop you off and pick you up from campus daily. When making your reservations it may be helpful to mention that you are attending the Tribal Financial Manager Certificate program at ASU Tempe Campus. There are selected hotels that will offer a discount to those attending events/conferences at ASU Tempe Campus. Check the AIPI website periodically for more information on what hotels have blocked off rooms specifically for AIPI TFMC.
If I’m driving, where can I park and what are the fees?
If you plan on driving each day to ASU Tempe Campus, we have attached a map of campus and the recommended parking structure closest to Discovery Hall where the American Indian Policy Institute is located. Please note that parking is $2 per hour with a maximum fee of $8 per day. Keep in mind that if you leave at any time during the day you will be charged a separate fee each time you exit the parking structure. The cost of parking will be the responsibility of the participant. If you plan on parking in one of the parking structures and you would like reservations, please call the AIPI main line at 480-965-1055 to request reservations.
Where can I get something to eat and what meals am I responsible for?
The American Indian Policy Institute will provide a light continental breakfast each day before the sessions begin. Lunch and dinner will be on your own. There are a number of dining options near ASU as well as on campus. The ASU Memorial Union is just a 2-minute walk from Discovery Hall which offers you the option of getting lunch without having to leave campus. We’ve also provided a list of eateries off and on-campus for your convenience.
Where do I send my payment and what is the deadline?
All checks must be received on or before January 20, 2012 (date subject to change). It is critical that we receive your payment on time to ensure that your spot is reserved.
Make checks payable to: ASU/American Indian Policy Institute
Mail checks along with a copy of your registration form to: ASU/American Indian Policy Institute, P.O. Box 872603, Tempe, AZ 85287-2603.
NOTE: It is important that you indicate the name of the participant on the check stub to ensure payment records are accurate.
Is there a specific person I can contact if I have additional questions?
You may contact the AIPI main line at 480-965-1055. Your call will be directed to the proper person to answer your questions.
Contact AIPI
The American Indian Policy Institute
(480)965-1055
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