FEI Houston Chapter Newsletter / February Issue, 2014 Page 1

A historical look at the Federal Reserve and a contemporary view on the regional economy

Learning Objectives:

- Gain an appreciation of our nation’s approach to central banking and the unique structure of the

Federal Reserve

- Understand how the Houston Branch supports the Fed’s mission

- Identify the key drivers of the Houston economy

Daron Peschel is the Vice President in Charge at the Houston Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Peschel joined the Bank in 1989 as a management intern and served in numerous analytical and managerial roles. In 1994, he

was selected to serve on special assignment at the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. In 1998, he

was named as Operations Officer. In this role, Peschel served as a principal team member and financial officer for the $100+

million new Houston Branch Bank building. Peschel has served the bank in various official capacities, including cash operations,

financial management, administrative services, and property management. He also served as Corporate Secretary to the Hous-

ton Branch board of directors, and has been a member of the Bank’s Risk Management and Investment Review Committees.

In 2011, Peschel was named Vice President in Charge of the Houston Branch, and assumed responsibility for the Bank’s op-

erations in the 41 counties comprising the Houston/Gulf Coast region. He is also a member of the Bank’s Senior Management

Committee.

An advocate of financial education, Peschel serves on the University of Texas McCombs School of Business Alumni

Board; the Sam Houston State University Chair of Banking Advisory Board; and the Junior Achievement Gulf Coast Board

of Directors. Active in the Houston community, Peschel serves on the Central Houston Board of Directors and the

Buffalo Bayou Partnership Board of Directors; and is also a member of the National Association of Business Economics-

Houston Chapter; Houston World Affairs Committee; and Greater Houston Partnership.

Peschel holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and a Masters of

Business Administration in Banking and Financial Institutions from Sam Houston State University. He is also a graduate

of Leadership Houston Class XXVII, the Center for Houston’s Future, and numerous other executive education programs.

Strange Genius: The Fed and the Houston EconomyDaron D. Peschel, Vice President in Charge, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch

FEBRUARY 18TH MEETinG:

Modern Finance. Modern CloudFEBRUARY 18TH PRoFESSionAl DEVEloPMEnT SESSion:Karen dela Torre, Vice President, Applications Product Group, oracle

CFOs everywhere want to change the game when it comes to influencing corporate strat-

egy, but the degree of technology enablement in finance versus other lines of business hasn’t

kept pace – and that threatens to hamper both CFO aspirations and growth prospects.

Join as Karen shares new research from Accenture and Oracle on how lead-

ing CFOs are modernizing their finance functions using new cloud applica-

tions embedded with the latest analytical, mobile, and social innovations.

Karen dela Torre leads a team of global product marketers and solution special-

ists for Oracle’s ERP applications. In this role, she is responsible for developing go-to-market strategies

for Oracle’s ERP Cloud, E-Business Suite, and PeopleSoft applications. For the past 15 years, Karen has de-

signed and marketed solutions to help organizations improve their finance and operations. Karen holds an

MBA from the University of California, Berkeley and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Santa Clara University.

Monthly Dinner Meeting Tuesday, February 18, 2014

loCATion:

Federal Reserve Branch of Dallas Houston Branch 1801 Allen ParkwayHouston, TX 77019

AGEnDA:

Professional Development Session (4:30pm)Social hour (5:30pm)Dinner (6:30pm)

MEETinG SPonSoRS:

in this issue:

President’s Letter....................................Officers & Chair....................................... New Members........................................ Upcoming Events..................................FSF Administrator Position..................January Meeting....................................Annual Golf Tournament.....................FEI Sponsors............................................Meeting Registration............................

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FEi Houston Chapter P.O. Box 32 Bellaire, TX 77402Tel: 713.839.0808 / Fax: 713.839.1453 info@feihouston.org Chapter Administrator: Tiffany Mantaring

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Greetings,

We had a great crowd at our January meeting. Chris LaFollette from Akin Gump provided our dinner topic with “SEC Hot Topics” and Jim Harden, Brad Ross and Chin Yu from Hein and Associates provided our PD session on “Financial Due Diligence and Valuation”. Thanks again to all of these folks for taking time from their busy schedules to meet with our group.

We recognized some special FEI members at our January meeting. Celebrating 40 years of service with FEI are Bob Baumgartner and Mark Miller. Celebrating 25 years of service are Austin Young, Ben Roberts, Marcus Jonesi and Gene Jones. These senior statesmen are now members of National’s Key Club. Also recognized at our January meeting were Ulyesse Le Grange, who was the chapter president 25 years ago, Stephen Grace, the past president over 30 years ago and Bill Ihlandfeldt. All of these men have been recognized nationally by FEI in the past and have served in other capacities above and beyond the Houston chapter. Thanks to all of you gentlemen for arranging your schedules to attend our January meeting.

In early February, we a good crowd and dialogue at our new members/prospective members social hour which was held in The Tasting Room. Thanks to KPMG for sponsoring this event and for sponsoring a second event later in the spring.

My wife and I are looking forward to the chapter’s annual Wine Dinner for members/spouses/dates/sponsors this Saturday February 8, 2014 at the Hilton Americas Hotel. Thanks to Jim Davis and his wife, Diane, for chairing and coordinating this wonderful event. And thanks to our sponsors who make the event possible for us: IFS, Siegfried Group, and USI Southwest.

Our February meeting will be special. The Foundation and Chapter will award 12 scholarships to regional university students in finance and accounting in what we call our Academic Honors Day event. In attendance with the recipients of these scholarships will be the deans and professors from these schools. And, our February dinner meeting will be held at the Federal Reserve on Allen Parkway. Daron Peschel, from the Reserve will be our keynote speaker. If you haven’t registered for this meeting, please visit our website at www.feihouston.org and do so.

Our sincere thanks to our sponsors who help to underwrite our February meeting. Aventine Hill is our Academic Honors Day sponsor and RR Donnelly is providing the printing. Oracle is our platinum dinner sponsor and Deloitte is our gold social hour sponsor for our meeting. Without the generous support of our sponsors, who contribute money, time, in-kind donations, and ideas to our chapter, we could not accomplish what we do each year. Please give our sponsors preference when needing business services from these valuable partners.

As always, please let us know what we as a chapter can do for you.

Regards,

Phil Denning President, FEI Houston

A letter from the president FEi Houston officers and Committee Chairs

PresidentPhil Denning, Shell Oil Company

President-ElectChris Matlock, Lookout Capital Management

Programs ChairsBlair Habuda (lead)Jim Howe

Membership ChairsRobert Baumgartner (lead)Mike Kinney, Experis Finance

Sponsorship ChairsRebecca McCulloch, HSBC Bank USA (lead)Joe Abell, Entropy ModulationMaurice Nassar, Aventine Hill Partners

Academic Relations ChairRandall Houston, US LED

Prof. Development ChairsJ. Philip McCormick, Jr., KBR (lead) Tony Maresca, Bullseye Evaluation LLC

SecretaryElizabeth Wilkinson, Resources Global Professionals

TreasurerVictor Elgohary, V.S. Elgohary & Associates

Immediate Past PresidentEric Khan, The Rand Group, LLC

Member Career Services ChairKevin Hanratty, Astoundry, Inc.

FERF Liaison ChairJennifer Whitley, Far East Energy Corp.

Social Events Co-ChairsJim Davis, Pluris Capital Advisors, Inc. Todd Ruden, Cardtronics, Inc.

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Upcoming EventsWebcasts

FEi Houston Chapter DirectorsFrances Powell Hawes, Hawes InterestsBruce Misamore, Yukos Oil CompanyKevin Dartez, SitusJeff Curtiss, KBRChuck FischerMichael J. Vitek, 212 ResourcesM. Colleen Estes, Sirius Solutions, LLLPEric Khan, The Rand Group, LLCTerry Sanford, Design Tech Homes

Rick Berry

Jan Cook Ascend Performance Materials

Colleen Elkins Hilcorp Energy Company

John Ellsworth SelecTransporation Resources, LLC

liubym Gerasymenko

new Members

New Hire Reporting in California and Beyond2/18/2014Presented by ADP12:00 p.m. Central | 1 Hour | 1 CPE credit available

Feb 18

Feb 19 Data Breaches, Cyber Risk, and Corporate GovernancePresented by Marsh11:00 a.m. | 1 Hour | No CPE Credit available

Feb 19 Focusing on FICA: A Deep Dive into the Potential Refund of FICA Taxes Paid on SeverancePresented by ADP12:00 p.m. Central| 1 Hour | 1 CPE Credit availableQuestions? Call 855-237-4236

Feb 19 February - Member Benefits 101: Getting to Know Your FEI This webcast will give you indepth insights into your FEI membership benefits and career service offerings as well as updates on technical committee activities, and new research efforts from FERF (Financial Executives Research Foundation).1:00 p.m. Central

Feb 20 Make Peace with Conflict Minerals: Execute Effectively, From Implementation to AuditPresented by Grant Thornton12:00 p.m. Central | 1.5 Hours | 1.5 CPE Credits availableQuestions? Contact Jill Norgren at 312.602.8518 or email jill.norgren@us.gt.com

Feb 26

Dustin Hatley Noble Energy, Inc.

Randall Keys Evolution Petroleum Corporation

Stephen littleton Exxon Mobil

Christine Morris Halliburton Company

Devina Rankin Waste Management, Inc.

Feb 27 Online Workshop: Preparing for Your IPOPresented by Equity Administration Solutions, Inc.12:00 p.m. Central | 2 Hours | 2 CPE Credits availableQuestions? Call Magali LeBouder at 925-730-4357 or send email to: Magali.lebouder@easiadmin.com

The FEI Scholarship Foundation (“FSF”) is in need of a part-time individual to assist in the analytical and administrative work involved in overseeing the Foundation and soliciting contributions. The position will require an average of approximately 20 hours per month and attending six evening meetings and two full days of scholarship activities per year. This will be a contract assignment, receiving a 1099. Responsibilities will include liaison activities with theAcademic Relations Committee in preparation for Academic

Honors Day, donor solicitation and recognition activities, and various financial and administrative duties. The candidate should have basic financial acumen, ability to use Microsoft Office suite, analytical skills, able to use business and social networking applications, organization skills, strong written and verbal communication skills and a basic knowledge of not-for-profit / volunteer organization challenges. Contact John Thomas at 713-850-3509 for more information.

FSF Administrator Position

Could Your Operational Planning Process Be More Efficient? Presented by Vena Solutions12:30 p.m. Central| 1 Hour | No CPE Credits available

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January Meeting

Among the special guests at the January meeting were Ulyesse Le-

Grange, Stephen Grace, and Bill Ihlanfeld. Both Ulyesse (2010) and Bill

(2012) were inducted into the CFO Hall of Fame. Ulyesse was CFO at Exx-

on Mobil and Bill was with Shell. Stephen was National FEI Chairman in

2003-2004. Both Stephen and Ulyesse are past Presidents of our Chapter.

Ulyesse and Stephen are shown here with President Phil Denning and Past President Jeff Curtiss.

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Meeting Fax/Mail Reservation Form

February 18th meeting information2013-2014 Strategic Partners

loCATion:

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch1801 Allen Parkway Houston, TX 77019

AGEnDA:

Professional Development Session (4:30pm)Social hour (5:30pm)Dinner (6:30pm)

PLATINuM MEETING SPONSORS Norton Rose Fulbright Hein + Associates LLP The Rand Group LLC Oracle Resources Global Professionals Robert Half Sirius Solutions UHY LLP, Certified Public Accountants

EMERALD GOLF SPONSOR Bank of America

GOLD MEETING SPONSORS Deloitte Enterprise Fleet Management Host Analytics SRR HSBC Wells Fargo Whitley Penn Wortham Insurance & Risk Mgmt

Secure your FEi Sponsorship today!Contact: Rebecca McCulloch rebecca.mcculloch@us.hsbc.com or Joe Abell jma0711@gmail.com or Maurice Nassar mgnassar@sbcglobal.net

GOLD GOLF SPONSORS Experis Finance

GOLD SOCIAL EvENT SPONSOR USI

ACADEMIC HONORS DAY Aventine Hill ExxonMobil Halliburton Hein + Associates LLP KBR Mutual of Omaha Bank RR Donnelly

PLATINuM GOLF SPONSOR Alvarez and Marsal

EMERALD SOCIAL EvENT SPONSOR Siegfried Group, LLP

PLATINuM SOCIAL EvENT SPONSOR IFS North America

DIRECTORY SPONSOR RR Donnelly

PLATINuM MEMBERSHIP EvENTS SPONSOR KPMG

Mail to: P.O. Box 32, Houston, TX 77402 or Fax to: 713.839.1453 One form per registrant please, photocopy as necessary. Reservations Required by 3:00 pm 2 business days before the meeting. Reservations may be canceled without cost as late as noon the day before the meeting. “No-shows” will be billed $90.

Meeting Cost: No charge for Chapter Members and 1st time prospective members. Guests -$90/person (guests & prospective members must be accompanied by member)

Register online at http://www.feihouston.org

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