Bringing Today’s Financial and Utility Industry Thought Leaders to You

CFC’s industry-leading meetings and educational opportunities bring today’s financial and utility industry thought leaders to you. CFC’s events and training opportunities are complimentary for CFC members.

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CFC District Meetings 2021

Held in conjunction with NRECA Regional Meetings. (Dates subject to change.)

Districts 1 & 4: September 9 | National Harbor, MD

Districts 5 & 6: September 16 | Minneapolis, MN

Districts 7 & 9: September 29 | Las Vegas, NV

Districts 2 & 3: October 6 | Birmingham, AL

Districts 8 & 10: October 20 | Dallas, TX

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CFC Summer Summit

In lieu of CFC Forum 2021, CFC held Summer Summit to provide exceptional in-person opportunities for our rural electric cooperative leaders.

2021 | June 14–16 | San Antonio, TX

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CFC Annual Membership Meeting

Held in conjunction with the CFC Summer Summit.

2021 | June 14 | San Antonio, TX

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CFC Forum

CFC’s annual conference on issues and challenges facing the electric cooperative network.

2022 | June 20–22 | Boston, MA

CFC Independent Borrowers Executive Summit (IBES)

CFC’s annual conference for senior and executive-level staff of rural electric systems that don’t borrow from the Rural Utilities Service.

2021 | November 15–17 | Tampa, FL

2022 | November 7–9 | Huntington Beach, CA

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New Co-op Leaders Online Orientation

The New Co-op Leaders Online Orientation explores current issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and the national resources available to help new CEOs, CFOs, directors and trustees be successful.

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Certificate Program

Cooperative Financial Professional Certificate (CFPC)

CFPC, an intensive, three-part finance program for senior and mid-level finance and accounting staff, is a collaborative program between CFC and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).

2021 Fall Program
Unit 1 in Madison, Wisconsin: August 23–27
Unit 2 in Dulles, Virginia: October 18-22

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Equity Management Workshops

CFC is developing a series of workshops focused on principles of sound equity management.

The training is structured for various skill levels: Basic (Level 1) and Intermediate (Level 2).

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Certificate Program

KRTA Certificate Program

CFC is proud to offer the Key Ratio Trend Analysis (KRTA) Certificate Program. CFC has published KRTA—an annual report that tracks the median value of 145 financial and operational ratios for participating electric distribution cooperatives over the previous five years—since 1975.

KRTA Level 1 is always available online through CFC Academy.

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Statewide Financial Workshops

Designed specifically for directors of CFC electric cooperatives, the statewide financial workshops provide attendees with a variety of finance-focused topics.

Statewide Workshop for Directors of the Washington and Idaho Rural Electric Network

August 11-12, 2021
The Historic Davenport, Autograph Collection | Spokane, WA

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Statewide Workshop for Directors of Texas Rural Electric Network

December 15-16, 2021
Overton Hotel & Conference Center | Lubbock, TX

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CFC Training Catalog

Learn more about how you match your professional development needs with CFC programs.

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Financial Product Training

CFC offers hands-on training on CFC Compass and CFC BudgetPro financial models.

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Member Training

Commitment to Excellence

For Electric Cooperative Directors
This training looks at best practices for how electric cooperative leaders should demonstrate principled leadership, financial stewardship, effective governance and management risk oversight.

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Member Training