Government Use of the Payment Card System: Issuance, Acceptance, and Regulation

1:00 p.m.

Opening Remarks

Bob Hunt, Vice President and Director, Payment Cards Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

1:30 p.m.

Opening Panel: Finding a 360° Solution

Moderator:

• Susan Herbst-Murphy, Industry Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Panelists:

• Jodi Golinsky, Chief Prepaid Counsel, American Express Company
• Richard Gregg, Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Department of the Treasury
• Pamela Joseph, Vice Chairman, Payment Services, US Bank
• Michelle Jun, Senior Attorney, Consumers Union
• Robert Schmitt, Manager of Banking Services, Department of Treasury, Commonwealth of Virginia

3:30 p.m.

Panel on Government Acceptance of Cards for Payment

Moderator:

• Dubravka Ritter, Industry Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Panelists:

• Bill Brushwood, Director, Settlement Services Division, Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service
• Greg Gentile, President, Govolution LLC
• Kevin Phalen, Commercial Card and Comprehensive Payables Executive, Global Treasury Services, Bank of America
• Tim Spence, Partner, Oliver Wyman

5:00 p.m.

Cocktail Reception

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Loretta Mester, Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

8:45 a.m.

Panel on Government as Commercial Card Client

Moderator:

• Stephanie Wilshusen, Industry Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Panelists:

• Paul Kurtz, State Cards Program Manager, Georgia Department of Administrative Services
• Gonca Latif-Schmitt, Managing Director, Global Transaction Services, Citi
• Rick Malcolm, Head of Prepaid and Commercial Partnerships, Visa Inc.
• David Shea, Director, Office of Charge Card Management, Federal Acquisition Service, U.S. General Services Administration

10:45 a.m.

Panel on the Use of Payment Cards to Distribute Public Funds

Moderator:

• Philip Keitel, Industry Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Panelists:

• Raymond Filippone, Assistant Director Income Support, Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training
• Matt Helfrich, Senior Program Analyst, Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service
• Chris Paton, Managing Director, Treasury Services, JPMorgan Chase
• Daniel Rose, Vice President, Public Sector Development, MasterCard Worldwide
• Rachel Schneider, Vice President, Innovation and Research, Center for Financial Services Innovation

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 p.m.

Capstone Panel

Moderator:

• Bob Hunt, Vice President and Director, Payment Cards Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Panelists:

• Michael Barr, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
• David Evans, Chairman, Global Economics Group
• Ronald Mann, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

3:15 p.m.

Adjourn