2026 PFA Annual Convention Schedule

• 8am-2:30pm: Explore Buffalo Experience
  
• 12pm-4pm: Registration Open
• 12pm-4pm: Exhibitor Set Up
• 3pm-3:30pm: First Timers Orientation
• 4pm-5:15pm: Opening Keynote | Building Generational Awareness with Christina Parle, CP Education & Consulting
• 5:30pm-6pm: Associate Member Intros
• 7pm-10pm: Thursday Night Football Reception, Hosted by Hyatt | (49ers vs Rams)
  

Friday, September 11

• 8am: Breakfast Buffet
• 9am-10:15am: Keynote | The Art of Giving Feedback: Valuing People, Getting Results with Briana McManus, CP Education & Consulting
  
• 10:30am-12pm: Exhibit Hall Speed Dating
• 12pm- 1:15pm: Lunch & Awards
• Faculty Advisor Award of Excellence: Robert Boostrom, Pi Sigma Epsilon
• Outstanding Community Service: Theta Upsilon Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma
• 1:30pm-2:20pm: Educational Breakout Sessions
  
• Reducing Your Organizational Risk-- Understanding Financial Fraud Controls and the New Group Exemption Rules Professional Fraternities Cant Ignore with Aaron Parker, OmegaFi and Amy Hebbeler, Fraternal Law Partners
  
• Is That a Black Eye? Supporting Chapters on the Campus Hazing Transparency Report, with Chris Woods, Plaid
• 2:30pm-3:20pm: Educational Breakout Sessions
• Cleaning Up Your Bylaws: Getting Ahead of the Curve with Dave Westol, Limberlost Consulting
• Insurance Unpacked: From Prevention to Claims with Bobbi Larsen, Holmes Murphy
• 3:30pm - 4:30pm: Keynote | The Work That Matters: Using AI to Create More Time For People with Zac Gillman, Re:Members
• 4:30pm-5:30pm: Happy Hour, Sponsored by OmegaFi
• 6pm: Reception Hosted by Visit Buffalo
  

Saturday, September 12

• 8am- 9am: Breakfast Round Tables
• 9am- 10:15am: Keynote | Let's Chat Servant Leadership with Jim Lemoine, Associate Professor of Organization & Human Resources at University of Buffalo
• 10:20am-11:10am: Celebration in the Exhibit Hall!
• 11:10am-4pm: Exhibit Hall Tear Down
• 11:15am-12:10pm: Educational Breakout Sessions
• They're Not Disengaged: Rethinking How We Design for Different Minds, with Lashata Grayson, Phi Alpha Delta
• From Compliance to Commitment: Building Respect without Hazing with Christina Parle, CP Education & Consulting
• 12:15pm-1:30pm: Lunch & Awards
• Career Achievement Award: Adrianne Steichen, Phi Sigma Pi
• Outstanding Volunteer of the Year: Allison Harrison, Pi Sigma Epsilon
• IMPACT Award: Phi Alpha Delta's Pathways to P.A.D.
• Outstanding Professional Program: Phi Alpha Delta's G.O.L.D Scholars Program
• 1:45pm-2:35pm: Educational Breakout Sessions
  
• The Essential Ingredient: Building High Trust Environments, with Briana McManus, CP Education & Consulting
• Your Problem Isn’t People, It’s Your Process: Fixing the Systems That Frustrate Staff, Volunteers & Members, with Lashata Grayson, Phi Alpha Delta
• 2:45pm-4pm: Closing Keynote | Strength of a Smile: Thriving at Work Through Invisible Challenges with Meaghan Zimmer, Visit Buffalo
• 6:30pm-8:30pm: PFA Reception at The Barrel Factory
                                  65 Vandalia Street, Buffalo NY