Mission Statement: SFOF’s mission is to promote fiscally responsible public policy, partner with key stakeholders, and educate the public about the role of finance in a free market economy. SFOF is founded on the belief that state financial officers could and should play a greater role in promoting conservative, fiscally responsible public policy. And that SFOF could best do so by organizing a select group of state financial officers, in partnership with the private sector and academia. Today, those states in the U.S. in the soundest financial condition, with the highest credit ratings, are those that have been managed most conservatively with small government, pro-growth policies. We do not believe that these results are coincidental to pro-growth small government policies but rather a direct outcome of such policies. SFOF deliberatively seeks to organize a select group of public sector and private sector leaders who boldly act consistent with small government, pro-growth agenda. SFOF public sector membership does not claim nor seek to be the voice of all state financial officers, and SFOF’s private sector leadership is limited to just 50 participating individuals and organizations. SFOF develops educational forums and communication plans to exchange solutions to these issues and work to form a partnership between state financial officers, the private sector, academia, and the government. SFOF also educates the public on the vital role state financial officers’ play in the operation of state government.