11th Annual Municipal Finance Conference 2022 | The Brookings Institution | 18 July 2022 | Virtual Event

The Municipal Finance Conference aims to bring together academics, practitioners, issuers, and regulators to discuss recent research on municipal capital markets and state and local fiscal issues.

2022 Speakers

Jeffrey Clemens
Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego

Philip Hoxie
PhD Student, Economics, University of California, San Diego

Stan Veuger
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Louise Sheiner
Senior Fellow, Brookings Hutchins Center

Ivan Ivanov
Federal Reserve Board

Daniel Garrett
Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School

Zach Conine
Nevada State Treasurer’s Office

Christine Cuny
Associate Professor, New York University

Ken Li
Faculty, McMaster University

Anya Nakhmurina
Assistant Professor, Yale School of Management

Edward M. Watts
Assistant Professor, Yale School of Management

Rich Ryffel
Washington University in St. Louis

Manuel Adelino
Associate Professor, Duke University

Sophia Chiyoung Cheong
City University of Hong Kong

Jaewon Choi
Associate Professor, University of Illinois

Ji Yeol Jimmy Oh
Associate Professor of Finance, Hanyang University

Samuel Wang
Dimensional Fund Advisors

Oliver Giesecke
Columbia University

Haaris Mateen
PhD Candidate, Columbia University

Marcelo Sena
Stanford University

Richard Ciccarone
President, Merritt Research Services

Andrew Kalotay
President, Kalotay Advisors

Win Smith
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Natural Language Processing (NLP), Wells Fargo

Justin Marlowe
Research Professor, University of Chicago

Ashleigh Eldemire
Assistant Professor Of Financ, University of Tennessee

Kimberly Luchtenberg
Assistant Professor of Finance and Real Estate, American University

Matthew Wynter
Stony Brook University

Casey Dougal
Assistant Professor, Florida State University

Serena Loftus
Assistant Professor of Accounting, Kent State University

Sarah McCoy
University of New Mexico

R.Z. Zhang
Kent State University

Lacey Horn
CEO, Native Advisory

Shirley Lu
Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School

Alexa Gordon
Vice President, Goldman Sachs

Michael Bonanno
Senior Analyst, Municipal Sustainability Lead & Business Analyst, Breckinridge Capital Advisors

Martin Doyle
Duke University

Evan Kodra
ICE Data Services & Northeastern University

Erika Smull
Breckinridge Capital Advisors

Adam Stern
Director of Municipal Research, Breckinridge Capital Advisors

Andrew Teras
Municipal Credit Analys, Breckinridge Capital Advisors

Tom Doe
Municipal Market Analytics

PANELISTS:

Tracy Gordon
VP, Urban Institute

Sharon Kioko
Associate Professor, University of Washington

Kate Nass
Deputy Chief Financial Officer, State of Oregon Department of Administrative Services

Nicholas Samuels
Moody’s

John Ceffalio
Senior Research Analyst, Municipal, CreditSights

Natalie Jaresko
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico

Sergio Marxuach
Center for a New Economy

David Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Ryan Berni
The White House

DJ Gribbin
Founder, Madrus

Shoshana Lew
Executive Director, Colorado Department of Transportation

Eden Perry
S&P Global

MODERATOR:

Michelle Kaske
Reporter , Bloomberg

Randy Layman
Director - U.S. Public Finance, S&P Global

David Wessel
Senior Fellow & Director , Brookings Hutchins Center

ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

David Abel
Managing Director , Columbia Capital Management

Chris Berry
Professor, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy

Tim Coffin
Senior Vice President, Breckinridge Capital Advisors

Joe Fichera
Chief Executive Officer, Saber Partners

Mark Funkhouser
President, Funkhouser & Associates

Allen Garman
Maryland Transportation Authority

Nikki Griffith
Finance Department of City of Chesapeake, Virginia

Craig Johnson
Associate Professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Bloomington

Brian Knight
Professor of Economic, Brown University

Byron Lutz
Chief, Fiscal Analysis, Federal Reserve Board

Colin MacNaught
CEO & Co-Founder, BondLink

Michael Nadol
Managing Director, PFM Group Consulting LLC

Carol O’Cleireacain
Adjunct Professor, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University

Peter Orr
CEO and Founder, Intuitive Analytics

Kim Rueben
Senior Fellow, Urban Institute

Ivan Samstein
University of Chicago

Daniel Shoag
Associate Professor, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Sarah Snyder
Managing Director, Public Finance, Ramirez & Co., Inc.

Bryan Sullivan
State of Delaware

J. Ben Watkins
State of Florida

Bradley Wendt
Charles River Assoicates

Nancy Winkler
Treasurer, City of Philadelphia

Stephen Winterstein
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.

Stephen Wood
Owner, Stephen A. Wood Consulting