Venue
InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, an IHG Hotel
InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, an IHG Hotel, 900 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA

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Event Date Mon Sep 12 MST - Wed Sep 14 MST (over 2 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon Sep 12 3:00am - Wed Sep 14 3:00am
Location InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, an IHG Hotel
900 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA
Region Americas
Details

Insights, ideas, and networking muni leaders rely on
No other conference offers this kind of interactive deep dive into the most pressing issues impacting the world’s fifth-largest economy and beyond: legislation, regulation, infrastructure, climate change, ESG, and more. This is your chance to take part in the most important conversations and gain invaluable insights as the muni community continues to navigate change and uncertainty with shrewd resilience.

Conference insights:
• The big deal
What does an infrastructure package mean for climate change, transportation, and higher education in California?
• Critical changes
What are the challenges and opportunities that accompany major legislative and regulatory changes?
• ESG demystified
How does ESG factor into the current municipal bond market and what are projections for the future?

An audience of influencers:
• 750+ Leaders attended
representing, issuers, municipal advisors, other sell-side leaders, and institutional investors.

• 65% of Senior-level professionals
including Managing Directors, CEOs, Vice Presidents, and more.

Speakers

2022 Speakers

Kirsten L. Adelhock
Director; Institutional Municipal Sales, BofA Securities

Daniel Adler
Deputy Director for Climate Finance, California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank

Raul Amezcua
Senior Managing Director, Ramirez & Co., Inc.

Daniel Backhouse
Digital and Blockchain Strategist, RBC Capital Markets

Margie Backstrom
Managing Director ,Morgan Stanley

Michael Ballinger
Publisher, The Bond Buyer

Marc Bauer
Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Esther Berg
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

Robert Berry
Executive Director, CDIAC

Colin Bettis
County Debt Officer, County of Sacramento

Gregg Bienstock
CEO, Lumesis, Inc.

Marla Bleavins
Deputy Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer, Port of Los Angeles

Paul Bloom
Vice President, Co-Head of Transportation Group, Goldman Sachs

Devin Brennan
Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Emily Brock
Director, Federal Liaison Center, GFOA

Sara Oberlies Brown
Managing Director, Stifel

Geoffrey Buswick
Managing Director, State Sector Leader, U.S. Public Finance, S&P Global Ratings

Mark Capell
Managing Vice President, Public Finance, West Region, Build America Mutual

Ben Ceja
Assistant City Administrative Officer, City Of Los Angeles

Henry Cisneros
Chairman & Co-Founder, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

Kevin M. Civale
Shareholder, Stradling

Julia Cooper
Director of Finance, City of San Jose

Helen Cregger
Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Public Projects & Infrastructure Finance, Moody's Investors Service

Rob Dailey
EVP, Head of Public Finance, PNC Bank

Karen Daly
Senior Managing Director, KBRA

Greg Dawley
Managing Director & Manager - West Coast Municipal Banking, RBC Capital Markets

John Deleray
Vice President, Director, Western United States - Wilmington Trust

Alexander Domenick
Vice President – Underwriting Desk & Electronic Trading, RBC Capital Markets

Frank Doyle
Director, SMBC

Edward Fierro
Senior Counsel, Bracewell LLP

Jamiyl Flemming
Senior Vice President, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

Lynne Funk
Executive Editor, The Bond Buyer

Samantha Funk
Managing Director, PNC Bank

Susan Gaffney
Executive Director, National Association of Municipal Advisors

Roni Gannon
CEO, MyTrustMe.com LLC

Jay Goldstone
Chief Operating Officer, City of San Diego

Andrea Nicole Greenwald
Senior Associate, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Jonathan Guz
Shareholder, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Gary Hall
Partner - Head of Investment Banking (Infrastructure & Public Finance), Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

Derek Hansel
Chief Financial Officer, Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Bay Area Toll Authority

Julia Harris
Managing Director & Head of Higher Education, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

Stepan Haytayan
Senior Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright

Eric Hoffmann
Associate Managing Director, Moody’s Investors Services

Michael Hoffmann
Senior Director, Head of Risk Division Operations, BitSight

Sarah Hollenbeck
Managing Director, PFM Financial Advisors LLC

Tim Hsu
Director, Citi

Tony Hughes
Managing Director, Barclays Capital

Rodney Johnson
Deputy Executive Officer, Finance, LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Chris Jumper
Director, Assured Guaranty

Katano Kasaine
Assistant General Manager/Chief Financial Officer, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Douglas J. Kilcommons
Managing Director, Public Finance, KBRA

Sandra Kim
Managing Director, UBS

Rick Kolman
Managing Director, Head of Municipal Securities Group, Academy Securities, Inc.

Brian Luke
Senior Director, Head of Fixed Income Indices, Americas, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Abhishek Lodha
Vice President, Assured Guaranty

Fiona Ma CPA
California State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

Joseph Manoleas
Analyst, Moody's Investors Service

Marcus Martin
Managing Director, Head of ESG, Commercial Products, U.S. Bank

Glenn R. McGowan
Managing Director, Municipal Syndicate, RBC Capital Markets

Tim Mengle
Deputy Executive Officer, Finance, LA Metro

Priya Misra
Global Head, Rates Strategy, TD Securities

Scott Monroe
Senior Director, Fitch Ratings

Christopher Mukai
Managing Director, Citigroup

Andy Nakahata
Managing Director and Regional Head of the Public Finance West Region, UBS

Brian Olson
Director & Underwriting Desk Credit Analyst, RBC Capital Markets

Jyothi Pantulu
Assistant Director, City Of San Diego

Ian Parker
Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets

Phillip Peña
Associate Director – Cross Analytical Practice, S&P Global

Lindsey M. Piegza, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Chief Economist, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

Jenny (Jennifer) Poree
Sector Lead, Utility Revenue, S&P Global

Mark Price
Head of Portfolio Implementation and Overlay Management, UBS

Valerie Pryor
General Manager, Zone 7 Water Agency

Diane K. Quan
Partner, Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP

Tarik Rahmani
Deputy City Manager, City of Carson

Aude Rajonson
Head of Fixed Income Origination - Americas, London Stock Exchange Group

Yaffa Rattner
Senior Managing Director, Hilltop Securities Inc.

Rosa H. Renaud
Director, Long Term Finance, Office of the Chancellor, California State University

Karen Ribble
Senior Director, State and Local Governments, Fitch Ratings

André Rivera
Director – Centralized Treasury & Securities Management Division, California State Treasurer's Office

Rich Saskal
Managing Editor, The Bond Buyer

Michael Scarchilli
Editor-in-Chief, The Bond Buyer

Angelia Schmidt
Managing Director, Head of Public Finance Underwriting, UBS

Kevin Scott
Chief Financial Officer, Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority

Nikolai J. Sklaroff
Capital Finance Director, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Sophia Skoda
Director of Finance, East Bay Municipal Utility District

Ira Smelkinson
Managing Director, Loop Capital Markets

Pascal St. Gerard
Senior Director and the Western Regional Manager, Fitch Ratings

Tatiana Starostina
Chief Financial Officer, Los Angeles World Airports

John Stoecker
Financial Advisor, CMFA

Monika Suarez
Managing Director, Public, Nonprofit and Affordable Housing Finance, Western Alliance Bank

Jade Turner-Bond
Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

Alex Vaisman
Managing Vice President; Head of Higher Education, Build America Mutual

Carmen Vargas
Director, Barclays

Daniel Wiles
Assistant Treasurer and Tax Collector, County of Los Angeles Treasurer and Tax Collector

Galen Wilson
Vice President, Goldman Sachs

Stephen Winterstein
Head of Capital Markets, Alphaledger

Alex Zaman
Director and Co-Head of National Transportation, Citi

Sponsors & Partners

2022 Sponsors

• Assured Guaranty
• BAM
• Orrick
• Citi
• Moody's Investors Service
• Munite
• PFM
• Pricing Direct
• RBC Capital Markets
• Siebert Williams Shank
• UBS
• Bank of America
• BOK Financial
• BNY Mellon
• Fitch Ratings
• London Stock Exchange
• Nixon Peabody
• PNC Bank
• S&P Global
• Stifel
• Stradling
• US Bank
• Wells Fargo
• Wilmington Trust
• Morgan Stanley
• Chapman
• KBRA
• Western Alliance Bank
• Goldman Sachs
• Hilltop Securities
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Ramirez
• SMBC
• IBank
• Hawkins
• S&P Dow Jones
• TD
• Academy Securities
• Jefferies
• MyTrustMe
• Barclays
• Lumesis
• RWG Law
• UMB
• CMFA
• Squire Patton Boggs
• LexisNexis