California Public Finance Conference 2017 | SourceMedia | 25 September 2017 | Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, 2100 Costa Del Mar Road Carlsbad, CA 92009 United States

For the past 27 years The Bond Buyer's California Public Finance Conference has been the place where all of California's municipal finance leaders—from public sector issuers to investors, investment bankers, and attorneys—have met to confront the challenges and craft strategies for building a sustainable fiscal future.

Devin Brennan
Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Peter Hill
Head of Public Finance, UBS

• Featured Speakers

Thomas Aaron
Vice President/Senior Analyst, Moody's Investors Service

Horacio Aldrete
Managing Director, Lead Analytical Manager, S&P Global Ratings

Raul Amezcua
Managing Director, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

Scott Anderson
Chief Economist, Bank of the West

Martin Arrick
Managing Director, Sector Leader, S&P Global Ratings

Margaret Backstrom
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

Michael Baird
Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets

John Bartel
President, Bartel Associates, LLC

Adam Bauer
CEO, Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates, Inc.

Arto Becker
Partner, Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP

Ronald Berdugo
Legislative Representative, League of California Cities

Jeffrey Bethke
Executive Vice President, Depaul University and President, Educational Advancement Fund, Inc.

Gregg Bienstock
Founder, Lumesis

Timothy Blake
Managing Director, Moody’s Investors Service

Jeffrey Bower
Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Natalie Brill
Chief of Debt Management, City of Los Angeles

David Brodsly
Managing Director, KNN Public Finance LLC

Kathleen Brown
Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Brian Buchanan
Vice President, Wilmington Trust

Peter Buffa
Director, Barclays

Readie Callahan
Director, Wells Fargo Securities

Gary Caporicci
Principal, Caporicci CPA

Mike Cavanaugh
Managing Director, Hilltop Securities Inc.

Debby Cherney
Deputy General Manager, Eastern Municipal Water District

John Chiang
Treasurer, State of California

Nicki Cometa
Chief Financial Officer, Affirmed Financial Group

Rick Cosgrove
Partner, Chapman And Cutler LLP

Jeff Curie
President, Bitvore Corp.

Karen Daly
Senior Managing Director, Kroll Bond Rating Agency

Greg Dawley
Managing Director, California Municipal Finance , RBC Capital Markets

Anna Van Degna
Managing Director, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

John Deleray
Vice President & Director Pacific Region, Wilmington Trust

Karol K. Denniston
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP

Brandon Dias
Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Eric Dill
Superintendent, San Dieguito Union High School District

John Dionisio
Business Development Director, Meridiam

Ray DiPrinzio
Executive Director & Team Leader, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Jordan Dorfman
Senior Attorney-Advisor, WIFIA, United States E.P.A.

Robert Doty
President, AGFS Annapolis, MD

Lucy Dunn
Commissioner, California Transportation Commission

Lolly Enriquez
Shareholder, Richards| Watson| Gershorn

Timothy M. Ewell
Senior Deputy County Administrator, Contra Costa County

Susan Gaffney
Executive Director, National Association of Municipal Advisors

Gary L. Gallegos
Executive Director, SANDAG

Steven Genyk
Head of Municipal Trading, UBS

Brad Gewehr
Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Jessica Giroux
Deputy Director of Governmental Affairs , National Association of Bond Lawyers

Eric Goldstein
Principal Administrative Analyst, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Jay Goldstone
Managing Director, MUFG

Terry Goode
Senior Portfolio Manager, Wells Capital Management

Dr. Fernando Guerra
Director-Center of the Study of Los Angeles, Ramirez & Co.

Chris Hamel
Head, Municipal Finance, RBC Capital Markets

James Hamill
Managing Director, CSCDA

Diane Hansen, CPA
EVP Finance, Palomar Health

Darren Hodge
Director, Public Financial Management, Inc.

Eric Hoffmann
Senior Vice President & Manager, Moody's Investors Service

Kevin Holloran
Managing Director, Fitch Ratings

Juliet Huang
Partner, Chapman And Cutler LLP

David Johnson
Managing Director, Wells Fargo Securities

Leonard Jones
Managing Director, Moody's Investors Service

Kenneth Kao
Principal, Programming and Allocations, Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Leo Karwejna
Managing Director/Chief Compliance Officer, PFM Asset Management LLC

Lynnette Kelly
Executive Director, MSRB

Sandra L. Kerl
Deputy General Manager, San Diego County Water Authority

Jeffrey Kightlinger
General Manager & CEO, Metropolitan Water District

Sewon Kim
Managing Director-Head of Transportation, Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., L.L.C

Jason Kissane
Managing Director, Assured Guaranty

Lakshmi Kommi
Director of Debt Management, City of San Diego

Katherine Koster
Managing Director, Piper Jaffray & Co.

Kurt van Kuller, CFA
Managing Director, MUFG Union Bank

Robert Larkins
Managing Director, Raymond James

Richard H. Llewellyn, Jr.
Interim City Administrative Officer, City of Los Angeles

Amy Lloyd
Director, CITI

Bruce Lowry
Senior Vice President, Tax Counsel & Chief Tax Officer, Western Alliance Bank

Colin MacNaught
CEO & Co-Founder, Bond Link

Jenna Magan
Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Raymond Major
Chief Economist, San Diego Association of Governments

Jessica Matsumori
Senior Director, Sector Leader, S & P Global Ratings

Glenn McGowan
Director, Municipal Syndicate , RBC Capital Markets

Darren McHugh
Partner, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

John McNally
Partner, Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP

John M. W. Moorlach
State Senator, State of California

Mitch Mosesman
Managing Director, David Taussig & Associates, Inc.

Thomas Mulvihill
Managing Director, KeyBanc Capital Markets

P. Scott Nagelson
Managing Director, Head of the Government Infrastructure Group, U. S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Brad Neal
Partner, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Genevieve Nolan
Vice President/Senior Analyst, Moody's Investors Service

Leslie Norwood
Co-Head of Municipal Securities Division, SIFMA

William Oliver
Industry & Media Liaison, NFMA

John Palmer
Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Ian Parker
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Gabriel Petek
Managing Director, Sector Leader, S&P Global Ratings

Christine Pihl
Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets

Laura Porter
Managing Director, Fitch Ratings

Lorne Potash
Managing Director, Assured Guaranty

Edward Prunchunas
Executive Vice President & CFO, Cedars-Sinai Health System

Lisa Greer Quateman
Principal, Polsinelli

Les Richmond
Vice President & Actuary, Build America Mutual

James “J.R.” Rieger
Head of Fixed Income Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices, LLC

J. Timothy Romer
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Mike Roos
Director, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

Peter Ross
Principal, Ross Financial

Rudy Salo
Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

David Sanchez
Senior Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Frank Dos Santos
Executive Director, Americas Head of Business Strategy for Fixed Income Pricing, IHS Markit

Debra Saunders
Vice President, Fidelity Capital Markets

Tim Schaefer
Deputy Treasuer, Public Finance, State of California

Heidi Schrader
Manager, Eastern Municipal Water District

Doug Scott
Managing Director, Fitch Ratings

Barnet Sherman
Director, Tenbar Capital

Mary N. Simpkins
Senior Special Counsel, Office of Municipal Securities

Nat Singer
Managing Director, SWAP Financial Group

Jason Sisney
Chief Deputy Legislative Analyst, State of California

Samuel Smalls
Senior Vice President, George K. Baum and Company

Cecil Smart Jr.
Senior Director, Kroll Bond Rating Agency

Lisa Smith
Managing Director| U. S. Wholesale Banking, MUFG

Gilbert Southwell
Vice President & Senior Municipal Research Analyst, Wells Capital Management

Kristin Stephens
Executive Director, Senior Municipal Strategist Americas, UBS Wealth Management Chief Investment Office, UBS Financial Services Inc.

Todd Tomich
Managing Vice President, Build America Mutual

Nancee Trombley
Chief Deputy Director, I Bank

Carlos Villafuerte
Partner, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Harriet Welch
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP

Richard Williams
Chief Financial Officer, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)

Stephen Winterstein
Managing Director of Research & Chief Municipal Strategist, Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc.

Kate Wittels
Principal, HR&A Advisors

Betty T. Yee
Controller, State of California

Mark Young
Managing Director, KNN Public Finance LLC

Alexander Zaman
Vice President, CITI

Michael Zezas, CFA
Managing Director, Municipal Research, Morgan Stanley

• Platinum Sponsors:
Assured Guaranty
Build America Mutual
Chapman and Cutler LLP
Citi
Fidelity Capital Markets
George K. Baum & Company
Goldman Sachs
HilltopSecurities Inc.
Ipreo
Moody's Investors Service
MUFG
National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
PFM
RBC Capital Markets
Stifel
Stradling

• Gold

California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank)
Fitch Ratings
Kroll Bond Rating Agency
Morgan Stanley
Nixon Peabody LLP
U.S. Bank
Wilmington Trust

• Silver

Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Barclays
Bitvore
BNY Mellon
California Municipal Finance Authority
Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
IHS Markit
JP Morgan
Lumesis, Inc. (DIVER)
Norton Rose Fulbright
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Polsinelli LLP
Richards, Watson & Gershon
S&P Dow Jones Indices
S&P Global Ratings
Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., L.LC.
Squire Patton Boggs
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
Thomson Reuters
Wells Fargo Securities
Western Alliance Public & Nonprofit Finance

• Bronze

Accuity
BondLink
ICD Portal
Mesirow Financial
Neighborly
Solomon Exam Prep
Swap Financial
Tradeweb Direct
The Williams Capital Group, L.P.