California Public Finance Conference 2018 | The Bond Buyer | 1 October 2018 | JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, 900 W Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90015 USA

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.

2018 Speakers

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

Ahmed Abonamah
Senior Counsel to the Director, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission/Office of Municipal Securities

Martin Adams
Chief Operating Officer, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Greg Ames
Managing Director, Trammell Crow

Scott Anderson
Chief Economist & Executive Vice President, Bank of the West Economics

Paul Angelo, FSA, MAAA, FCA, EA
Senior Vice President & Actuary, Segal Consulting

Adam Aranda
Executive Director, Fixed Income, Morgan Stanley

Adrian Balderrama
Managing Director & Head of Not-For-Profit Healthcare Investment Banking, RBC Capital Markets

Michael Ballinger
Publisher, The Bond Buyer, SourceMedia

Teveia Barnes
Executive Director, CA Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, IBank

Arto Becker
Partner, Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP

Andrew Belinfanti Knight
Executive Director, UBS

Esther Berg
Executive Director , Morgan Stanley | Fixed Income Division

Gregg Bienstock
CEO & Co-Founder, Lumesis, Inc.

Tia Boatman Patterson
Executive Director, California Housing Finance Agency

Lindsey Brannon
Director and Head of Public Finance, Neighborly

Devin Brennan
Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Natalie Brill
Chief of Debt Management, City of Los Angeles

David Brodsly
Managing Director, KNN Public Finance

Simone Brody
Executive Director, What Works Cities

Geoffrey Buswick
Managing Director & Lead Analytical Manager, USPF Infrastructure Group, S&P Global Ratings

Mark Campbell
Executive Director, CDIAC

Rafael Carbonell
Executive Director, Harvard University Kennedy School, Taubman Center for State and Local Government

Antoinette Chandler
Assistant Treasurer & Tax Collector, County of Los Angeles

Robert N. H. Christmas
Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

Ronda Chu
Director, Capital Finance and Management, San Francisco Airport Commission

Diana Chuang
Shareholder, Richards Watson Gershon

Dr. Candi Clark
Chief Financial Officer, Los Angeles County Office of Education

Matt Cooney
Vice President, Barclays

William Cox
Managing Director, Kroll Bond Rating Agency

Keith Crafton
Director Business Advisory Services, Los Angeles County Office of Education

Helen Cregger
VP, Senior Credit officer, Moody's Investors Service

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

John Deleray
Vice President, Director, Western U.S., Wilmington Trust

Karol Denniston
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP

Daniel J DiBono
Manager of Municipal High Yield Evaluations, TRPS, Thomson Reuters

Thomas Doe
President, MMA

Frank Dos Santos
Executive Director, Head of Business Strategy, IHSMarkit

Shawn Dralle
Executive Director, UBS

Edward Enriquez
Assistant Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Treasurer, City of Riverside

Tim Ewell
Chief Assistant County Administrator, County of Contra Costa

John Finke
President, Public Facilities Group

Shari Freidenrich
Treasurer-Tax Collector, County of Orange

Kimberly Friedricks
Managing Director, Fixed Income, Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management

Ken Gacka
Senior Director & Analytical Manager/Not for Profit Healthcare, S&P Global Ratings

Ron Galperin
Los Angeles City Controller, LA City Controller's Office

Reed Glyer
Partner, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Sven Hackmann
Executive Vice President, NEXT Future Transportation

Gary Hall
National Head of Investment Banking, Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., LLC

John Hallacy
Program Manager & Contributing Editor, The Bond Buyer

Ed Harrington
Advisor, Earth Economics and WaterNow Alliance

George N. Harris II
Deputy City Manager, City of Victorville

Nicholas R. Heuer
Shareholder, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Christopher Higgins
Vice President, Goldman Sachs

Darren Hodge
Director, PFM Financial Advisors

Sarah Hollenbeck
Managing Director, PFM Financial Advisors LLC

Richard Holzinger
Head of Investor Relations, Build America Mutual

Kevin Horan
Director, Fixed Income Product Management, S&P Dow Jones Indices

George Huang
Director, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Juliet Huang
Partner, Chapman and Cutler LLP

Randell H. Iwasaki
Executive Director, Contra Costa County Transportation Authority

Khieem Jackson
Government Relations, San Diego Unified School District

Katrina Johantgen
Executive Director, California School Financing Authority

Leonard Jones
Managing Director, Moody's Investor Service

Joseph Kelly
Treasurer-Tax Collector, County of Los Angeles

Jeff Kightlinger
General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Sandra Kim
Managing Director, UBS

Jason Kissane
Managing Director, Assured Guaranty

Keith Knox
Chief Deputy Treasurer-Tax Collector, County of Los Angeles

Ksenia Koban
Vice President, Payden & Rygel Investment Management

Richard Kolman
Managing Director Head of Municipal Securities Group, Academy Securities

Katherine Koster
Managing Director, Piper Jaffray & Co.

Vanessa Legbandt
Shareholder, Stradling Yocca & Rauth

Rich Llewellyn Jr.
City Administrative Officer , City of Los Angeles

Amy Lloyd
Director, Citi

Tom Lockard
Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking, 280 Securities

Eileen Logue
School Business Director, Charter School Management Corporation

Fiona Ma
State Board of Equalization/Candidate for Treasurer, State Board of Equalization

Jenna Magan
Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Major General James A. "Spider" Marks
Head of Geopolitical Strategy and Academy Securities’ Senior Advisory Board Member, Academy Securities

Cara Martinson
Senior Legislative Representative & Federal Affairs Manager, California State Association of Counties

Bree Mawhorter
Deputy Director of Finance and Administration, San Francisco Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure

Brian Mayhew
CFO/Treasurer, Bay Area Toll Authority

Dan McAllister
San Diego County Treasurer Tax Collector, San Diego County

Glenn McGowan
Director, Municipal Underwriting, RBC Capital Markets

John McLean
Managing Director, American County Review, ACRe Data Inc.

Alvaro Meza
Assistant Superintendent and Chief Business Official, Gilroy Unified School District

Priya Misra
Head, Global Rates Research, TD Securities (USA) LLC

Richard Moore
Partner, Orrick, Sutcliffe & Herrington

Rich Morales
Debt Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Chris Mukai
Managing Director, Citi

Leigh Nader
Managing Director, Assured Guaranty

Andrew Nakahata
Managing Director & Regional Head of Public Finance, West Region, UBS

Nathan Odem
Partner, Chapman and Cutler LLP

Tyler Old
Director, PFM Financial Advisors LLC

William Oliver
Industry & Media Liaison, NFMA

Jyothi Pantulu
Debt Manager, City of San Diego

Ian Parker
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Charles ("Chuck") Peck
Head of West and Midwest Regions, Public Finance, Wells Fargo

Danford O. Peterson
CIO of Fundamental Impact Infrastructure Opportunities, FCO Advisors LP

Jason G. Pollack
VP, Relationship Manager, Public Power, Government & Institutional Banking, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Laura Porter
Managing Director, Fitch Ratings

Michael Post
General Counsel, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board

Frank Postiglione
Director, Trading, TD Securities (USA) LLC

Scott Price
Chief Financial Officer, Los Angeles Unified School District

Richard Raphael
President, Verify Financial

Matthew Reilly
Director, Fitch Ratings

Megan Reilly
Chief Business Officer, Santa Clara County Office of Education

J.R. Rieger
Principal, Triangle Park Capital Markets Data

Bryon Rockwell
Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Rudy Salo
Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

Dave Sanchez
Senior Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright

Debra Saunders
Director, Public Finance, Citi

Douglas Scott
Managing Director, U.S. Public Finance, Fitch Ratings

Adam Sherman
Managing Director & Group Head, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp

Nat Singer
Senior Managing Director, Swap Financial Group

Nikolai J. Sklaroff
Director, Wells Fargo

Lisa Smith
Managing Director, Public Finance, MUFG, U.S. Wholesale Banking

Larry Sobel
Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Scott Sollers
Manager, West Region, Build America Mutual
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Justin Spitzer
Head, US Research, RBC Capital Markets

Kristen Stephens
Executive Director & Head of Credit Strategies, UBS Financial Services Inc., Public Finance

Monika Suarez
SVP, Municipal Finance Director, Western Alliance Bank

Emily Swenson Brock
Federal Liasion, GFOA

Anthony J. Taddey
Director, Wipfli LLP

Todd Tauzer
Director, Municipal Pensions, S&P Global Ratings

Brian Thomas
Interim Executive Director, Delta Conveyance Finance Authority

Dana Trujillo
Chief Investment & Finance Officer, Skid Row Housing Trust

Almis Udrys
City of San Diego, Deputy Chief of Staff – Innovation and Policy, Office of Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer

Anna Van Degna
Director, San Francisco Controller's Office of Public Finance

Renee N. Vancho
Vice President, Piper Jaffray & Co.

Rajiv Vyas
Senior Credit Analyst, RNC Genter

Harriet Welch
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP

Thomas Weyl
Director of Municipal Research, Wasmer Schroeder and Company

Greg Williams
Chief Financial Officer, Administration Department, PIH Health

Nicole Williams
Vice President, JP Morgan

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

Mark Young
Managing Director, KNN Public Finance LLC

2018 Sponsors

CO-CHAIRS/DIAMOND:
• Orrick
• UBS

DIAMOND:
• RBC Capital Markets

PLATINUM:
• Assured Guaranty
• Build America Mutual
• Chapman and Cutler LLP
• Citi
• Fidelity Capital Markets
• Goldman Sach
• Ipreo
• Moody's Investors Service
• MUFG
• PFM
• Stradling
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Fitch Ratings
• Kroll Bond Rating Agency
• Morgan Stanley
• Nixon Peabody LLP
• Stifel
• S&P Global Ratings
• Wilmington Trust
• Barclays
• BNY Mellon
• California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank)
• California Municipal Finance Authority
• Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
• IHS Markit
• JP Morgan
• Lumesis, Inc. (DIVER)
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Piper Jaffray & Co.
• Richards, Watson & Gershon
• Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., L.LC.
• Squire Patton Boggs
• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
• Thomson Reuters
• Wells Fargo
• Western Alliance Public & Nonprofit Finance
• Accuity
• FCO Advisors LP
• George K. Baum & Company
• Mesirow Financial
• Polsinelli LLP
• U.S. Bank