Midwest Municipal Market 2018 | SourceMedia | 21 June 2018 | Swissôtel Chicago, Swissôtel Chicago 323 E Upper Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60601

Municipal bond finance is the most prominent tool state and local government agencies across the nation use to access low-cost capital for essential public infrastructure projects.

This annual forum offers issuers the opportunity to learn about financing alternative techniques that can help them fund budgets and long-term infrastructure construction and rehabilitation projects that are necessary to support their region’s economic growth. The Bond Buyer’s Midwest Conference will address important issues such as:

- Infrastructure Plan and Potential Developments
- Approaches to Taxation and Leverage in the Region
- Buy Side/Sell Side Panel

2018 Speakers:

Erin Archer, CFA
Treasurer, Depaul University

Jonathan Azoff
Director, Office Of Debt Management, State Of Ohio

Michael Ballinger
Publisher, The Bond Buyer

Bill Black
Senior Portfolio Manager, City National Rochdale

Elliot Brown
Director, Citigroup Global Markets

Adam Buchanan
Senior Vice President, Ziegler

Charlene Butterfield
Director, S&P Global Ratings

Nicole Byrd
Senior Investment Professional, Nationwide Insurance

Victor H. Chang
Senior Vice President, Government And Institutional Banking - Midwest, Wells Fargo Bank

Robert N. H. Christmas
Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

Richard Ciccarone
President & Ceo, Merritt Research Services, LLC

Gregory Clark
Managing Director, Mesirow Financial

Andy Clarke
Managing Director, Kroll Bond Rating Agency

Michael Colsch
Chief Financial Officer, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority

Elizabeth Coolidge
Managing Director, Regional Head Of Public Finance, Midwest, Ubs Financial Services Inc.

Rick Cosgrove
Partner, Chapman And Cutler LLP

Patrick Early
Managing Director, Fixed Income Research, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

David Erdman
Capital Finance Director, State Of Wisconsin

Jason Falzon
Managing Director, Assured Guaranty

Mary Francoeur
Managing Director, Pfm Financial Advisors LLC

Ted Gibbs
Corporate Counsel, The Walsh Group

Bill Grady, Cfa
Senior Portfolio Manager, Allstate

Darlene Green
Comptroller, City Of St. Louis

John Hallacy
Program Manager & Contributing Editor, The Bond Buyer

Diana Hamilton
President, Sycamore Advisors, LLC

Juliet Huang
Partner, Chapman And Cutler LLP

Jennie Huang Bennett
Chief Financial Officer, Chicago Public Schools

Eric Isban
Director, Sumitomo Banking Corporation

Leonard Jones
Managing Director, Moody's Investors Service

Megan Kilgore
City Auditor Of Columbus, City Of Columbus

Sandra Kim
Managing Director, UBS

Thomas Kozlik
Managing Director, Municipal Strategist, PNC Capital Markets

Jeffrey Lack
Director, Global Infrastructure And Project Finance Group, Fitch Ratings

Michael Lexton
Managing Director And Head Of Transportation, UBS Financial Services

Victor Medeiros
Director, S&P Global Ratings

Christopher Mier, CFA
Managing Director, Loop Capital Markets, LLC

John Miller
Co-head Of Fixed Income, Nuveen Asset Management

Leigh Nader
Managing Director, Assured Guaranty

John Naglick, Jr.
Chief Deputy Cfo/finance Director, City Of Detroit

Brett Padgett
AVP For Financial Planning & Analysis, Chief Of Staff For Finance & Administration , The University Of Chicago

Toni Preckwinkle
County Board President, Cook County Government

Richard Raphael
Principal, Long View Consulting

Sarah Riordan
Executive Director & General Counsel, Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank

Marlon Smith
Managing Partner, JLC Infrastructure

Nick Sourbis
Managing Director, Municipal Market Analytics Inc.

James Spiotto
Managing Director, Chapman Strategic Advisors LLC

Kristin Stephens
Executive Director & Head Of Credit Strategies, Ubs Wealth Management Americas - Public Finance

Juliet Stiehl
Managing Vice President, Build America Mutual

Noreen White
Co-president & Managing Director, Acacia Financial Group, Inc.

2018 Sponsors and Exhibitors:

DIAMOND:
• Chapman Cutler LLP
• UBS

PLATINUM:
• Assured Guaranty

GOLD:
• Build America Mutual
• Kroll Bond Rating Agency
• Lumesis, Inc.
• Moody's Investors Service
• Nixon Peabody LLP
• S&P Global Ratings

BRONZE:
• Accuity
• Cozen O'Connor
• Fitch Ratings
• Goldman Sachs
• Reyes Kurson