Public Finance Forum 2023 | Milken Institute | 10 January 2023 | Park Hyatt Washington D.C., 1201 24th St NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA

The annual Milken Institute Public Finance Forum brings together the leading innovators, investors, and issuers across the $4 trillion public-finance sector who fund, finance, and deliver essential community infrastructure projects and services. This year’s event will feature programming focused on addressing domestic US deployment and capacity challenges and exploring emerging opportunities and critical trends in international public finance. The Forum also serves as a unique networking platform for cross-sectoral partnerships, hosting a variety of aligned, peer-to-peer events, including the Major City CFO Forum and Investors Roundtable on Infrastructure.

2023 Speakers

Ahmed Abonamah
Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance, City of Cleveland, Ohio

George Ashton
President, LISC Strategic Investments; President, LISC Fund Management

Jessica Bailey
President and CEO, Nuveen Green Capital

Kathy McLeod Baughman
SVP, Atlantic Council; Director, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center

Stephen Benjamin
Former Mayor, City of Columbia, South Carolina

Aron Betru
Chief Strategic Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Trident

Dana Bezerra
President, Heron Foundation

Justin M. Bibb
Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio

Maressa Brennan
Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute

Brent Bryant
Finance Director, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Dan Carol
Senior Director, Center for Financial Markets, Milken Institute

Richard Ditizio
President, Milken Institute

Shaun Donovan
Senior Fellow, Ford Foundation; former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Manish Dutta
Co-Founder and CEO, Alphaledger

Esther Dyson
Founder, Wellville

Rachel Eubanks
State Treasurer, State of Michigan

Mercedes García Pérez
Head of Global Issues and Innovation, Delegation of the European Union to the United States

Lourdes Germán
Executive Director, The Public Finance Initiative

William Glasgall
Senior Director of Public Finance, Volcker Alliance

Pooja Jain
Vice President of Strategic Innovation, WSP USA

Osho Jha
Co-Founder and CEO, dClimate

Jay Koh
Co-Founder and Managing Director, The Lightsmith Group

Karen Kornbluh
Founding Director, Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative; Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States; former US Ambassador, OECD

Jaime Leverton
CEO, Hut 8 Mining

Amy Liu
Vice President and Director, Brookings Metro

Clay Lowery
Executive Vice President, Institute of International Finance

Caitlin MacLean
Senior Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute

David Malpass
President, World Bank Group

James "Spider" Marks
Major General (Ret.); Advisor, Academy Securities; CNN Commentator

Ben McAdams
Former Representative, Utah's 4th Congressional District

Ritta McLaughlin
Director of Investor Education, Community Outreach FINRA Investor Education Foundation, FINRA

Michael Milken
Chairman, Milken Institute, Milken Institute

Kelly Mitchell
55th State Treasurer, State of Indiana

Hector Negroni
Founder and CEO, Foundation Credit

Collin O'Mara
President and CEO, National Wildlife Federation

Nathan Ohle
President and CEO, International Economic Development Council

Alec Phillips
Chief Political Economist, Goldman Sachs Research

Michael Piwowar
Executive Vice President, MI Finance, Milken Institute

Rich Powell
CEO, ClearPath

Valeria Ramundo Orlando
Managing Partner, Greensquare Ventures

Elizabeth Reich
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Rachel Reilly
Founder, Aces and Archers

Lois Scott
President, Epoch Advisors

Jigar Shah
Director, Loan Programs Office, US Department of Energy

Suzanne Shank
President and CEO, Siebert Williams Shank & Co.

Andrew Siwo
Director of Sustainable Investments and Climate Solutions, New York State Common Retirement Fund

Lawrence Slade
CEO, Global Infrastructure Investor Association

Jim Sorenson
Founder and Chairman, Sorenson Impact Foundation

Stacy Swann
CEO and Founding Partner, Climate Finance Advisors, BLLC

Brett Theodos
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center

Mary Beth Thompson
Chief Financial Officer, Salt Lake City, Utah

Nicole Valentine
FinTech Director, Center for Financial Markets, Milken Institute

Lynn von Koch-Liebert
Executive Director, California Strategic Growth Council

Ben Watkins
Director, Division of Bond Finance, State of Florida

Mary Ellen Wiederwohl
President and CEO, Accelerator for America