Texas Public Finance Conference 2020 | SourceMedia | 24 February 2020 | Fairmont Austin, 101 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701, USA

With new tax reforms in place, how will the Texas muni market respond? What role will global issues like climate change and local topics like the retail tax base play? At Texas Public Finance, muni leaders convene for the answers. Nowhere else delivers in-depth perspective on the issues driving the market.

2020 Speakers

Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria
Deputy Superintendent for Finance and Operations, El Paso ISD

Michael Ballinger
Publisher, The Bond Buyer

Doug Benton, CPA
Vice President, Senior Municipal Credit Manager, Cavanal Hill

Gregg Bienstock, Esq.
CEO and Co-Founder, Board Member, Lumesis, Inc.

Dan Bingham
Head of Institutional Markets, Build America Mutual

Marcy Block
Senior Director, Fitch Ratings

William Cox
Senior Managing Director, Public Finance, Kroll Bond Rating Agency

Ron Davis
Managing Director & Co-Head of Central US Region, BofA Securities, Inc.

Robert Falkenberg
Senior Vice President, Estrada Hinojosa

Edward Fierro
Senior Counsel, Bracewell

Lynne Funk
Innovation Editor, The Bond Buyer

Eric Golynsky
Executive Director, UBS

David Gordon
Senior Managing Director, Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc.

Dyer Greer
Senior Fixed Income Analyst, Victory Capital Management

John Hallacy
Program Director & Contributing Editor, The Bond Buyer

Curtis Harris
Managing Director, Rice Financial Products Company

Glenn Hegar
Texas Comptroller, State of Texas

Van Hesser
Senior Managing Director, Financial Institutions & Corporates, Kroll Bond Rating Agency

Noe Hinojosa, Jr.
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc

Clayton Holland
Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth

Marc Joffe
Senior Policy Analyst, Reason Foundation

Tripp Kaiser, CFA
Managing Director, Municipal Market Analytics

Sewon Kim
Managing Director, Head of Transportation, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

Dr. Evan Kodra
Co-Founder & CEO, RisQ

Richard Konkel
Managing Director, Co-Head of Debt Capital Markets, Hilltop Securities

Tom Kozlik
Head of Municipal Strategy and Credit, Hilltop Securities

Barbara League
Partner, Orrick

Marnin Lebovits
Senior Financial Underwriter, WIFIA Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Stephanie Leibe
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Asha Mathew
Vice President, Public Finance, Assured Guaranty

Mark McGruder
Managing Director, Manager Municipal Trading, Underwriting, BOK Financial Securities, Inc.

David Medanich
Vice Chairman, Head of Public Finance, Hilltop Securities Inc.

Blake Morris
Managing Director, Fixed Income Capital Markets, Hilltop Securities Inc.

Ben Morse
Senior Associate, Orrick

Grayson Nichols
Vice President, Moody's Investors Service

Leslie Norwood
Managing Director & Associate General Counsel, SIFMA

Greg Pacifico
Vice President, Public Finance, Build America Mutual

Julie Partain
Counsel, Bracewell

Julie Peak
Managing Director, Masterson Advisors LLC

Tina Arias Peterman
Director, Masterson Advisors LLC

Devin Phillips
Executive Director & Head of Texas Underwriting, UBS

Horatio Porter
Chief Financial Officer, North Texas Tollway Authority

Laura Powell
Managing Director, Head of Higher Education and Nonprofits, Jefferies LLC

Thomas Sage
Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth

Nicholas Samuels
Vice President, Senior Credit Officer, Manager, Moody's Investors Service

Margaret Spellings
CEO, Texas 2036

Sarah Synder
Managing Director, Samuel A. Ramirez & Co., Inc.

Leroy Terrelonge lll
AVP, Cyber Risk Analyst, Moody's Investors Service

Joshua Travis
Director, Lead Analyst, S&P Global Ratings

Nora Wittstruck
Director, Lead Analyst, S&P Global Ratings

Nancy Zielke
Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal

Jessica Zuba
Deputy Executive Administrator, Water Supply and Infrastructure, Texas Water Development Board

2020 Sponsors

CO-CHAIR:
• Estrada Hinojosa

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Assured Guaranty
• Bracewell
• BAM
• Moody's Investor Service
• Orrick
• Regions

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Bofa Securities
• Hilltop Securities
• IHS Markit
• McCall
• S&P Global Ratings
• Wilmington Trust

SILVER SPONSORS:
• BOK Financial
• Diver
• Fitch Ratings
• Hunton Andrews Kurth
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• UBS