Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

As the market deals with the short-term challenge of getting stimulus payments into the hands of citizens, the country has a unique opportunity to put the unbanked and underbanked on a long-term path to electronic payment methods, Jim Johnson of FIS says.

Tom Bell is a Director at Assured Guaranty and works in the Public Finance Group out of San Francisco.� Tom is responsible for the procurement and analysis of public finance transactions in the Western Region in an area covering 19 western and mid western states.�� Tom has over 20 years of experience in public finance and has previously worked at both MBIA and Ambac.���Tom is a member of the California Society of Municipal Analysts and the San Francisco Municipal Bond Club as well as a member of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.�� Tom holds a bachelors degree in Finance from the State University of New York and a Masters degree in Economics from Pace University.�

On March 24, 2014, Sam Solomon joined the RISD community as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer after having spent the past 25 years working at Northeastern University in various roles, most recently as their Treasurer and Director of Finance.As CFO, he oversees the Budget, Controller, Procurement, Institutional Research and Risk Management areas of the college, in addition to working with the Audit, Finance and Investment committees of RISD's Board of Trustees.�Originally from the Boston area, Sam received his undergraduate degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and his MBA and Ph.D. from Northeastern.� He is a Chartered Financial Analyst with a particular focus on investment analysis and portfolio management.

Scott Monroe is a Director in Fitch Ratings’ global infrastructure and project finance group (GIG) in San Francisco. Scott joined Fitch in 2007 and focuses predominantly on transportation ratings and analysis. Prior to joining GIG he was a member of Fitch’s tax-supported and water/sewer groups and authored special reports on California local governments.Scott earned a BS in business administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and is a CFA Charterholder. In addition, he is a member of the California Society of Municipal Analysts and the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.

Kin Wong has been with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) since 2010. Mr. Wong is a Vice President in the Public Infrastructure and Finance Group at SMBC. He is responsible for origination, credit analysis, and negotiation of terms and provisions on legal documentation of prospective transactions including letters of credit, direct purchase loans and lines of credit. Prior to joining SMBC, Mr. Wong spent more than six years as a Director in the Public Finance Group at XL Capital Assurance, a monoline bond insurance company, underwriting municipal bond insurance. Mr. Wong started his career at Standard and Poor’s Ratings Group where he spent six years rating all types of Public Finance credits, ranging from municipal leases, tax backed obligations and revenue supported bonds followed by four years at Financial Guaranty Insurance Company as a bond insurance underwriter.Mr. Wong received his Bachelor of Science and Masters of Business Administration degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute under the University’s five year accelerated program.Kin is a member of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts organization and the Municipal Analysts Group of New York.

Eliot Jamison joined Macquarie in 2011 and has worked in PPP and infrastructure financing for eight years. Prior to joining Macquarie, Eliot was a principal at Infrastructure Capital Partners where he advised project developers, government agencies and institutional investors on transportation, energy and other infrastructure projects. Previously Eliot was a member of Babcock & Brown’s North American Infrastructure Group where he worked on a wide range of P3 and infrastructure projects. Eliot has also held positions in the M&A group at Merrill Lynch, private equity investing at Bessemer Partners and providing strategic and financial advice to public and private sector clients at Origo Inc.

Dee Wisor represents governmental entities and other transaction participants in public finance transactions and economic development matters. He is experienced in general obligation bonds, user fee revenue bonds, special assessment bonds, excise tax revenue bonds, lease transactions, tax increment financings and private activity bonds.Dee has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America� since 2007 and is a Fellow of the American College of Bond Counsel.� He serves on the Board of Directors of the following organizations: the National Association of Bond Lawyers; the Denver Public Schools Foundation; and the Colorado Lawyers Committee.He obtained his B.A. from Dickinson College and his� J.D. from the University of Denver and is admitted to the State Bar of Colorado.�

Mr. Elmore joined Goldman Sachs’ Public Sector and Infrastructure Banking Group full time in July 2008, focusing on the firm’s transportation clients, project financings, and P3 transactions.� He has significant experience working on P3 and advisory transactions for the Chicago Transit Authority, Denver RTD Eagle P3 Project, US-36 Phase 2 Managed Lanes, Seagirt Marine Terminal, Port of Oakland Outer Harbor Terminal, and New York MTA / Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, among others.� Mr. Elmore has worked on senior managed transportation and project finance transactions for: San Joaquin Hills and Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, San Francisco 49ers, Capital Beltway, Denver RTD, New York MTA / Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Amtrak, Lehigh County Authority, Houston Metro, Mid-Bay Bridge Authority, Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, and Denver International Airport, among others.� To date Mr. Elmore has worked on over $11�billion of senior managed financings for transportation projects.Mr. Elmore provides transit, transportation and P3 expertise, with an additional focus on federal transportation programs, initiatives and legislation, including National Infrastructure Bank, TIFIA and RRIF programs.Mr. Elmore graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Mathematical and Computational Sciences.