Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Ferrandino attended the University of Rochester, earning a BA in political science and economics, and an MPP in public policy analysis. In Washington D.C., he worked as a policy analyst for the White House Office of Management and Budget. After relocating to Colorado, he worked as program analyst for the US Dept. of Justice and as senior budget analyst for the Colorado Dept. of Health Care Policy and Financing until 2007, when he was appointed to the Colorado House of Representatives, serving as Speaker of the House from 2013-2014. As CFO of Denver Public Schools since July 2014, he has general oversight of general accounting, accounts payable, budgeting, disbursement, cash management, financial planning, debt management and risk management.

Timothy L. Firestine has worked in public sector management for over 36 years. In his latest public sector role, Mr. Firestine is the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for Montgomery County, Maryland, a position he was appointed to in November 2006. Prior to his appointment as CAO, Mr. Firestine was the County’s Chief Financial Officer for 15 years. Prior to that, he served for 12 years in various management positions in the County’s Office of Management and Budget. Before coming to Montgomery County, Mr. Firestine was the Budget Officer for the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Controller’s Office.Mr. Firestine received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania and his Master of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently the Past President of the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada and has served as vice chair of its Committee on Debt Management. He is also a member of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, where he chairs the Finance and Budget Committee.Mr. Firestine also served as President of the Maryland Government Finance Officers Association, President of the Board of Trustees for Suburban Hospital Health Care System, Inc., in Bethesda, Maryland and, President of the Board of Investment Trustees for the Employee Retirement System for Montgomery County. Mr. Firestine was an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, Graduate School of Public Policy, where he taught Public Finance.

Jan I. Sylvis was named vice chair of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board�effective January 1, 2015. Ms. Sylvis has served on the Board since 2007.�Ms. Sylvis brings extensive state government accounting and auditing experience to�her work at the GASB. She is the retired chief of accounts for the state of Tennessee, arole to which she was appointed in 1995 and retired from at the end of 2014. Ms. Sylvis�also served the function of controller and managed the state�s centralized accounting�system.Ms. Sylvis is a past president of the National Association of State Auditors,�Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT) and of the National Association of State�Comptrollers (NASC). Ms. Sylvis, a graduate of the University of Memphis, is a�certified public accountant and a certified government financial manager.

Noreen P. White founded Acacia as Co-President and is a member of the firm�s management committee.� Ms. White is the senior banker to major issuers, including but not limited to, the states of Connecticut, Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, Port Authority of NY & NJ and the City of Los Angeles.Ms. White is a member of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and represents the municipal advisor community on the MSRB.Ms. White is an invited speaker at national and regional conferences including the National Association of State Treasurers, State Debt Management Network educational webinars, New Jersey and Connecticut GFOA and the New York Securities Coordinating Committee.� Ms. White spoke at the National GFOA conference in 2011.Ms. White is a graduate of Smith College and has completed graduate work in Information Processing and in Systems Analysis at the New School for Social Research.� She received her M.B.A. in finance from New York University.

Angelique David serves as Senior Managing Director, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Ziegler, a financial services firm.�� She is responsible for leading the firms Legal, Compliance and Human Resource departments�.� In her role, she is accountable for all legal and regulatory affairs, ethics and compliance programs, corporate governance activities and human capital.� Angelique is also responsible for managing the corporate secretary function and working with the board of directors and senior management across a number of areas, including governance and corporate development.Prior to joining Ziegler in 2007, Angelique was a senior associate in the corporate department at Locke Lord, LLP. While at Locke Lord, her practice focused on investment management, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and general corporate law. Angelique also has extensive experience representing buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions.��Angelique serves on the Board of Directors of the Midwest Minority In-House Counsel Group.� She has also held positions on the Board of Directors of The Cathedral Shelter and Board of Directors of the Public Interest Law Initiative. Angelique has also served as a contributing writer and member of the Advisory Board of the magazine, Girlfriends Health Guide for Women of Color.�

Since 1981, David has worked exclusively in FirstSouthwest’s municipal finance department providing financial advisory services to numerous cities, school districts, counties, and water districts in the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of all types of tax-exempt securities.� He has been actively involved in the development of funding plans for infrastructure and economic development, advance refundings, rating presentations, continuing disclosure, regulatory requirements, investment of public funds.David began his career in the securities industry by spending two years as a field analyst for the Municipal Advisory Council of Texas.� He received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Texas Christian University (TCU).� He is a registered representative of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and holds Series 53, 24, 7, 63 and 79 licenses.�

Ivan Samstein was confirmed as Cook County’s Chief Financial Officer in March 2013 after joining the organization in early 2012. �Prior to joining the county, Mr. Samstein was an investment banker with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in both New York and Chicago, transitioning with the organization through several mergers. �During his investment banking career Mr. Samstein served as the lead banker on a wide range of municipal securities. �Mr. Samstein previously worked as a public finance credit analyst at Moody’s Investors Service where he was a member of the organization’s national rating committee. �Mr. Samstein is also an inactive commissioned officer in the Army Reserve and served as an intelligence officer for an infantry battalion in eastern Afghanistan during 2008 and 2009, service for which he was awarded a number of military commendations. �Mr. Samstein holds an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois and a B.A. from Hunter College.

Scott Garrigan is a Director in Standard & Poor�s U.S. Public Finance Infrastructure Group (Chicago office). In the Infrastructure Group, Scott is responsible for analyzing and assigning ratings to state revolving funds and other municipal pool transactions, water and sewer infrastructure bonds, and electric revenue bonds. He is also the primary analyst for the utility revenue bond ratings on Chicago and Detroit.Prior to this assignment, Scott was a member of S&P�s U.S. Public Finance State and Local Government Group, where he concentrated on credit analysis of school districts and municipalities throughout the Midwest � primarily within the states of Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois.Prior to joining Standard & Poor�s in 2001, Scott received his Masters of Public Policy from the University of Chicago. He also holds Bachelors of Arts in Public Administration and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin � Green Bay.