Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Dustin McDonald is the Vice President of Government Relations for Weedmaps, where he leads the effort to engage Congress, the Administration and state and local governments on marijuana policy reforms.� Dustin joined Weedmaps in 2016 after serving for three and a half years as the Director of the GFOA’s Federal Liaison Center, where he led advocacy on municipal finance issues for the Public Finance Network, a coalition of state, county and city government associations.� At GFOA Dustin was also lead staff on the GFOA’s Committee on Governmental Debt Management, working with committee members to develop best practices that promote sound financial practices for state and local governments.�Prior to his work with GFOA Dustin spent 10 years providing direct federal advocacy services to local governments and local government agencies from across the U.S., working as a member of Holland & Knight’s Public Policy and Regulation Group, as well as the government relations practice of MARC Associates.� In this role Dustin led successful advocacy campaigns on a diverse group of issues, including municipal finance and tax reform, multi-modal transportation and related infrastructure, housing and economic development, water and wastewater infrastructure improvements, telecommunications reform and public safety.�Before entering the private sector Dustin served in the office of former California Congressman Steve Horn.

Karen Hedlund recently retired from her post as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, where she led the Administration's $12 billion High-Speed Rail grant program, including $3 billion investments in the California High-Speed Rail Project, and $3 billion in improvements to Northeast Corridor. She also served as the FRA's representative on the Boards of Washington DC's Union Station Development Corporation and New York's Moynihan Station Development Corporation.

Tom Pelnik is Senior Vice President of Business Development for ACS. ACS is a concessionaire focused on developing and operating transportation and social infrastructure in North America via public-private partnerships. ACS has financed six P3s in North America to date, totaling more than $9 Billion in value, including Florida�s I-595 managed lanes project that is opened to traffic on schedule in March 2014. Tom was formerly the Director of the Innovative Project Delivery Division for the Virginia Department of Transportation from its inception in 2003 until joining ACS in March 2011. He was responsible for implementing a statewide program for design-build contracting and public-private partnerships, including the I-495 HOT Lanes project. Prior to joining VDOT in March 2000, he was an engineering consultant in Boston, Massachusetts and in Richmond, Virginia.

Terry is a Managing Director and Western Regional Manager for First Southwest Company, LLC, a leading national Municipal Advisory and Investment Banking firm. For forty years, Terry has provided advice and investment banking services for many tax-exempt issuers, both state and local, throughout California and the West. He has helped to provide funding for numerous public projects in California, Nevada and Arizona.Prior to joining First Southwest in 2011, Terry was a Managing Director at Stone & Youngberg (now “Stifel”), specializing in general government, redevelopment, special districts and health care.Terry is a graduate of UCLA and has Masters Degrees in Public Administration and Business Administration from California State University. He is a past officer in the United States Air Force.�

Corey joined FRA in January 2011 and has served as the Director of the Office of Program Delivery since January 2012. As a member of FRA�s executive team, he has focused on improving the management and delivery of the Office�s $20 billion dollar portfolio spread over 17 programs.Prior to FRA, he was the Chief of Public Transportation for the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation. He led the oversight of over 1000 projects delivered through 16 programs. He was also the lead on large capital projects including: Dulles Corridor Metrorail, Norfolk Light Rail, Richmond Bus Rapid Transit, and the I-495 and I-95 High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes.

Mike Parker is a Principal in EY and serves as EY's US Infrastructure Advisory Leader.� In this role he oversees the activities of Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors, LLC, which is a registered Municipal Advisor. �Mike and his practice advise clients on finance, procurement, business strategy and public-private partnerships (PPP) for large-scale infrastructure projects and programs.� At the recent Americas P3 Awards in New York City, EY was named Financial Advisor of the Year by a jury of peers.Mike has more than 15 years of experience and is a recognized authority on the growing US PPP market.� He has worked with public-sector clients on tens of billions of dollars of new and potential infrastructure. In the transportation sector, his recent and current clients include Departments of Transportation of Florida, Ohio, Texas, Illinois and Georgia, the Port Authority of NY & NJ and the San Francisco Bay Metropolitan Transportation Commission among others. He previously served as Managing Director of Jeffrey Parker & Associates (JPA) prior to its acquisition by EY.�Mike received his bachelor�s degree in English from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA with concentrations in Finance and Management from its Wharton School of Business.� Outside of work, he supports the efforts of imaginative non-profit organizations and start-ups.� Mike lives in Philadelphia, PA and is married with two children, ages 8 and 10.