Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Peg Henry is Deputy General Counsel of Stifel Financial Corp, where she is responsible for all legal matters concerning the Municipal Finance Group.� Ms. Henry has worked in the municipal bond industry since 1981 in private practice, federal and local government, and investment banking. �She has served as General Counsel for Market Regulation of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, Attorney-Adviser for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Municipal Securities, Tax Counsel to the Majority Tax Staff of the Ways and Means Committee of the U. S. House of Representatives, Attorney-Adviser to the U.S. Treasury Department, and Tax Counsel to New York City’s Office of Management and Budget. �She was also in-house counsel for the municipal securities groups of Jefferies LLC and UBS Securities.� Ms. Henry received a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and law degrees from George Washington University.�

Marc Levinson is a partner in Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.� His practice always has been limited to insolvency planning, bankruptcy cases and out-of-court restructurings.� He was lead bankruptcy counsel for the Cities of Vallejo and Stockton, California, whose chapter 9 plans went effective in 2011 and 2015, respectively. �He Chairs the Board of Regents of the American College of Bankruptcy and is a Conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference. �Mr. Levinson received his B.A. from UCLA, and his J.D. from the UC Davis School of Law, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review.� He served as a law clerk for Chief Justice Donald R. Wright of the California Supreme Court (1973-74) and for Judge William H. Orrick, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (1974-75).

Mr. Brown�s practice centers on bond counsel representation of a variety of public agencies with an emphasis on water project and water agency financing and airport and transportation project financing.Mr. Brown�s bond counsel clients include:Orange County Water DistrictCastaic Lake Water AgencyInland Empire Utility AgencyWest Basin Municipal Water DistrictSanta Clara Valley Water DistrictWestlands Water DistrictSouth San Joaquin Irrigation DistrictNevada Irrigation DistrictLas Vegas Monorail CompanyHis underwriter representation includes Citigroup Global Markets, Bear Stearns, JP Morgan, and UBS.He has a J.D. from Columbia University and A.B. from Princeton University.

Thomas J. Weyl is managing director and head of New Business Development of National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation. He is responsible for leading National�s marketing and new business generation efforts in the U.S. public finance market.Prior to joining National, Mr. Weyl was with Barclays Capital Inc., where he served as Director of Municipal Research and was responsible for the municipal credit strategy and research efforts of the firm.Prior to Barclays Capital Inc., Mr. Weyl spent 16 years at Eaton Vance Management where he served as Director of Municipal Research. Earlier in his career, he held various positions at GE Capital, Van Kampen Merritt Investment Advisory Corp., MBIA and Smith Barney. Mr. Weyl has also served in a number of prominent industry roles, including Chairperson of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, the Investment Company Institute�s representative to the Government Accounting Standards Advisory Council and as a member of the Society of Municipal Analysts.Mr. Weyl holds B.S. and MBA degrees from the State University of New York at Albany.

Melissa LaBuda was appointed Deputy Commissioner in August, 2014 and Assistant Deputy Commissioner in October, 2013.� Melissa has overall responsibility for the Water Department’s financial management including: accounting operations and financial reporting; budget formulation and execution; and financial planning.� Ms. LaBuda joined the Water Department from a global financial institution where she was an investment banker to Public Power and Combined Utility systems. Previously, Ms. LaBuda worked for Public Financial Management, Inc. as both a financial advisor and a fixed income trader.� In these roles, Ms. LaBuda has raised in excess of $25 billion in the capital markets.� Melissa received her B.S. from Bloomsburg University in 1995.

Tom Kozlik is a Municipal Bond Strategist for PNC Capital Markets, the firm he joined in 2015 after spending 16 years in the municipal bond industry at UBS Investment Bank, Bear Stearns, and Janney Capital Markets. �In his role at PNC he advises clients about the strengths and weaknesses of municipal market credit profiles.� He also follows and comments on municipal market trends and related events in regular published market commentary and on Twitter. He is currently the President of the Philadelphia Area Municipal Analyst Society (PhAMAS pronounced “famous”).� Kozlik is an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of government and teaches a public finance class.��

John Chiang was elected on Nov. 4, 2014, as California�s 33rd State Treasurer. As the State�s banker, he oversees trillions of dollars in transactions every year. One of his top priorities is to conduct the State�s business in the most transparent manner possible.Chiang sells California�s bonds, invests the State�s money and manages its cash. In addition, he manages financing authorities that help provide good-paying jobs, better schools, improved transportation, quality health care, more affordable housing and a cleaner environment. He handles those duties while sitting on the governing boards of the nation�s two largest public pension funds � the California Public Employees� Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers� Retirement System (CalSTRS).Prior to being elected Treasurer, Chiang served from 2007 through 2014 as State Controller, during which time he:Took steps during the Great Recession to preserve cash to meet obligations to education and bond holders. His cash management decisions � which included delaying payments and issuing IOUs -- were cited as instrumental in keeping the State�s credit rating from plunging into junk status, which saved taxpayers millions of dollars.Worked to ensure the fiscal solvency of the State�s pension plans, and was a leader in pension and corporate governance reform. He proposed a plan to address the unfunded liability of providing health and dental benefits for State retirees, and successfully sponsored legislation requiring all State pension systems to adopt disclosure policies regarding board members and placement agents. He also has sponsored bills to curb pension-spiking, require placement agents to register as lobbyists, and require CalPERS and CalSTRS board members to file more campaign contribution disclosure reportsAggressively used his auditing authority to identify�more than $9 billion in taxpayer dollars that were denied, overpaid, subject to collection, or resulted in revenues, savings and cost avoidance.Ensured that�$3.1 billion in unclaimed property was returned to the rightful owners. He also led the effort to reform the State�s Unclaimed Property Program, which currently holds about $7.1 billion in bank accounts, utility deposits and other property that businesses have deemed abandoned by their owners.Chiang was first elected to the Board of Equalization in 1998 where he served two terms, including three years as chair. He began his career as a tax law specialist with the Internal Revenue Service and previously served as an attorney in the State Controller�s Office.The son of immigrant parents, Chiang graduated with honors from the University of South Florida with a degree in finance. He received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.

Mr. Feigenson has spent more than 16 years in the public finance industry focusing exclusively on higher education and not-for-profit municipal market financings nationwide. He joined Morgan Stanley in January 2014, having previously worked on the investment banking teams for higher education and 501(c)(3) borrowers at JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and FirstSouthwest Co. Since 2000, Mr. Feigenson has served on financing deal teams for a broad range of higher education, not-for-profit and cultural institutions and has worked on more than 150 bond and bank financing transactions totaling over $7.8 billion nationwide. This experience includes transactions for private higher education borrowers such as Washington University,� Dartmouth College, American University, Muhlenberg College, Elon University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Marymount University as well as for public institutions such as the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Ohio State University and the University of Hawaii. �He has also worked with prominent not-for-profit institutions such as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, National Academy of Sciences, Public Broadcasting Service, the Guggenheim Museum, National Wildlife Federation, National Geographic Society, the American Red Cross and the National Jewish Federation Bond Program.He has developed a particular expertise in highly structure financings utilizing a variety of security features and asset/liability strategies. And he has focused on the creation of long-term capital plan financing tools to manage operating forecasts as well as to evaluate debt capacity and credit strength within a multi-variable testing format.� Rob holds a B.A. in Government from Georgetown University.Mr. Feigenson holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Georgetown University and FINRA Series 7, 53 and 63 licenses.

James Hamill is a Managing Director with the California Statewide Communities Development Authority (CSCDA), and has broad experience in public finance, public-private partnerships and legislative initiatives. James has led fast-paced organizations that provide public and private sector solutions that improve operational results.� These include acting as an Executive Director of Clean Fund and as Director of Operations for the Public Finance Authority.� James is a graduate of the University of California, Riverside and Whittier Law School.�