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Dan is a Senior Vice President and is a member of Moody’s Global Project & Infrastructure Finance Group. Dan is lead analyst on 40 of the Nation’s largest public power electric and gas utilities. He has been a credit analyst at Moody’s for 30 years. Prior assignments included lead analyst for Canadian ratings and as a generalist, public finance ratings in the U.S. Southern Region and GreatPlains region.Dan worked previously as a legislative assistant for a U.S. Congressman, including on matters before the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee and the Health and Environment Subcommittee. Dan served on his community’s governing board for 18 years and served four terms as mayor of Cranford Township, New Jersey.Dan holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and an MPA from Rutgers University. Dan completed the Leadership for the 21st Century Program at the Kennedy School of Government.Dan has given numerous speeches on public power credit quality including before the American Public Power Association, Bond Buyer, Municipal Analysts Group of New York, Bond Market Association and the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.Faculty Member, University of Idaho Utility Executive Program, 2003-2009-Rating U.S. Electric CompaniesFirst Team, Smith’s Research and Gradings All Star US Municipal Bond Analysts Award (Power) 2003-2014; Institutional Research Magazine Top Utility Analyst, 1999.

Kevin Twining is a partner in the Public Finance Section of the Dallas office of Locke Lord LLP.� Mr. Twining has substantial experience in municipal and corporate debt and equity financings, public private partnerships (P3s), government contracts, corporate governance and derivative transactions.� He represents governmental agencies, underwriters, credit enhancers, trustees, non-profit corporations and developers in taxable and tax-exempt bond financings in wide variety of industries, with a special emphasis on transportation, higher education and conduit bond issues.

Jody Richardson is Of Counsel at Allen Boone Humphries Robinson (ABHR), focusing on public finance and urban development.� She assists in creating special districts which provide water, sewer, and drainage services and economic development. Jody represents tax increment reinvestment zones, municipal management districts, and provides counsel to clients regarding other financing mechanisms to facilitate urban development and the financing of public infrastructure.Jody also provides advocacy services before the Texas Legislature and has represented clients in every regular session since 1983.Education and Professional Background. University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Journalism, 1971; University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1980.Jody has been a partner at Brown McCarroll, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, and an associate at Vinson & Elkins.

Jim is the Treasurer for the Lower Colorado River Authority.� LCRA provides public power, manages the lower Colorado River and builds and operates transmission infrastructure across the state. Jim oversees the organization’s treasury, financing, debt management, capital planning and commodity risk oversight activities.�� During his career at LCRA he has also directed the accounting and financial planning functions.� Prior to joining LCRA, Jim held various financial positions at Tenneco Inc., an international energy and manufacturing company.�Jim graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelors in Accounting and earned a Master of Business Administration from University of Texas at Austin.� Jim is a certified public accountant.

Belen Marcos is the United States President of Cintra, a global leader in transportation infrastructure development with U.S. headquarters in Austin, Texas. As president, Ms. Marcos is responsible for leading Cintra’s U.S. operations, which includes nearly $8 billion in infrastructure projects and investments. Ms. Marcos has more than 15 years of international leadership experience managing and operating tolled highways in the private infrastructure development and construction sectors. Most recently, she served as the Chief Executive Officer of the highly successful LBJ Express, North Tarrant Express and North Tarrant Express 35W managed lanes projects in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. In that capacity, she was responsible for the overall management, implementation, delivery and operation of the projects.Ms. Marcos began her career in the Business Development Department at Cintra’s corporate offices in Madrid, Spain. She then went on to hold the leadership positions of Chief Operating Officer for the Chicago Skyway in Chicago, Illinois, and Chief Information Officer for the Indiana Toll Road in Granger, Indiana. Ms. Marcos earned a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Universitat Polit�cnica de Val�ncia in Spain and a master’s degree in Transportation Infrastructure from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chauss�es in France. She and her family live in Austin, Texas.

John Murphy joined KIPP Houston Public Schools in 2006 to serve as the Chief Financial Officer.� Since that time, KIPP Houston Public Schools has grown at a 30% rate annually. To accommodate for that growth, John has closed on several financing facilities (PSF guarantee, long-term bonds, line of credit, commercial paper, and bridge financing) in excess of $350 million and managed the growth and development of the finance team. He also serves as Chief Operating Officer for PHILO Finance Corp., a non-profit entity established to assist high-performing open enrollment schools. Prior to joining KIPP Houston Public Schools, Mr. Murphy served as the Vice President of Finance and Real Estate for a NYSE company comprised of over 70 facilities nationwide that provided residential, educational, behavioral and correctional services for governmental entities. He also worked for a local Houston real estate developer in the acquisition and finance areas. John has a BBA in Accounting and Business Analysis from Texas A&M University.�John is married with 3 daughters and is trying to figure out how to finance their futures.

Paul Braden is the head of the firm’s US public finance practice. Located in Dallas, he has been practicing law in Texas for over 25 years. His public finance clients include key underwriting firms, government agencies and political subdivisions, for whom he has advised on a variety of debt issuance matters, including venue project financings, pension bonds and tax credit bonds. Serving as bond counsel, underwriters' counsel and issuer counsel, he has represented clients in financings involving billions of dollars of debt securities.From 2004-2015, Paul was a member of the governing board of the Texas Pension Review Board, and served as its Chair from 2013 to 2015. Prior to joining Norton Rose Fulbright, he was a founding partner of what became (at one time) the largest Hispanic-owned law firm in Texas.

Since being elected mayor in a record turnout election in April 2010, Mayor Steve Benjamin has made it his mission to create in Columbia the most talented, educated and entrepreneurial city in America.“My mission is to create in Columbia the most talented, educated and entrepreneurial city in America.”His service in Columbia started back in 1990 when he served as student body president at the University of South Carolina, later becoming the Student Bar Association President at the USC School of Law.Quick facts about Mayor Benjamin:First elected in April 2010Leader in the My Brother’s Keeper initiative (link to article about White House briefing http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article88099247.html)Columbia Chamber of Commerce award winner for 2016 Small & Minority Business Advocate of the YearUnited States Conference of Mayors Second Vice PresidentFormer African-American Mayors Association President (2015-2016)Named 2001 SC Young Lawyer of the Year 1999 National Bar Association Young Lawyer of the Year Named 2006 SC Bar Association Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Member of the ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Inc. Board of TrusteesMember of the South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development BoardGenerated budget surpluses in five of the last six years and seven straight years without a tax increaseEstablished the city’s first Poet Laureate and public art initiativeLaunched “Let’s Move! Columbia” and in 2015 named the #1 National League of Cities “Let’s Move” city in the nationEstablished the Justice for All initiative, which implemented measures to improve accountability and trust between law enforcement and Columbia communitiesLaunched new green infrastructure projects including utilizing new, low-impact technologies and use of modular storage for flood controlAt 29 years old in 1999, Benjamin was appointed to Governor Jim Hodges' cabinet as director of the state's second largest law enforcement agency, the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services.Mayor Benjamin has continued his service to the community in serving on numerous boards for nonprofit organizations such as the Columbia Urban League, Benedict College, the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce and as a founding board member of the Eau Claire Promise Zone. He also served as a founding member of Choose Children First and chief legal counsel for Midlands Crimestoppers.In 2009, Benjamin drew national attention by representing prominent radio host Tom Joyner and securing a pardon for Joyner's great uncles wrongfully convicted in the death of a 73-year-old Confederate veteran and executed in 1913. In a landmark decision, the South Carolina Board of Paroles and Pardons voted unanimously to grant the posthumous pardon, the first for South Carolina in a capital case.Reelected by a 30 percent margin in November 2013, Mayor Benjamin's administration has been characterized by his firm belief in Columbia's potential and intense focus on job creation. In his first term alone, his leadership helped cut unemployment in the metro by roughly half and secured billions of dollars in new regional capital investment in the midst of a national recession.Combined with the rebirth of Main Street, these accomplishments have drawn national attention and accolades including his being awarded an Aspen Rodel Fellowship and receiving an Honorary Doctor of Humanities from Francis Marion University. He has twice been named to The Washington Post's "The Root 100 List” (2011 and 2013) as well as the 2014 GRIO 100 and was honored to receive a 2014 Triumph Award from the National Action Network as their 2014 Public Servant of the Year. �As part of his commitment to fostering a world class police department in the City, Mayor Benjamin introduced the “Justice for All” initiative in 2014, which implemented new training, competitive pay, diverse representation and community engagement to strengthen the foundation of trust and accountability that exists between our communities and law enforcement agencies.President Obama’s administration has also commended Mayor Benjamin on his work on behalf of My Brother’s Keeper (MBK). The city’s MBK efforts, in addition to Mayor Benjamin’s leadership, have led to Columbia being seen as a nationwide leader in implementing and upholding the missions of the program.The Mayor was asked to speak at the 2016 Democratic National Convention (link to video of speech), where he talked about the importance of instilling in his daughters that they can do anything� they set their minds to, even becoming President of the United States.In addition to serving as Mayor of Columbia, Mayor Benjamin also serves as Second Vice President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and as Chairman for Municipal Bonds for America. He teaches a class at the University of South Carolina Honors College titled “Columbia, South Carolina: Building a Great City” and is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi and Sigma Pi Phi fraternities.Mayor Benjamin is married to the Honorable DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, Chief Administrative Judge (Common Pleas) for South Carolina's Fifth Judicial Circuit. The two are the proud parents of daughters Bethany (11) and Jordan Grace (9).Follow the Mayor on Twitter and Snapchat: @SteveBenjaminSC.

James Wangsness� is President of TMC Bonds where he is responsible for the firm’s sales & client relationships, marketing, strategy and product development.� He also directly oversees the voice brokerage desk for Taxable & Syndicate Trading.� Previously, Mr. Wangsness had tenures as MD & Head of Institutional Advisory and Correspondent Clearing (Ameritrade); as CEO of two PE-backed companies focused on derivatives trading and portfolio management; Co-Managing Partner—Institutional Asset Managers (Zacks Investment Research); and VP-Global Custody (JP Morgan).�� Mr. Wangsness earned his MBA (International Business/Finance) from Columbia Business School and BA (Economics) from Columbia College.

John Cahalane is a Managing Director and Head of Tradeweb Direct, a leading provider of fixed income trading services to financial advisors and traders. He is also a member of the Tradeweb executive management committee. Cahalane has extensive knowledge of electronic fixed income markets from over a decade of experience focused in electronic trading.Cahalane joined Tradeweb Markets in 2010 as Head of Tradeweb Retail to restructure and grow the business. In 2013, he oversaw the acquisition of BondDesk Group, integrating the business with Tradeweb Retail to create Tradeweb Direct.Previously, Cahalane held several positions at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB). He served as Executive Director and Director of Third Party Distribution – Capital Markets, where he supervised sales teams and advisory traders while managing resources. Earlier Cahalane worked in the Fixed Income Division at MSSB as Vice President, Director of E Commerce, and before that he held positions as Vice President, Regional Sales and Marketing Coordinator. Prior to those roles, Cahalane was a Sales and Marketing Consultant for MSSB’s Taxable Fixed Income Division.Cahalane received a B.S. from the University of Scranton and holds Series 7, Series 24, Series 53 and Series 63 professional securities licenses.