Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

As Managing Director, Head of Municipal Trading at Advisors Asset Management, Inc. (AAM), Chris is responsible for overseeing all municipal bond business on behalf of the Firm. He oversees a team of individuals responsible for providing access to the municipal market on behalf of the Firm's diverse client base. Additionally, Chris oversees the risk management and business development needs of the business; focusing upon growing the opportunity and footprint of the Firm to better serve client needs. Chris also engages in media relations activities on behalf of the AAM, focusing upon issues regarding the municipal market and related investor activities.Prior to this, Chris served as Managing Director -- Head of Wealth Management Municipal Trading at Morgan Stanley since 2006. In this role Chris oversaw a team of 25 individuals and the risk management for a nearly $750 million dollar balance sheet delivering consistently growing revenue throughout his tenure. In 2013, Chris advanced the successful integration of the Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley Wealth Management businesses. Prior to departing, he coordinated the integration of the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management business with the Morgan Stanley Institutional Trading business to centralize the municipal franchise under one umbrella.Before assuming responsibility for managing the Wealth Management municipal business, Chris held a number of roles serving as a trader providing access to the markets to the wide variety of institutional and retail clients of the Firm. Additionally, he worked with Investment Representatives to provide high net worth clients of the Firm with customized fixed-income solutions to their investing needs.

Johnny W. Hill is the Assistant Superintendent for Business, Financial & Auxiliary Services at Lake Travis Independent School District. In this capacity he serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the district. He has oversight responsibilities of the Business and Financial Department, Purchasing Department, Maintenance and Operations Department, Transportation Department, Food and Nutrition Department and Facilities and Construction Department. Additionally, he serves as the financial advisor on all school matters to the Superintendent of Schools, Board of Trustees and Senior Leadership Team.Born in Whitney, Texas, Johnny earned a Bachelor’s in Business Administration degree from Texas Tech University, a Master’s in Business Administration degree from West Texas A&M University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He has more than 28 years of experience working in both the public accounting and the education field. Prior to beginning his tenure with Lake Travis ISD in July 2009, he worked in the Seminole, Perryton and Dimmitt School Districts.

Alex Voss is with Juniper Advisory in Chicago, a specialized investment banking firm focused exclusively on hospital M&A.

Jessica Giroux is General Counsel and Managing Director, Federal Regulatory Affairs for the Bond Dealers of America. She is responsible for member engagement, outreach to regulators and staff on Capitol Hill, research, analysis and information collection regarding regulatory initiatives derived from efforts at FINRA, the MSRB and the SEC as well as overseeing legislation on Capitol Hill.Prior to joining the BDA, Jessica served as Chief of Staff and Counsel to New York State Senator James Alesi where she led the office’s legislative initiatives, including drafting bills for consideration by the full Senate. �Jessica also spent four years in the DC offices of former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg where she was senior legislative staff focusing on issues related to transportation, energy, environment, census and immigration.Jessica obtained a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany a law degree from Albany Law School of Union University.� She is admitted to the New York State and U.S. Supreme Court Bar.

Bradley Wendt is a senior consultant at Charles River Associates specializing in fixed income securities, capital markets, regulatory compliance, wealth management, and securities markets customs and practices.�Mr. Wendt started his career at Merrill Lynch.� He subsequently joined Goldman Sachs to create and run the Municipal Capital Markets Group, earning promotion to managing director.� Mr. Wendt was the co-founder and president of BondDesk Group, the leading execution platform for retail fixed income securities.Mr. Wendt earned a BS from the United States Air Force Academy, and MBAs from Dartmouth College and the University of Colorado.

Victor joined Citi's Los Angeles Public Finance Department in July 2002 after receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree and graduating as an Edward J. Sexton Fellow in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Claremont McKenna College in May 2002. He has senior managed experience with nearly all financing types relevant to cities, counties and school districts including GO Bonds, Lease Revenue Bonds, COPs, Pension Obligation Bonds, TRANs, Tax Allocation Bonds and Teeter Commercial Paper. Victor leads Citigroup’s California K-14 education finance practice where his experience includes 163 transactions totaling $40 billion on behalf of school districts such as Los Angeles USD, San Diego USD, Fresno USD, Long Beach USD, Sacramento USD, Hayward USD, Beverly Hills USD, Anaheim ESD, Los Angeles CCD, San Diego CCD, Peralta CCD and Coast CCD.�

Mr. Cavanaugh started his career in Public Finance in 1991 as a financial analyst and has over fifteen years of senior management banking and placement experience.Mr. Cavanaugh and his peer Todd Smith are very active with private placements, having completed 92 private placements totaling over $1 billion in California since 2013.� This team has privately placed more deals in CA than any other.� Deals include the first post dissolution redevelopment refunding, CFD, AD, Enterprise System, General Fund, General Obligation, COP, Leases, School finance and healthcare.� On many financings, HilltopSecurities was hired to serve as underwriter on a public offering, however, HilltopSecurities was able to demonstrate that a lower cost of� borrowing could be obtained with a private placement. HilltopSecurities and its team are unique in this ability and will strive to find our clients the most efficient form of borrowing regardless the ramfications to our fees.� We put our clients goals first and have the track record and ability to prove it.�Mr. Cavanaugh holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. He is a Registered Representative with the NASD (Series 7).� Mr. Cavanaugh is an active member of the Committee on Assessments, Special Taxes and Other Financing Facilities (CASTOFF), California Society of Municipal Finance Officers (Statewide and the San Diego Chapter), Independent Cities Association, and the former California Redevelopment Association.

Jessica, a Senior Director with Public Finance Ratings at S&P Global Rating’s San Francisco office and Sector Lead for the Education group, joined S&P GlobalRatings in 2004. Jessica is the group’s sector expert, providing market leading research and thought leadership on over 1,000 ratings in the not-for-profit higher education, 501c3, and charter school sectors and overseeing the training and development of the nearly 20 analysts assigned to them. Additionally, Jessica’s duties include leadership of the San Francisco office, currently the third largest location for S&P Global Ratings. Jessica follows a portfolio of high profile credits around the country, has spoken at numerous regional and national conferences, and has authored several commentary pieces for the group.Previously, Jessica worked for five years with the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games conducting financial analysis for the arts & culture, education, and information services departments and as the finance manager for the Olympic Torch Relay.Jessica has been named to the Smith’s Research Municipal All-Stars second team for Higher Education. She received her masters of business administration from Yale University and holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Utah. She is a member of the California Society of Municipal Analysts (CSMA) and the National Federation of Municipal Analysts (NFMA).

Bill Rizzo is a managing director in Portfolio Surveillance at National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation. Mr. Rizzo is responsible for the monitoring and management of insured credits in the Western Region. Prior to National, from 2008-2010 Mr. Rizzo helped develop a new financial guaranty insurance company, Municipal and Infrastructure Assurance Corporation. Serving as the company’s General Counsel, Mr. Rizzo focused on regulatory matters and the development of risk management capabilities.From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Rizzo was with XL Capital Assurance, Inc., now known as Syncora Guarantee. In the dual roles of Associate General Counsel and Manager of Reinsurance, Mr. Rizzo was lead counsel for XLCA’s US Public Finance and Global Infrastructure businesses and was also responsible for the company’s reinsurance activities across all business lines.In 1993 Mr. Rizzo began his career as an attorney in private practice. From 1996 to 2003, he focused on public finance while an associate with both King & Spalding and Nixon Hargrave Devans & Doyle.Mr. Rizzo holds an A.B. in Government from Georgetown University and a J.D. from Fordham University, School of Law.

Morgan Lewis partner Peter K.M. Chan brings two decades of experience at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to his litigation and counseling work. He represents public companies, financial services firms, and other organizations in litigation, investigations, and regulatory actions by federal agencies. Former head of the SEC Chicago office’s Municipal Securities and Public Pensions Unit, Peter also advises clients on compliance and regulatory matters impacting the municipal securities markets and investments by public pensions and other institutions. His tenure at the SEC, as well as a stint as Special Assistant US Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois, have given Peter significant experience with both civil and criminal matters.