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Latest NewsTom Rousakis is a Senior Managing Director of EY Infrastructure Advisors, LLC (EYIA), an affiliate of Ernst & Young LLP.Tom has 18+ years of experience in US infrastructure finance and is a recognized authority on the growing US public-private partnership market. Tom joined EYIA in the fall of 2013 from Goldman Sachs’ Public Sector & Infrastructure Banking group, where he was co-head of the national transportation and project finance practice. �Tom has led transaction teams from inception through execution of debt and advisory assignments, developing rating agency, deal structure and investor marketing strategies for over $20 billion in infrastructure projects for highway and transit agencies, as well as universities and state and local governments generally.� Tom Rousakis received his BA from Harvard College and his MPP from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.�
Mr. Fanter is a Managing Director in BMO Capital Markets� Public Finance & Infrastructure Banking Group. He brings over 20 years of infrastructure advisory and capital markets experience, with sector expertise in transportation, water / wastewater, and social infrastructure. Mr. Fanter has been associated with six recent transactions that were named �Deal of the Year.�Mr. Fanter is currently advising the Maryland Transit Administration and the Maryland Department of Transportation on the Purple Line P3 Transit Project. Other recent infrastructure experience while at BMO Capital Markets includes: the Midtown Tunnel project bond offering, the Presidio Parkway P3 project financing, advising one of the bidders on the Ohio River Bridges project, and assisting on the Lower Colorado River Authority concession/divestiture transaction.Mr. Fanter brings extensive bond underwriting and advisory experience gained over 15 years in the Infrastructure Project Finance group at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital. While at these firms, experience includes the Denver FasTracks Eagle P3 Rail project, the Port of Miami Tunnel Project, the JFK International Arrivals Terminal Expansion, SR-91 Express Lanes, the Central Texas Turnpike project, and the Port of Seattle Fuel project.Additionally, Mr. Fanter has over 11 years of experience working for a multi-national consulting firm specializing in infrastructure project development. Mr. Fanter has a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from The Cooper Union, a Master of Environmental Engineering Degree from Manhattan College, and a MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business. Mr. Fanter is a CFA charter holder and a licensed professional engineer. Mr. Fanter holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses.
Alan is ultimately responsible for the strategic direction and success of North Shore-LIJ CareConnect.Overseeing all aspects of the business for its Medicare, Medicaid and Commercial lines, he ensures that the company remains focused on its mission. Before joining North Shore-LIJ Health System in 2012, Alan served UnitedHealthcare as Vice President, NY Market, for 4 � years. In that role, he was responsible for the building, maintenance and contracting for a network of +220 hospitals and over 60,000 physicians across the state of New York, and had accountability for approximately $9 billion in medical spend across multiple lines of businesses.Before his time at United, Alan was Regional VP, Provider & Ancillary Network Development, at Wellpoint (Empire BCBS). From 1996 to 2002, Alan served as an Officer in Charge of Watch, Second Officer, in the British Merchant Navy.
Divya Shah, Director of Transaction Finance with Infrastructure Ontario, has over seven years of experience within the project finance and PPP/APF sector. Divya has been with Infrastructure Ontario almost since the beginning and has led several initiatives and recommendations to help refine and adapt the IO AFP template to new asset classes, models and changing financing markets conditions. As Director of Transaction Finance she is responsible for all financial aspects from start to financial close on a variety of AFP, Commercial and Land Development Projects, including for example: PANAM Athlete's Village, Windsor Essex Parkway, Halton Healthcare, Niagara Health System, ONTC Divestment, and Disposition & Development of LCBO Lands amongst others.Divya recently returned to Infrastructure Ontario after a hiatus in the Private Debt Group at Manulife Financial where she was responsible for managing accounts and investments in Canadian privately placed debt transactions across a breath of sectors but with a primary focus on AFP/PPP & infrastructure.Divya is the Communications Head and a member of the Steering Committee for the Women�s Infrastructure Network, Toronto Chapter and an active member of the Young Leaders in Infrastructure, Toronto Chapter.
Michael McLaughlin, the Deputy Chief of Staff at the Chicago Transit Authority, earned an undergraduate degree in History and Political Science from the University of Iowa and a Masters in Public Affairs from Indiana University. Prior to working at the CTA, Michael worked on Capitol Hill for 12 years as a senior House and Senate transportation aide to three different Members of Congress.� One of Michael's primary roles at CTA is to oversee Policy, including Capital Projects such as the Red-Purple Modernization Program.� Another primary role is to secure as much federal money for CTA as possible, both through federal grants and changes in law that will benefit CTA.
Kenneth D. Gibbs is President of the Municipal Securities Group of Jefferies LLC.�Prior to assuming his responsibilities at Jefferies, Mr. Gibbs served as Chief Executive Officer of Depfa First Albany Securities, LLC. Earlier, he was Chairman of the Board and Head of Municipal Capital Markets for First Albany Capital, Inc.� Prior to that, Mr. Gibbs was with Lazard Freres & Co., Credit Suisse First Boston and Kidder Peabody.Mr. Gibbs is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.� He is also the immediate former Chair of the Board of Trustees of the City of New York's Citizens Budget Commission and current member of the Executive Committee.� Mr. Gibbs is the Chair of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (�SIFMA�) PAC and sits on SIFMA�s Executive Committee.� He is a past Chair of SIFMA�s Municipal Executive Committee and a past member of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.�Mr. Gibbs holds a B.A. from HarvardCollege.��
Mike Pikiel is a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in New York and the Head of Infrastructure, Mining and Commodities, United States.� He represents sponsors, developers, investors, lenders and underwriters in a wide range of projects and complex finance transactions, including project financings and acquisition financings.� Mike focuses his practice on the infrastructure, transportation, energy and mining industries.
Mr. Farley works with the Texas Transportation Institute as a researcher on TTI Mobility initiatives.� Presently that team is exploring options including Public Private Partnerships as solutions to meet the State of Texas long term needs in transportation funding.� Mr. Farley's past work has included project management roles with Deloitte, Fluor Engineering, and Hillwood Development, a Perot Company.
Mr. Jeffrey Sweeney is a specialist in strategic planning, logistics cost analyses, terminal valuation, and economic impact analysis of seaports and airports.� In his 19 years at Martin Associates, Mr. Sweeney has conducted market planning, logistics and economic impact studies for numerous ports including Port Everglades, Jacksonville, Tampa, Houston, PortMiami, Palm Beach, Corpus Christi, San Francisco, Wilmington (DE), Oakland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Tacoma and Portland (OR).� He has also conducted various in-depth terminal and ocean carrier analyses which include evaluating various gang structures and stevedoring costs for various breakbulk cargoes and the impact of bridge height restrictions on the air draft of vessels which measured the opportunity cost of the bridge height.�In his recent work, he has completed various detailed logistic cost analyses including a container feeder assessment for the Port of Cleveland which focused on using the Port of Montreal to serve the Northern European trade route.� Feeder logistics costs were compared to coastal routings through New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Norfolk to determine least cost routing options.� For the Florida Department of Transportation, he completed an Inland Logistics Center Market Analysis as part of the transition of newly appointed Florida Secretary of Transportation Prasad.� The analysis examined the feasibility for DC facilities in South, Central and Northern Florida to compete for key hinterland market consumption markets within Florida.� The results yielded the cost effectiveness for each port-DC pairing to serve the Florida consumption market.�He has also conducted numerous financial proforma studies that incorporate current sources of revenue into future revenue streams to identify value of port terminals or property under consideration for potential concession arrangements and to assess justification of bond monies for capital projects such as dredging and terminal construction.He has been a speaker at numerous American Association of Port Authorities, Journal of Commerce and regional freight and shipping conferences.Mr. Sweeney has been with Martin Associates since 1994 and holds a BA in Economics from Millersville University (PA) and is currently enrolled in the Pennsylvania State University�s Master of Professional Studies for Supply Chain Management.







