Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Cathryn is a senior research analyst for the Municipal Fixed Income Team, responsible for conducting fundamental credit analysis and contributing to relative value assessments with portfolio managers and traders. She follows the electric utility, port, and tobacco sectors. Cathryn started working in the financial services industry in 1996 when she joined the firm.Prior to her current role, she spent six years as a portfolio manager for Nuveen�s state-specific open-end municipal bond funds in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions and for several of the firm�s closed-end exchange-traded funds. Before assuming portfolio management responsibilities in 2004, Cathryn was the co-head of the healthcare sector team in the firm�s Municipal Fixed Income Research Department. She joined Nuveen as a senior research analyst covering hospitals, nursing homes, and continuing care retirement facilities.Cathryn earned a B.A. from Wake Forest University and an M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Aaron Toppston is a Senior Development Manager at Walsh Investors, an affiliate of The Walsh Group, one of the largest contractors in the United States.� Aaron manages the pursuit of and investment in public private partnerships in civil and social infrastructure across North America. �Aaron coordinates all aspects of project pursuit and financing, including debt sourcing, rating agency review, financial analysis, technical review, RFQ/RFP response, and equity investment strategy. This includes working with US government financing programs, such as TIFIA and PABs. Aaron earned a BS in Business from Miami University in Oxford, OH and a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL.

Tina Peterman recently joined RBCCM in January 2013. She has over 17 years of experience in the financial services industry, thirteen of which were spent in the municipal finance sector. Ms. Peterman�s transaction experience includes structuring and executing both fixed and floating rate transactions across multiple lien and credit structures, totaling approximately $17 billion. Through this experience, Ms. Peterman developed extensive knowledge of various products and structures including LOCs, Standby Purchase Agreements, Commercial Paper, Floating Rate Notes, and Swaps. Furthermore, her sector knowledge includes general obligation, school districts, higher education, water and sewer utilities, airports, seaports, special district/facilities, and industrial development revenue bonds. Prior to joining RBCCM, Ms. Peterman provided investment banking services to municipal issuers at JPMorgan. Her client responsibilities include the City of Houston, Harris County, Harris County�Houston Sports Authority, Harris County Toll Road Authority, City of Corpus Christi and Houston Community College System, among others. Ms. Peterman began her career as a fixed-income sales representative, providing investment solutions to corporate, institutional, and retail clients. Ms. Peterman serves on various community and philanthropic boards including the Houston Housing Authority and the Houston Public Library Foundation. Ms. Peterman earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Trinity University (cum laude) with an emphasis in International Business and a Minor in International Studies. She is a FINRA registered securities representative, holding the Series 7, 53, and 63 licenses.

Anne Burger Entrekin� provides financial advisory and consulting services to numerous state agencies, cities, state revolving funds, utility systems, special districts, river authorities, counties, school districts and college districts.� She joined FirstSouthwest in 1986.� During the past several years, has served as financial advisor on more than $6 billion in par amount of debt instruments that has included multi-year, billion dollar capital improvement programs, complex restructurings, variable rate debt, conduit financings, utility acquisitions, and start-ups.Anne has expertise in providing financial advisory and consulting services to water and wastewater utility systems through the development of multi-year strategic planning models; has expertise in structures and debt issuances related to the State Revolving Fund Act, the Water Quality Act, and the Drinking Water Act, as well as extensive experience with pool and leveraged pooled programs and financings; and has assisted in the development of new structures that incorporative credit and programmatic evolutions to specifically meet the goals and objectives of clients while providing optimal flexibility.Anne received her B.S. in finance from Trinity University.

Joe Eckert, a partner in the firm's Dallas office, is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law (JD, 1997), where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and The Texas Journal of Business Law. He received a B.S. Business Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas with concentrations in accounting and finance and a minor in economics. In the public finance arena, Joe has represented trustees, issuers, obligors and underwriters in student loan, health care and tollroad financings as well as municipal bond insurers in a variety of financings. In 2007, Joe was recognized as a Texas Rising Star � Top Lawyer in Texas 40 years old or younger or in practice less than 10 years.

Carroll G. Robinson, Esq. is an Associate Professor at Texas Southern University where he has served as an Associate Dean and Executive Assistant to two Presidents of the University. Professor Robinson is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Houston Community College System, a Citizen Member of the Houston Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund Board of Trustees, and is a Member of the Advisory Board of K9s4COPS. He is a former At-Large Houston City Council Member and has served as Second Vice President of the NAACP Houston Branch and as President of the Houston Lawyers Association and as a member of the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas, National League of Cities and the Houston-Galveston Area Council.

Joann Harris is an Assistant Director in the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission�s Fort Worth Regional Office. During her distinguished tenure with the SEC, she has investigated and supervised matters involving financial fraud, insider trading, offering fraud, and market manipulation. Joann also served as a member of one of the Division�s specialized investigative units, the Asset Management Unit, and has lectured on a variety of securities topics.Prior to joining the SEC, Joann worked in Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr�s corporate and securities group in Dallas. Before beginning her legal career, Joann practiced public accounting for several years at Arthur Andersen LLP and KPMG LLP. She earned her bachelor�s degree in accounting from the University of Arkansas and her J.D. from SMU Dedman School of Law.

Tim Williams joined J.P. Morgan as Executive Director in the Public Finance Banking Group in 2007, and leads the Group�s water and sewer and State Revolving Fund (�SRF�) banking efforts. He has over 16 years of public finance experience and has senior managed for $20 billion in financings for water, sewer, SRF, and energy issuers nationwide. He has been involved in senior managed� financings for water and sewer issuers around the country including: Atlanta; Columbus, OH; DC Water; Denver Water; Fulton County, GA; Hampton Roads Sanitation District; Massachusetts Water Resources Authority; Metropolitan District Commission of Hartford CT; Phoenix; San Antonio Water System; St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District; and Tarrant Regional Water District.In addition, he has senior managed, structured, and run cashflows for numerous SRF issuers nationally including Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Tim was a Director in public finance at UBS Securities and then prior to that a vice president in public finance at Merrill Lynch. Tim received a BA from Dartmouth College, an M.A. in Urban Planning from the University of Virginia, and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

Wendy Smith has been with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority�s Finance Division since 1993 and has served as the Finance Director since June 2001. She has been a CPA since 1988 and began her accounting career in the insurance industry. She graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma and earned a Bachelor�s of Science Degree in Accounting as well as a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology.