Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Rob joined National in early 2009, when it was established as a separate subsidiary of MBIA. He is a Director in the Portfolio Surveillance Department (Western Region), working primarily with higher education, non-profit and tax-backed credits. Previously, over a ten-year period at MBIA, Rob focused on new business in the student loan sector.Prior to MBIA, Rob had been with Sallie Mae since 1985, most recently providing credit enhancement for non-profit issuers of student loan revenue bonds.Rob holds an MBA from The University of Texas and a BA from Marquette University.�

Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, is President of The New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Boufford is Professor of Public Service, Health Policy and Management at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine. She served as Dean of the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University from June 1997 to November 2002. Prior to that, she served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from November 1993 to January 1997, and as Acting Assistant Secretary from January 1997 to May 1997. While at HHS, she served as the U.S. representative on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 1994�1997. Dr. Boufford currently serves on the board of the United Hospital Fund, Public Health Solutions and the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation and chairs the Public Health Committee of the State Public Health and Health Planning Council. She was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 1992 and is a member of its Board on Global Health, Board on African Science Academy Development and serves as its Foreign Secretary. She has received honorary degrees from the State University of New York- Brooklyn, New York Medical College, Pace University, and the University of Toledo. She has been a Fellow of The New York Academy of Medicine since 1988. Dr. Boufford received her BA from the University of Michigan, and her MD with distinction from the University of Michigan Medical School. She is board certified in pediatrics.

Brian King has over 20 years of public finance experience in Illinois and the Midwest. He focuses on expanding our presence to Illinois and Midwest issuers. He previously served as head of the public finance department at Cabrera Capital Markets. Prior to that, he was Deputy Comptroller of the City of Chicago where he prepared cash flow analysis for the City and worked on several groundbreaking transactions such as the Chicago Skyway privatization and several leveraged lease transactions, and also worked for the City of Chicago Department of Housing and Bank of America. He has a B.A. from Knox College and M.M. from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Doug is a Staff Attorney* with the Natural Resources Defense Council, where he has worked since 2008. For the past several years he has represented NRDC in federal court litigation over protections for endangered species in the Bay-Delta estuary, as well as working on implementation of the San Joaquin River Restoration Program, development of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, the update of the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan, and regulatory and planning processes regarding improvements in urban and agricultural water efficiency.Mr. Obegi is a member of the Bar of the State of California and is admitted to practice in United States district court for the Eastern District of California. In 2006, Mr. Obegi graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he also worked as a research assistant for Professor John Leshy, focusing on water law.*Admitted in California

Joseph Plonski, Vice President, is a credit research analyst on the municipal credit research team at BlackRock, which oversees $120 billion in municipal assets. Joe is the sector lead for the education related credits. Mr. Plonski's service with the firm dates back to 1999, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, he was responsible for tax-backed and derivative credit sector research. Mr. Plonski began his career at Merrill Lynch in 1999 as a trading assistant. Mr. Plonski earned a BA degree in finance from the College of New Jersey in 1999, and a MBA degree in finance from Rutgers University in 2005.�

Eric has been in the municipal bond field for over 30 years.� He is currently a Principal Administrative Analyst, in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, involved in Metropolitan’s large and diverse bond and swap program. ��Eric has been with Metropolitan since 1998. Prior to joining Metropolitan, Eric worked for Moody’s Investor Service, as an analyst in Moody’s municipal department.� Eric has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Lehigh University.

Chris Roberts is a Director in the Los Angeles office of Barclays Capital Inc. and leads the firm�s coverage of western region utilities.� Chris has over 22 years of municipal finance experience in providing solutions to his clients in meeting both short and long-term fiscal objectives on their new money, refunding, restructuring, cash flow and interest rate/commodity hedging transactions. He has primarily focused on public power, water and wastewater issues during his career and has assisted his clients; including Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California with gaining access to capital to fund projects to meet an ever-changing regulatory, environmental and economic landscape.Chris received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Arizona.

Harvey Zachem is a Senior Director in the Public Finance group at Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. Harvey co-authored KBRA’s 2014 GARB Methodology, and focuses on infrastructure, transportation, tax and revenue backed debt. Harvey has over 20 years of experience in public finance and credit risk management. Prior to joining KBRA, Harvey was a Vice President and Senior Analyst at HSBC Global Asset Management, where he focused on municipal, sovereign, and sub-sovereign portfolio credits. Prior to this, he served as a Director at FGIC and as a Vice President and Senior Credit Officer at Moody’s Investors Service. Harvey has a Master’s in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan and a BA from Columbia University.

David Alvarez is a Principal Consultant in the strategic consulting group of Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global infrastructure strategic consulting, engineering and program/construction management organization. At Parsons Brinckerhoff, David supports existing and future projects as a key technical and commercial advisor taking a lead in execution of major public-private partnerships (PPPs) and other advisory assignments.�Prior to joining Parsons Brinckerhoff, David was the Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority (PRPPA), the first centralized PPP government agency in the US.� He was responsible for implementing PPP legislation in Puerto Rico and led the first generation of contemporary P3 projects in Puerto Rico. Under David�s leadership, the Puerto Rico P3 Authority formulated and delivered the largest and first design-build-maintain project for public schools in Puerto Rico, known as �Schools for the 21st Century�. David was also responsible for managing the process that led to the financial close of the long-term concession of toll roads PR-22 and PR-5 and the long-term lease of the Luis Mu�oz Mar�n International Airport under the FAA�s Airport Privatization Pilot Program.Prior to the P3 Authority, David served as a Senior Advisor to the President at the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico and also held various positions within Santander Bank in Puerto Rico.David received a Master of Science degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Florida State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Affairs from West Virginia University.

J. Douglas Koelemay was appointed Director of the Virginia Office of Public Private Partnerships (VAP3) in January 2014. He previously advised Virginia technology companies on government relations, policy development and change management; served abroad as Foreign Service Officer; and worked as a Congressional assistant. In 1993 Koelemay edited “Financing the Future: Report of the Commission to Promote Investment in America’s Infrastructure,” a charge of the 1991 federal ISTEA legislation, which sparked adoption of TIFIA, private activity bonds and other alternate financing tools. He also has served on Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board and on Fairfax County’s Tysons Corner Task Force.