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Mark Foster is the Chief Financial Officer for the North Carolina Department of Transportation. He oversees the development and execution of the department�s fiscal operations and statewide transportation planning. With more than 25 years of experience, Mark has directed finance, accounting, human resources and business services administration for several Fortune 500 companies and currently serves on several State and private boards and advisory committees.Mark holds a BBA from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Earl Mahfuz is currently Director of Georgia Department of Transportation’s (GDOT’s) P3 Program. He has been in the Transportation field for 30 years. Prior to directing Georgia’s P3 efforts, he served as GDOT’s Treasurer for over eight years.Mr. Mahfuz attended University of Miami and received his undergraduate degree from Florida International University and a Master’s in Public Administration from Georgia State University. During his career, Earl had received numerous academic & professional awards and recognitions.

Dennis J. Enright has over 30 years experience in the structuring, marketing, sales and trading of New Jersey Municipal Bonds. NW Capital has underwritten New Jersey Bonds for 25 years and is the leading regional municipal investment bank in New Jersey. Mr. Enright has served as the financial architect for over $20 billion in municipal financings and earned 4 “Deal of the Year” awards for his clients. Mr Enright is also a leading expert on public private partnerships and transportation finance and has testified before the US Congress on these matters.

Gregg has delivered tax opinions as bond counsel or special tax counsel in connection with financings for states, cities, counties, school districts and other political subdivisions. He has participated in all facets of the tax analysis associated with the issuance of qualified 501(c)(3) bonds, qualified hospital bonds, qualified student loan bonds and qualified small issue bonds. Gregg also has extensive experience in IRS audits of tax-exempt bonds, representing issuers and other interested parties.Gregg haw been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America, Public Finance and Tax; named a Texas Super Lawyer in Tax by Texas Monthly and as a Fellow with the American College of Bond Counsel.He is affiliated with the Bond Attorneys' Workshop (Steering Committee), the State Bar of Texas - Taxation Section (Tax-Exempt Bond Committee, Former Chair), the American Bar Association - Taxation Section (Tax-Exempt Finance Committee) and the National Association of Bond Lawyers, Tax and Securities Seminar (Former Faculty Member).Gregg is a graduate of Duke University with an JD from the University of Michigan Law School.

Ms Norma Ortega is the Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the California Department of Transportation with a budget exceeding $12 billion and staffing of over 22,000 employees. The CFO is responsible for the Department’s financial management and policy as well as federal and state programming of transportation projects. Ms. Ortega has been with the Department over twenty –five years and has served on a number of fiscal management positions including direct management of the Department’s budget. She represents the Department on federal, state and local funding and financing issues before the State’s transportation fund allocation organization, the California Transportation Commission and the California State Legislature. Other assignments include serving as a fiscal advisor during the development of Governor Schwarzenegger’s Strategic Growth Plan, which lead to a $19.94 billion transportation bond proposal. She also served on the California Performance Review Performance Budgeting and Review Enhancement team.

Anne Rabin joined JPA in 2008, bringing over 25 years of experience in executing infrastructure transactions with a particular focus in transportation in North and South America. At JPA, Ms. Rabin’s is drawing on her financial market expertise to lead project advisory teams in the execution of complex public and private transactions. She led the transaction advisory work for the I-595 toll road project which closed in March of this year and has similar responsibilities for the Port of Miami Project scheduled to close at the end of this month. She is also JPA’s lead on the advising the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for the procurement of the Staten Island Bridges.Recently, Anne was involved with study conducted by Jeffrey Parker & Associates for APTA surveying transit agencies, large and small, across the country on the impact of the financial crisis to their operations and capital plans.

Duane Callender manages the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) credit program. He directs a staff responsible for all aspects of project evaluations, negotiations and portfolio monitoring. Mr. Callender oversees a portfolio that encompasses over $22 billion in Federal credit assistance to 53 intermodal, highway and transit projects totaling more than $79 billion of infrastructure investment in the U.S. Immediately before joining the TIFIA program, he held positions in DOT�s Office of Budget and Programs; �where he was responsible for oversight of the Maritime Administration budget; in DOT�s Inspector General�s Office and the Budget Office of the District of Columbia�s Metropolitan Police Department.A New York native, Mr. Callender holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from ConnecticutCollege (1994) and a Master�s Degree in Public Administration from AmericanUniversity (1998).