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Latest NewsSusan Warner-Dooley, A.A.E., I.A.P, is National Director of Aviation Strategic, Business and Financial Planning for HNTB Corporation. Warner-Dooley works with airports nationwide in the areas of strategic assessment and planning, financial policy and analysis, and capital program funding, as well as airline relations and rates structures, and commercial operations and development. Susan has more than 20 years of airport related experience and has served as a senior airport executive for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, the Miami-Dade County Aviation Department and the Columbus Airports Authority, directing airport strategic and business planning, accounting and capital finance, airlines affairs, properties and commercial management and general administration while interfacing with all functional areas of airport operations and capital development in roles as airport general counsel and airport CFO. She has also served as an airport financial consultant preparing capital funding plans and financial feasibility studies for large, medium and small hub airports. Prior to entering the airport industry, she was an attorney specializing in financings, construction contracting and complex transactions for private and public sector clients. Warner-Dooley is an Accredited Airport Executive by the American Association of Airport Executives and an accredited International Airport Professional by the ACI-ICAO Airport Management Professional Program. Susan participates in several professional organizations including Airports Council International-NA, American Association of Airport Executives, Transportation Research Board and the International Aviation Womens Association. Susan earned a Juris Doctorate and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in social sciences from The Ohio State University.
Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst is a native Texan, proud veteran, successful businessman, and rancher. He serves as President of the Texas Senate and is proud of the broad support he has earned during his tenure.Through three Regular Sessions and seven Special Sessions of the Legislature, Lt. Governor Dewhurst has worked to bring together Republicans and Democrats to pass legislation to create new jobs and economic opportunity, improve schools, and protect public safety. In 2007, Dewhurst led the effort to pass one of the toughest Jessica's Laws in the nation. The law, part of Dewhurst's Texas Children First initiative, imposes tough, new penalties against child predators, including life in prison without the possibility of parole.A fiscal conservative, Dewhurst has worked to balance three budgets without increasing the tax burden on Texans. These conservative budgets have helped the state's economy grow faster than the national economy and create more than one million new jobs in Texas over the last five years.Lt. Governor Dewhurst believes every child in Texas deserves a quality education. In 2006, as Dewhurst led the Senate to approve $14 billion in local school property tax cuts, he fought successfully to raise teacher salaries and educational standards, increase accountability, and reduce drop-out rates. To make university study affordable, Dewhurst worked to pass the "B-on-Time Loan Program," which provides college students with zero-interest, forgivable loans if they graduate on time with at least a "B" average.The Dallas Morning News called Dewhurst's first term leading the Senate "a demonstration of steadiness, resolve and consensus building." The Houston Chronicle has called Dewhurst "an exceptional leader."As Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, where he served from 1999-2002, Dewhurst reduced the workforce and budget, and turned back money each of two biennia to Texas' taxpayers. He certified almost $1 billion in below-market interest rate loans to veterans to honor their service and to stimulate the Texas economy, and helped protect the environment and increase tourism by restoring Texas' beaches and bays.In the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks, Dewhurst was appointed by Governor Rick Perry as Chairman of the Governor's Task Force on Homeland Security.Dewhurst began his business career in the mid-1970s after serving as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the U.S. State Department. He founded Falcon Seaboard, a Texas-based diversified energy and investments company. An early developer in the mid-1980s in the electric cogeneration business, he has earned a reputation as an innovative and successful businessman.Dewhurst has been a long time community and civic leader in his hometown of Houston, where he has served on civic and charitable boards. Dewhurst, who speaks Spanish, earned his BA degree from the University of Arizona, where he played college basketball. He breeds and raises registered Black Angus cattle, and he rides cutting horses in National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) and American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) competitions. Dewhurst is honorary Vice President of the AQHA.
Andrew Weber was named by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott as the First Assistant Attorney General of Texas. Immediately prior to this appointment, Weber served as Deputy Attorney General for Legal Counsel, a position in which he served since 2007.Weber began his legal career in 1996 as a briefing attorney for then-Justice Greg Abbott on the Texas Supreme Court. Weber subsequently practiced law with the Dallas firm of Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, before joining the Texas Supreme Court again in 1999 as staff attorney to then-Justice Priscilla Owen.In 2002, Weber was appointed Clerk of the Texas Supreme Court, where he served for four years before joining the Dallas law firm of Kelly Hart & Hallman to oversee the firms Austin appellate section. Weber received his law degree from Baylor Law School, where he served on the Law Review.
Mr. Estrada, an attorney at law, is Chairman of the Board of Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc., an investment banking firm he co-founded in 1992 with Noe Hinojosa, Jr., and also serves as the Chief Compliance Officer and a Managing Director. In addition to its Dallas, Texas headquarters, Estrada Hinojosa has offices in Austin, Chicago, Houston, Miami, San Antonio, and San Diego. From 1997-2000, Bob served on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) and was Chairman in 2000. He is a past Chairman of the Municipal Advisory Council of Texas (the MAC). He has also served on the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Fixed Income Committee. Mr. Estrada currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Estrada served on the Board of Directors for the Student Loan Marketing Association ("Sallie Mae") in Washington, D.C., and was a member of the Board's Executive Committee. He continues to serve on the boards of numerous other business, cultural arts and civic organizations. Mr. Estrada received his Bachelor of Science degree and his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and served on the University of Texas System Board of Regents from 2001 until 2008, where he chaired the Boards Audit Committee. He and his wife, Catherine, have six children and make their home in Fort Worth, TX.
Kristin Button is a Vice President-Senior Analyst at Moody's Investors Service. Kristin is a senior member of the Southwest Regional Ratings Group, where she manages a portfolio of high profile issuers in Texas and leads Moody's local government efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi. Since joining Moody's in 1999, Kristin has been actively involved in a number of special projects including co-authoring the recent publication Hurricane Risk for Gulf States: Federal Support Essential to Creditworthiness. Prior to joining Moody's, she was a management analyst with the City of Fort Worth. Kristin received an M.P.A. from the University of North Texas and a B.A. degree from Stephen F. Austin State University.
Areas of Focus Specializes in higher education and not-for-profit public finance Profile Joined FirstSouthwest in 1982 Has been in public finance more than 28 years Provides financial advisory and underwriting services to all types of higher education institutions assessing their debt capacities, advising on rating agency strategies and assisting in structuring all aspects of long- and short-term financings Assists numerous public and private universities in their financing efforts relating to a variety of auxiliary projects, athletic facilities, education and general projects, and public-private partnerships Projects include structures utilizing commercial paper, self-liquidity, variable rate debt structured products, and donor-supported structures Provided services for issuers, such as the Texas A&M University System, Texas Christian University, Mississippi State University, Texas Tech University System and other 501(c)3 entities Education Bachelors degree in Finance and Marketing, Southern Methodist University Current Affiliations National Association of College and Business Officers Licenses Held Registered Representative of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) General Securities Representative, Series 7 Uniform Securities Agent, Series 63
As the first Executive Director of the Mobility Authority, Mike brings a unique blend of qualifications to the position. He served 23 years as a Central Texas public official in the rapidly growing communities of Round Rock and Williamson County. As both a City Councilman and County Commissioner, he initiated and helped supervise over $500 million in capital improvement projects. In 2000, he spearheaded a $350 million transportation initiative that changed the dynamics of mobility throughout Central Texas. Mike was actively involved in all aspects of implementing the program: public presentations; contract management; rating agency presentations; pricing as well as personally engaging in needed land acquisition for the Central Texas Turnpike Project. Mike has also been a leader in environmental and other public infrastructure causes throughout his public career. As County Commissioner he was instrumental in putting the arguments of parkland on the Williamson County Agenda. The County now has over 1,000 acres of parkland under phase of development. He was influential in the first phase of the Brushy Creek Regional Trail. He chaired the Clean Air Force (the regional air quality initiative of Central Texas) where he actively participated in the development of the EPA Early Action Compact for Central Texas. He also chaired the air and water quality subcommittees for the National Association of Counties and became chair of the Conference of Urban Counties before resigning his commissioner's seat and private sector employment to assume the Executive Directorship of the Mobility Authority. Mike was a founding board member and two-time vice chair of the Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council and is a founding member, board member and executive committee member for the Envision Central Texas project. Mike also serves on the board of the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association as well as the board of the Texas Transportation Institute.Mike earned a MA in Government from the University of Texas in Austin and a MBA, in finance and management, also from the University of Texas in Austin.
Jeffrey Bosland is Managing Director and Head of J.P. Morgans Public Finance Group. His responsibilities encompass Sales, Trading, Underwriting, Credit Portfolio, Banking and Origination. Jeff joined J.P. Morgan in June of 2005 as a Managing Director, Head of U.S. Agency Trading and Underwriting, and has over twenty years of Capital Markets experience.Mr. Bosland started at Salomon Brothers in 1988 and spent much of his career at Bankers Trust where he was responsible for the U.S. Interest Rate Swaps Business which included Municipal Derivatives. Shortly after Mr. Bosland was promoted to Managing Director in 1998, Bankers Trust was acquired by Deutsche Bank, where Jeff became Co-Head of U.S Fixed Income Derivatives and then Head of U.S. Agency Trading.Jeff graduated from Lehigh University in 1988 with a B.S. in Finance and a Minor in Government.





