Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Rhiannon Stone is the chief operating officer at EPL.

Pierce R. Homer was reappointed Virginia’s Secretary of Transportation by Governor Kaine on January 5, 2006, having also served as Secretary of Transportation under Governor Warner. As Secretary, Homer oversees management and budgeting for the Departments of Transportation, Motor Vehicles, Aviation, and Rail and Public Transportation as well as for the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board and the Virginia Port Authority. Secretary Homer also serves as chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board.Prior to his appointment as Secretary, Pierce Homer served as Deputy Secretary of Transportation with functional oversight of the Virginia Department of Transportation, private partnership programs, and technology investments. As Deputy Secretary, he worked with the transportation agencies to develop and implement uniform cost and revenue estimating, debt management, and accountability measures.Before joining the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Mr. Homer spent 15 years with the Prince William County government in several senior management positions, including Deputy County Executive with direct oversight of county agencies.Secretary Homer earned his B.A. from Haverford College in 1978 and his Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988.

Terry Matsumoto was appointed Chief Financial Services Officer of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in December 2006. He is responsible for accounting, debt, investments, risk management, pension and benefits, and revenue.Mr. Matsumoto previously also held the position of Treasurer from April 1998 to December 2012. He has served as Executive Officer, Finance, Executive Officer, Administration, Controller and Director of Strategic Funding Analysis for the MTA’s Regional Transportation Planning and Development Division. Prior to joining the MTA, Mr. Matsumoto was the Controller of The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles.His prior positions include Assistant Controller for Republic Geothermal, Inc., Division Controller for Tetra Tech, Inc., in Arlington, Virginia, and Senior Accountant for Coopers & Lybrand. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Mr. Taverna practices solely in the area of federal income taxation. He is a graduate of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (B.A., summa cum laude), Brooklyn Law School (J.D.) and New York University School of Law (LL.M.).Mr. Taverna provides tax advice to issuers and underwriters regarding tax-exempt bond financings involving new money projects, current and advance refundings, capital as well as working capital financings, commercial paper issues, and pooled bonds. He participates in the structuring of governmental bonds, private activity bonds, §501(c)(3) bonds, recovery zone bonds, qualified zone academy bonds, build America bonds, and any other type of tax-credit bonds. Mr. Taverna has also represented issuers in connection with various IDRs, V Cap Closing Agreements and IRS audits. Mr. Taverna is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, and the National Association of Bond Lawyers.

Dr. Lomax has been extensively involved in urban mobility research for more than 20 years. He developed and applied a methodology to assess areawide traffic congestion levels and congestion costs. The current study includes information on 85 cities throughout the U.S. from 1982 through 2003. The study examines trends in urban area mobility and documents the effect of transportation investments. Several measures of effectiveness have been used to describe mobility to a wide range of audiences including transportation professionals, public policy decision-makers, the media and the general public. The research, with funding from state DOTs and metropolitan planning organizations, will improve the mobility measuring capabilities and expand the ability to communicate with general audiences.He has been invited to make presentations on congestion, mobility and performance measure issues to a variety of groups including the Transportation Research Board, the Institute of Transportation Engineers and state and local governments in the U.S. He has testified before subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate and Texas Senate on mobility issues. He has appeared on PBS's "Lehrer NewsHour," National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," major television network news shows and many newspapers, radio and television stations in major cities covered in the annual mobility report.Dr. Lomax has also been involved in developing and evaluating a wide range of solutions to mobility problems, including high-occupancy vehicle facilities, and in improving decision-making processes and performance measurement. These studies assessed the need and cost effectiveness of potential improvements, improved the evaluation and prioritization processes and resulted in cost effective implementation of projects and programs.