Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Kim Rueben is a Senior Fellow of the Urban Institute and director of the State and Local Finance Initiative of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. Her work examines issues of state and local public finance focusing on state budget and tax issues, intergovernmental relations, fiscal institutions, municipal bond markets, and the economics of education. In addition to her position at TPC, Dr. Rueben is an adjunct fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). Dr. Rueben received her Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996.

Jay M. Goldstone has recently retired from the City of San Diego. While at the City, he served as its Chief Operating Officer from July 1, 2007 through March 1, 2013. As Chief Operating Officer, he oversaw the City�s daily operations and implements Mayoral and Council initiatives and policies. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Goldstone served as the City�s first Chief Financial Officer. In that role he identified the magnitude of the City�s financial needs, developed solutions, and implemented changes and corrective actions to guide the City on the road to financial health.Mr. Goldstone has had a successful 35-year career in municipal finance and administration. Prior to arriving in San Diego, he spent 10 years as Director of Finance for the City of Pasadena. He has been a representative to various organizations such as the League of California Cities� Revenue and Taxation Policy Committee and is currently a Commissioner on the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission and is Chair of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. Mr. Goldstone holds a bachelor of science degree in political science, economics, and business administration from the University of Minnesota; a master�s degree in public administration from Arizona State University; and a master�s degree in business administration from the University of Santa Clara.�

Don Farrell manages the Municipal Finance Underwriting Group in the Eastern Region for BAM. Prior to joining BAM, he was Managing Director and Head of Public Finance for Assured Guaranty, covering the same geographic area. Before that, he worked at Ambac for 17 years, where he was involved in all aspects of municipal transaction underwriting, including pricing and client relationship management. He holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Pace University.

Michael Brown is an economist for Wells Fargo Securities. Based in Charlotte N.C., heis responsible for tracking national and regional economic trends. He also writes forthe company’s Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary, and provides analysis andcommentary on the national economy, business investment and state budget issues. Prior to joining the economics group in 2010, Michael served as an economist and legislative analyst for the Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research, which serves the Arkansas General Assembly. In this role, Michael focused his research on quantitative public policy analysis and the Arkansas economy.Michael’s commentary has been featured in Bloomberg News, Reuters, and TheChicago Tribune.Michael’s research interests include state budget issues, regional economics, information economics, and econometrics.Michael earned his B.S. in business economics and his master’s degree in economics from the University of Arkansas, in Fayetteville, Ark. He has also completed additional graduate coursework in economics at Georgia State University, in Atlanta. He is a member of the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) and the Charlotte Economics Club.

Municipal Market Analytics (MMA) is an independent research firm based in Concord, Massachusetts, founded in 1995. MMA’s core business is to provide strategic analysis and commentary on historical and quantitative conditions of the US municipal market. MMA, in 2012, introduced its Portfolio Credit Benchmark (PCB), an enterprise risk solution for bank portfolios to meet their regulatory needs pertaining to the credit review of municipal bonds. Since its inception, MMA has conducted nearly 1000 bank portfolio reviews that have successfully passed regulatory examinations. In addition, MMA’s consulting practice has continued to expand. The firm’s consulting clients include investment banks, insurance companies, law firms, investors, hedge funds and foundations. MMA’s engagements have covered a wide variety of important issues including: − default and loss analysis on portfolios of municipal bonds; analysis of various states’ budget practices and trends; new business analysis for entrants into municipal market; development of a screening methodology to prioritize municipal holdings for review; risk management analysis to guide policy on capital requirements; liquidity analysis of municipal bond holdings; white-papers on risks and opportunities of specific products and retainer relationships to provide analytical insights on a variety of issues and credits.Over 300 organizations receive MMA’s research reports, and they value the firm’s honest and timely perspective on key industry issues. MMA’s clients include leading investment firms, banks, security dealers, financial advisors, issuers and regulators. MMA also maintains relationships with staff members at a number of influential organizations including: Securities Exchange Commission, Federal Reserve Board, National Governors Association, Government Finance Officers Association, National Federation of Municipal Analysts, Council of Economic Advisers, Government Accounting Standards Board, and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.Throughout his career, Mr. Doe has addressed all the leading groups in the municipal industry, as well as serving as a resource to the broad array of financial media. His insight, integrity, candor, historical context and vision are sought to establish a clear perspective of current conditions impacting investors and issuers in the municipal cash and derivative markets. Currently, Mr. Doe’s focus has been on innovative means to generate new revenue for states and cities. Subjects have included transportation, specifically autonomous vehicles, the vehicle miles travelled tax, drone and air space regulation, water and marijuana legalization.Most notably, Mr. Doe has testified before the Senate Banking Committee on the future of municipal regulation and the state of the industry and appeared before the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide insight on the market’s stability and liquidity. Most memorably he represented the industry in a CNBC interview in January 2011 to accurately define imminent market credit risks in response to Meredith Whitney’s dire municipal default projection. Mr. Doe has addressed the Municipal Division of the SEC, and has been a featured speaker at Build America Mutual Leadership Conferences, Philadelphia Council of Business Economics, Municipal Bond Buyer’s Annual Conference, Bond Dealers of America National Summit, and Security Industry and Financial Markets Association Municipal Summit. In addition, Mr. Doe had the honor of addressing the National Governors Association’s winter meeting regarding the state of public finance on two separate occasions, as well as keynoting or serving as a panelist at National Association of Bond Lawyers, Government Finance Officers Association, National Association of State Treasurers and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation conferences.Between 2002 and 2005, Mr. Doe served a 3-year term as a public member on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), the regulatory entity of the municipal securities industry. Mr. Doe received his undergraduate degree from Colgate University in 1980 and a Master’s from Harvard University in 1984.

Mr. Stephens leads BAML’s municipal products and credit products teams. These teams are responsible for providing credit facilities to municipal entities and interest rate swaps to municipal and non-profit counterparties nationally. He has over 30 years of experience in the municipal finance industry, having served clients across the country. His clients include state agencies, utilities, counties, cities and school districts.�