Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Dan Hartman is a Managing Director who works out of both PFM’s San Francisco and Washington D.C. offices and has been with the firm since 1990. Dan currently co-heads the firm’s national public power group, and works exclusively with utility clients throughout the country. Dan has served as a financial advisor or senior managing underwriter to many of the largest public power and water utilities throughout the United States. These clients have included, among others, the Southern California Public Power Authority, Sacramento Municipal Utilities District, the Orlando Utilities Commission, Anaheim Public Utilities, Riverside Public Utilities, the Imperial Irrigation District, the Northern California Power Agency, and the Transmission Agency of Northern California. For these clients, Dan has been directly involved in the issuance of over $30 billion of utility bonds and has worked on some of the largest and most complex electric and water transactions ever brought to the municipal market. Much of the recent utility finance work has been related to the development of renewable projects, including the use of innovative financing techniques and public/private partnerships.As part of Dan’s client engagements, he has managed the development of complex financing plans for large capital programs, led educational workshops with Boards and elected officials, devised and implemented rating strategies for new and existing credits, evaluated and implemented derivative product applications, and led pricing efforts for bonds and interest rate swaps. On behalf of his municipal clients, Dan has also provided expert witness testimony to legislative and regulatory bodies, and is a frequent speaker on the topic of utility finance at public finance industry conferences and workshops.Dan previously served as a Managing Director with two national investment banks from 2000-2006, where he worked extensively with utility issuers. Dan received his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and International Relations from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and a Diploma from the London School of Economics.

John Chiang was first elected in November 2006 to serve as Controller of the State of California, the eighth-largest economy in the world.� He was elected to serve a second term in November 2010.Since taking office in January 2007, Controller Chiang took immediate action to make the State�s finances more transparent and accountable to the public and to weed out waste, fraud and abuse of public funds.� The Controller�s aggressive audits have identified more than $8 billion in taxpayer dollars that were denied, overpaid, subject to collection, or resulted in revenues, savings and cost avoidance.He has led efforts to reform the State�s public pension systems, helped local governments navigate difficult economic times, protected California�s precious natural resources, reunited rightful owners with $2.9 billion in unclaimed cash and more than 230 million shares of stocks and securities that had been lost or forgotten, and launched financial and tax assistance seminars for California�s working families, seniors, small businesses and non-profit organizations.Chiang and his wife, Terry Chi, live in Torrance, California.

Parker Colvin is Managing Director and head of underwriting for Stone & Youngberg. He is the firm's head underwriter both for negotiated and competitive underwriting. In this role, he makes commitments for the firm on nearly 200 new issues totaling more than $3.5 billion each year and has priced more California transactions than any other underwriter over the last five years. Mr. Colvin is a former President of the San Francisco Municipal Bond Club. Mr. Colvin received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Wheaton College.

Daniel Deaton is a finance and securities attorney who has represented corporate and governmental clients in a wide variety of transactions. Mr. Deaton has represented corporate clients in several different types of transactions such as public and private securities offerings; mergers, acquisitions, international joint ventures, and joint ventures relating to the development of technology; corporate and partnership governance issues; and residential mortgage securitizations. Mr. Deaton has represented governmental clients such as cities, counties, and redevelopment agencies as disclosure counsel and bond counsel in lease revenue, enterprise fund, pension obligation bond, tax revenue anticipation, Teeter, and tax increment financings. In addition, he has acted as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel in 501(c)(3) and private activity bond financings, including financings supporting electric power grid, waste management, and water utility operations. Mr. Deaton was admitted to practice in California in 2004 and in Texas in 1998. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, J.D. and University of California at Irvine, B.A.

Mr. Greer, a partner in Orrick's Seattle office, is a member of the Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Group. Mr. Greer's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on securities, corporate governance, and professional liability for accounting firms, class actions and energy issues.Mr. Greer's current matters include the following.Representation of a former financial officer in the Washington Mutual Securities Litigation class action.Representation of a Big Four accounting firm in a wage-and-hour class action challenging the exempt status of unlicensed accountants.Representation of an investment bank in an action brought by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle seeking to rescind the purchase of more than US$500 million in RMBS certificates.Mr. Greer has represented issuers, officers, directors, accountants and underwriters in class action securities litigation and in SEC investigations and enforcement proceedings. Mr. Greer’s practice also includes representation of companies, Special Litigation Committees and individuals in corporate governance disputes. He has conducted a number of internal investigations on behalf of boards of directors of both public and private companies. His experience in the energy arena includes the representation of the Bonneville Power Administration in an arbitration involving more than a billion dollars in claimed damages.  His employment law experience includes a wage-and-hour matter for a Big Four accounting firm, and representation of an aluminum company in defeating unemployment claims of union members who walked off the job as part of a collective bargaining dispute.He has a J.D. from Stanford Law School and B.A., with highest distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, University of Virginia.