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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.

Mr. Howard is Director of Power System Planning and Development and the Chief Compliance Officer in the Power System Executive Office at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). He is currently leading several Power System strategic initiatives transitioning the utilities resource mix. He manages the Transmission Planning, Resource Development and Procurement, Natural Gas Procurement, and Wholesale Marketing. He has held many previous engineering and management positions at LADWP, such as Director of Corporate Communications and as Director of Commercial Services. He is a 24-year employee at LADWP. He has an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University, Sacramento and a Master in Business Administration from Pepperdine University.

Rebecca J. Winthrop is a Shareholder in the Los Angeles Office, and is a member of the firm’s Public Finance and Bankruptcy & Restructuring Groups. Her practice focuses on representing financial institutions, special servicers and other creditors in commercial lending transactions, workouts and bankruptcies. She has handled disclosure and due diligence matters for public bond offerings for municipalities, has regularly represented indenture trustees on bondholder issues, loan workouts and bankruptcies involving high-yield securities, has hands-on experience representing municipalities in matters involving Chapter 9, and advises on Assembly Bill 506. Ms. Winthrop regularly speaks on bankruptcy-related topics involving municipal bond defaults, distressed real estate, loan restructuring and employment issues, including before the Commercial Finance Association, the Turnaround Managers Association and the Beverly Hills Bar Association.

David is a managing director at KNN Public Finance and a registered municipal advisor. Over the past 16 years, he has served as financial advisor to a wide range of cities, counties, special districts, State agencies and educational districts throughout the State.Prior to joining KNN in 1998, David was a Vice President and Senior Credit Officer with Moody's Investors Service in San Francisco, and was a member of Moody's national rating committee. His specialties included lease financing, water revenue finance, and redevelopment.David began his career with the City of Los Angeles, where for twelve years he was responsible for financial planning, debt issuance, and bond administration for general government departments. Among his duties was creating the City’s leasing corporation (MICLA), resurrecting a general obligation bond program after a long hiatus following the passage of Proposition 13, and issuing judgment bonds to finance major adverse court rulings.�David is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in Modern Society and Social Thought, and the author of a book on Los Angeles, L.A. Freeway: An Appreciative Essay, published by UC Press.�