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Kris Kolluri, well known Commissioner of transportation for New Jersey was the first NRI (non-resident Indian) to become the governor of a US state for only a day.Kris Kolluri was named Commissioner of transportation for New Jersey by Governor Jon Corzin and sworn into office on March 13, 2006. Now as head of the Department of Transportation for the State, Kolluri will oversee some 3,900 employees and a budget of $2.6 billion. There are 2,344 miles of state-maintained roadways and 2,454 state bridges in New Jersey and Kolluri's Department of Transportation is charged with the construction, operation, maintenance and management of the state's transportation infrastructure.Prior to that, Kolluri specialized in redevelopment and transportation law as an attorney at Parker McCay of Marlton. Kolluri was Chief of Staff to New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere. In this capacity, he served as counselor to the Commissioner and managed the development and implementation of the department's legislative and regulatory policies and communications strategies.Before taking this post, Kolluri was Assistant Commissioner of Intergovernmental Relations for the New Jersey Department of Transportation, in charge of legislative relations, customer advocacy and public outreach and the the divisions of Policy, Legislation and Regulatory Actions, and Federal and International Transportation.Prior to working in state government, Kolluri held a variety of top positions in Congressional offices. Most recently he served as Senior Policy Advisor to House Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt, heading the Member Support Program which was established to help freshman Members of Congress design and implement long-term strategic initiatives. In early 1998, Kolluri was tapped to be special advisor to Congressman Gephardt on India and Indian-American affairs.Before he worked for Congressman Gephardt, Kolluri served as Congressman Robert E. Andrews' Legislative Director and his principal staffer on the International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

Ann G. Flynn is the managing director and head of the Business and Relationship Management team for U.S. Public Finance and the Global Infrastructure & Project Finance groups. In this capacity, Ann is responsible for all business activities for the two groups, including new business origination; investor, dealer and banker relations; and business strategy. Prior to Ann’s current appointment, she served as a senior director and the regional manager for the Northeast and Midwest groups responsible for local tax-supported credits in those regions. Additionally, Ann has expertise in the higher education sector. She has varied speaking experience in all of the aforementioned areas in addition to municipal derivatives. Prior to joining Fitch in 2008, Ann was a managing director at RBC Capital Markets in New York City, covering state and local bond issuers in the Northeast as well as solid waste and other revenue supported issuers. Previously, she served as the director of public finance for the State of New Jersey, and she handled all of the state and state authorities’ debt issues. Prior to that, she served as the acting executive director of the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority. Other experience includes work as an investment banker with two New Jersey regional investment banking firms and as a senior analyst at Moody’s Investors Service. Ann received her B.A. in government–economics from Skidmore College and her J.D. from Vermont Law School. She is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, the New York and New Jersey State GFOAs, and the Municipal Analysts Group of New York.

John Sinsheimer, Director of Capital Markets for the State of Illinois, was appointed to this position by Governor Pat Quinn in October, 2009. As Director of Capital Markets, Sinsheimer is responsible for the issuance of all new State of Illinois debt, management all of the State’s outstanding debt as well as relationships with the State’s investment banks, financial advisors and rating agencies. Prior to accepting this appointment, he was Chief Financial Officer of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, the State’s student lender and guarantor. As CFO of ISAC, Sinsheimer oversaw the sale of two-thirds of the Commission’s student loan portfolio in 2007 and the restructuring of the Commission in light of both market and governmental changes. Prior to joining ISAC, he was Associate Vice President for Finance at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Assistant Treasurer of Children’s Memorial Medical Center and Treasurer of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Sinsheimer started his career in banking and investment banking with various assignments over a 20 year time period. He holds a Masters in Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois, and Bachelors in Economics from Rice University, Houston Texas.