Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Fernando J. Guerra, professor of political science and Chicana/o studies, is the founding director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at LMU. Guerra has served on standing commissions, blue ribbon committees, and ad hoc task forces for the City of Los Angeles, the State of California, and regional bodies in Southern California. He is a source for the media at the local, national, and international level and has published in the area of state and local government and urban and ethnic politics. He earned his doctorate in Political Science from the University of Michigan and his BA from the University of Southern California.

Paul Kwiatkoski�is a Managing Director in the Public Finance group at Kroll Bond Ratings Agency, Inc. focused on bond insurers. Paul has over 25 years of experience in the financial guaranty industry. He was at CIFG where he was the Global Head of Surveillance and at Enhance Financial Services, Inc. (initially acquired by Radian and then Assured Guaranty) where he managed their financial guaranty business. During the credit crisis he consulted for private equity, hedge funds and other institutions regarding their exposure to financial guarantors. Before joining Enhance, he worked for Moody’s Investors Service in the public finance group.Paul has an MPA from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, an AB degree in Government from Cornell University and holds the CFA charter.

Jenny Salkeld joined the District in February, 2010 as Controller, was appointed as the Interim Chief Financial Officer for the District in June, 2013 and was assigned the permanent position of Chief Financial Officer on November 19, 2013. Ms. Salkeld is responsible for management and oversight of Payroll and Benefits, Financing Planning, Monitoring and Accountability, Budget Development, and Controller. Ms. Salkeld has participated in the issuance of the District’s Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes, General Obligation Bonds and General Obligation Refunding Bonds in the collective aggregate principal amount of over $1.5 billion. On March 26, 2015, California State Treasurer John Chiang appointed Ms. Salkeld, together with 11 other individuals, to serve on the “State Task Force on Bond Accountability,” a special task force commissioned to develop best practice guidelines on the fiduciary care and use of State and local bond proceeds.Ms. Salkeld has extensive experience managing multimillion-dollar accounting, finance, and revenue operations and is accomplished in developing financial strategies that enhance organizational growth and maximize sustainability. Her expertise includes design of short- and long-term financial plans, investment management, financial problem solving, corrective action plan implementation, and compliance. In a previous private sector position, Ms. Salkeld was responsible for the accounting integration for a $450 million acquisition by a NASDAQ healthcare company. Additionally, she implemented a Board-approved Corporate Compliance Plan for a mid-size organization.Ms. Salkeld holds a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of La Verne. She is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants. Ms. Salkeld has completed coursework at Walden University in the Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology program, with a specialization in Organizational Psychology, and is in the process of completing her dissertation. Ms. Salkeld completed the Chief Business Officer Program at the University of California, Riverside in March 2016.

Robert McAuslan is Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Western Alliance Bank, a $15 billion regional banking company headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.� Mr. McAuslan joined Western Alliance in February 2011.� He has spent his entire professional career in banking, including 16 years with Citigroup/Citibank, 4 years with Fleet Financial Group, and 8 years with BBVA/Compass Bank. He is a native of Providence, RI.� His undergraduate degree is from Northeastern University, Boston, MA, and he earned a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.� He lives in Scottsdale, AZ and Corona Del Mar, CA. �

Colin MacNaught is the CEO of BondLink. From 2008 to 2015 he was the Assistant State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Tim McCormick has more than 30 years of experience in the securities industry and a presence at Frost Bank for more than 16 years. Mr. McCormick maintains primary responsibility for Frost Bank’s municipal investment portfolio, which presently totals over $7 billion of high grade bonds issued by approximately 350 Texas municipal issuers. Frost Bank believes they are the largest institutional holder of Texas school bonds, and has the sixth largest bank municipal portfolio in the country.Tim has led Frost Bank’s municipal underwriting and trading desk since August 2000. �He has experience in sales, sales management, portfolio management, investment advisory, trading, and underwriting. Mr. McCormick has been a licensed municipal securities principal for over 20 years. �Mr. McCormick graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. When not in the office, he prefers to spend his time with his family and outdoors enjoying the south Texas weather.

William Holder serves as Dean of the USC Leventhal School of Accounting, and holds the Alan Casden Dean’s Chair of Accountancy.� He is an expert on financial reporting and auditing.� Bill has published extensively and received numerous awards during his career, including being named one of the “Top 100 People” in the accounting profession and receiving the AICPA Gold Medal for Distinguished Service.� He has served on a number of governance and standard setting authorities including the California Treasurer’s Bond Accountability Task Force and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.� During hearings leading to passage of the Sarbanes/Oxley Act, he provided invited congressional testimony.

On November 22, 2013, Governor-Elect Terry McAuliffe appointed Aubrey Layne as Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia.� He was sworn into office on January 12, 2014.� As Secretary, Layne oversees seven agencies with over 10,000 employees and combined budgets of more than $5 billion. �Prior to his appointment, he represented the Hampton Roads area on the Commonwealth Transportation Board from 2009 until January 2014.Secretary Layne most recently served as President of An Achievable Dream Academy in Newport News, Virginia, a unique partnership between public schools and the local business community providing at-risk students opportunities to succeed.Prior to joining An Achievable Dream, Layne was President and Principal Broker of Great Atlantic Properties.� He joined the company in 1994 and was responsible for operational activities, new business acquisition, and capital improvement strategy.� Before joining Great Atlantic, he held various positions at Hofheimer�s Inc., and ended his tenure there as President.� Secretary Layne began his career as a Certified Public Accountant with KPMG.Layne earned a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Richmond, and received an MBA from Old Dominion University with a concentration in International Business.� In 2011, he completed the University of Virginia�s Sorensen Institute for Political Leaders program.