Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
  • Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.

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    As Co-Head of Bank of America Merrill Lynch�s Central Region, Mr. Rockhold has senior managed and structured over $50 billion in various government-related transactions over his� career, including financings for transportation, economic development, stadiums, higher education, and other infrastructure purposes. In his current role, he helps oversee the Firm�s governmental banking efforts across a 15-state region, including the Great Lakes and Midwest region.Mr. Rockhold has an M.B.A.from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business (Finance) and a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University (Mathematics, Economics, and Accounting).�

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    Nathan Odem is a partner in Chapman and Cutler's Banking and Financial Services Department. He represents domestic and foreign banks and other commercial lenders in a wide range of financing transactions. He has extensive experience representing lenders who provide funded debt solutions for municipal, healthcare and other non-profit borrowers, as well as broker-dealers in connection with municipal securities law matters.

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    Brian Fagel is an Assistant Director in the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and head of the Chicago Regional Office’s Public Finance Abuse Unit.� Before joining the SEC in 2010, he was a litigation partner at a Chicago law firm.� He holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Department of English, and an A.B. from Stanford University.�

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    John Tuohy serves as Deputy Treasurer for Accounting and Treasury Management for Arlington County, Virginia.�John holds a Batchelor of Science in Foreign Service and a Masters� in Accountancy, both from Georgetown University.� He is a Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Virginia.John has belonged to the GFOA since 1986, and currently serves as Chairman of the Committee on Retirement and Benefits Administration (CORBA).� He previously served on the Committee on Treasury and Investment Management.� He has presented at both National and Virginia GFOA conferences.� John authored the chapter on schools in the GFOA book: Capital Project Planning and Evaluation: Expanding the Role of the Finance Officer. He and is a past President of the Virginia Government Finance Officers� Association.

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    Keenan Rice is the president of MuniCap, Inc. and has worked almost exclusively in the areas of urban renewal, economic development, and growth management for the last 25 years. Prior to founding MuniCap, Inc., Mr. Rice was the director of the Washington office of a major public finance consulting firm and a principal at one of the leading public finance consulting firms in California. Mr. Rice was also a vice president at a major real estate development firm and begin his career as a real estate development loan underwriter for an insurance company and savings and loan. Mr. Rice graduated with honors with a degree in accounting and also received a master's degree in finance. He has been a guest lecturer at a number of universities and has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences hosted by the Government Finance Officer's Association, The Bond Buyer, the Urban Land Institute, and other professional associations.

    Mary is the Director of the Bureau of State and Authority Finance within the Michigan Department of Treasury, which administers the issuance and payment of state bonds and notes, manages the state�s common cash fund and includes the Michigan Finance Authority, State Building Authority and School Bond Qualification and Loan Program. Mary previously served as the Director of the Student Loan Division and Assistant Director of the School Bond Qualification and Loan Program within Treasury and worked as an audit supervisor with the Michigan Office of the Auditor General. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree with an accounting concentration from the University of Michigan-Flint and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mary serves on the board of the Michigan Women in Finance.

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    Amy Cobb Curran is in the Public Finance Department of Chapman and Cutler LLP. Amy’s practice focuses on tax-exempt conduit financings for nonprofit hospitals, health care systems, senior living facilities, continuing care retirement communities, universities and infrastructure projects. She has served as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, and borrower's counsel in financings and related�transactions and has structured, negotiated, drafted, and implemented fixed rate, variable rate,�multimodal, and put bond financing structures. More recently, Amy has drawn on her public finance experience in representing social�service providers,�municipal�entities and intermediaries�in "pay for success" financings for early childhood education and recidivism reduction projects.

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    As Co-Head of Bank of America Merrill Lynch�s Central Region, Mr. Rockhold has senior managed and structured over $50 billion in various government-related transactions over his� career, including financings for transportation, economic development, stadiums, higher education, and other infrastructure purposes. In his current role, he helps oversee the Firm�s governmental banking efforts across a 15-state region, including the Great Lakes and Midwest region.Mr. Rockhold has an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business (Finance) and a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University (Mathematics, Economics, and Accounting).�

    Ty Schoback is a Senior Analyst in the Tax-Exempt Fixed Income Research group at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Ty focuses on State and Local tax backed credits, in various states including California, Illinois, and Michigan. �Named as the internal public pension strategist for the group of 10 Tax Exempt Fixed Income Analysts, responsibilities include establishing the criteria the team utilizes to assess state and local public pension programs.�Serves on the Board for the National Federation of Municipal Analysts (NFMA) and current acting Vice President of the Minnesota Society of Municipal Analysts (MSMA).� Actively participated on the NFMA 2015 National Conference Planning Committee as well as Co-Chair for the planning committee for Advanced Seminars for NFMA.�Ty has 8 years of experience as a municipal credit analyst. He received a B.S. Degree in Finance from Winona State University.