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Robert Fippinger is the Chief Legal Officer of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), where he oversees all legal and external affairs. Mr. Fippinger is a former member of the Board of Directors of the MSRB and served on the Nominating and Governance and Steering Committees. He was also a Senior Counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, which has a large practice area in public finance.Prior to his position as senior counsel, Mr. Fippinger was a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and a partner and an associate at Hawkins, Delafield & Wood. He is the author of a two-volume treatise, titled “The Securities Law of Public Finance,” and has taught public finance and securities law at Yale Law School, New York University School of Law and Hofstra Law.Mr. Fippinger received a bachelor’s degree from Duke University, and master’s and doctorate degrees from Northwestern University. Mr. Fippinger also received a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School.

In his role as Chief Financial Officer, Tim Richison has helped establish an effective partnership between CEA, government and the private sector. He has direct responsibility for all financial matters at CEA. Tim has been instrumental in the negotiation of billion dollar risk-transfer contracts, creating a new method for transferring CEA risk into the capital markets. As a result, he obtained a line of credit for over $700 million, securing $300 million in debt and obtaining a rating of A- (Excellent) for CEA from A.M. Best.Formerly, Tim was drafted as a loaned executive from USAA to the California Department of Insurance to assist the deputy insurance commissioner in establishing�CEA.� As part of�the original startup team, Tim helped develop the articles of governance, plan of operations, procedures and claims manuals, and other myriad documentation and details necessary to take the concept of the CEA into reality.�

Deputy Treasurer for Legislation and Infrastructure Financing for State Treasurer John Chiang, Mr. Gordon’s responsibilities consist of managing and serving as Chair Designate of the California Pollution Control Financing Authority, California Alternative Energy Advanced Transportation Financing Authority, California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, and the California Debt Limit Advisory Committee. He serves as a Board member of the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, the West Coast Exchange, and the California Competes Tax Credit Committee of the Governor’s Office of Business Development.Immediately prior to joining the Treasury, Mr. Gordon served as Deputy Controller for Environmental Affairs for Controller Chiang, serving as Chair of the State Lands Commission and as a member of the Ocean Protection Council, among other roles. He began his career as an environmental attorney and served as Counsel and Principal Consultant to the California Senate Committee on Environmental Quality for more than 20 years. Mr. Gordon is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of California, Davis where he teaches environmental policy.

Richard Clarke is the Assistant General Manager, Capital Programs for the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Denver.� Mr. Clarke is responsible for RTD�s capital program including the FasTracks expansion program.� FasTracks is a $5.5 billion, fixed guideway (light rail, commuter rail, bus rapid transit and multi-modal terminal) construction program. It includes the first transit public-private-partnership in the US. He previously served as RTD�s Project Director for the Transportation Expansion (T-REX) project. T-REX was a $1.7 billion, multi-modal (highway/Light Rail) project that included 19 miles of new LRT and 13 stations. It was completed ahead of schedule and under budget. He has previous transit project experience in Dallas, New York, Boston, Cleveland and Philadelphia.� Mr. Clarke has Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.

Paul Bingham is the Economics Practice Leader for infrastructure consulting firm CDM Smith. He manages the firm's economics team, analyzing� economic impacts, financial feasibility, and� costs and benefits of transportation infrastructure development. He has 30 years of experience providing analysis and forecasting of trade and freight transportation markets for public and private sector clients. Prior to CDM Smith, he was Managing Director for the Global Trade and Transportation practice of IHS Global Insight. Previously he was a Senior Associate in the Commercial Freight Practice at Booz, Allen, Hamilton. He started his economics career at economic forecasters Standard & Poor�s DRI.

Mr. Peyser is President of Public Resources Advisory Group (�PRAG�), a leading financial advisory firm with offices in New York, Pennsylvania, Florida and California.� Mr. Peyser is responsible for the overall management of the firm and leads financial advisory engagements for clients such as The City of New York, New York State Division of the Budget, New York State Thruway, the State of Georgia and the City of Phoenix.��Mr. Peyser has over 30 years of experience as a financial advisor working on a wide range of projects that include general government, transportation, education, water and sewer, solid waste,� public-private projects and derivatives.� He holds a B.A. in history and economics from Cornell University and an M.B.A in finance from the Wharton School.� He serves on the board of governors of the Municipal Forum of New York.�

Thomas J. Weyl is managing director and head of New Business Development of National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation. He is responsible for leading National’s marketing and new business generation efforts in the U.S. public finance market.Prior to joining National, Mr. Weyl was with Barclays Capital Inc., where he served as Director of Municipal Research and was responsible for the municipal credit strategy and research efforts of the firm.Prior to Barclays Capital Inc., Mr. Weyl spent 16 years at Eaton Vance Management where he served as Director of Municipal Research. Earlier in his career, he held various positions at GE Capital, Van Kampen Merritt Investment Advisory Corp., MBIA and Smith Barney. Mr. Weyl has also served in a number of prominent industry roles, including Chairperson of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, the Investment Company Institute’s representative to the Government Accounting Standards Advisory Council and as a member of the Society of Municipal Analysts.Mr. Weyl holds B.S. and MBA degrees from the State University of New York at Albany.

Elizabeth represents issuers and underwriters in public and private�offerings of tax-exempt bonds. She has experience representing both state and local issuers in conduit financings with an emphasis in revenue bond transactions including gas supply revenue bonds and�single and multi-family housing.She has also served as underwriter�s counsel in the issuance of $4 billion of tax-exempt gas supply revenue bonds, and represented multiple issuers as bond counsel in approximately 100 multifamily affordable apartment tax-exempt bond financings including publicly offered and privately placed debt with various financing structures.In addition, she assisted clients in various revenue bond financings including airport revenue bonds, stadium parking facility bonds and various single family bond transactions including multi-modal bonds, negotiations of liquidity facilities, investment agreements and hedging transactions.She's also assisted bond purchaser in acquisition of 501(c)(3) multifamily bond portfolio financing acquisition of multiple properties in Texas, California, Arizona, and Georgia, and represented various clients in development of mortgage credit certificate programs.Assisted clients in multiple defaulted housing bond workouts, including restructurings of tax-exempt debt and asset sales to retire debt.She also has a J.D. in cum laude from The University of Texas School of Law and B.A., summa cum laude, Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.

The first woman elected to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate, Kay Bailey Hutchison addressed a wide range of issues, from transportation to healthcare, during her two decades in Congress. In 2000, Senator Hutchison�s GOP colleagues elected her Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference�making her the fifth-ranking member of the party leadership�and the first woman to hold a Republican leadership role in the Senate since 1973.She eventually rose to the fourth-ranking position in the conference as the Policy Committee Chairwoman.��One of my obstacles has been attempts to trivialize me or underestimate me,� Hutchison said in 2000, stereotyped as a �quintessential, perennial cheerleader.� �Being in the leadership is not easy. You have to learn how to deal with the issues that come to you in a professional way. And it can be done.�While a journalist, Hutchison was inspired after an interview with Anne Armstrong�co-chair of the Republican National Committee�to enter politics, first working as Armstrong�s press secretary. In 1972, Hutchison was elected to the Texas state house of representatives. After two terms, she left the state legislature in 1976 to serve as vice-chair of the National Transportation Safety Board. After four years in that post, Hutchison returned to Texas.In 1982, she made an unsuccessful bid for an open U.S. House seat representing portions of Dallas. She spent eight years in the private sector as a banking executive and as owner of a candy manufacturing company before winning election in 1990 as the Texas State Treasurer. As treasurer, Hutchison increased returns on state investments to $1 billion annually, led a successful campaign against a state income tax, and helped cap Texas� state debt.�Two years later, Hutchison co-chaired the Republican National Convention, held in Houston, Texas.

Leodoro Martinez is the Chairman of the Eagle Ford Consortium, and the former Executive Director of the Middle Rio Grande Development Council of Governments which is composed of nine counties in South Texas.His continuous involvement in services for public entities comes from over 40 years experience in public responsibilities as a City Councilman, School Board member, three term Mayor of the City of Cotulla, and an additional twelve years as La Salle County Judge. He served 21 years in his capacity as the Executive Director of MRGDC.He has been appointed and served in several statewide positions including as a member of the Statewide Jobs Coordinating Council, the Texas Agriculture Finance Authority, Office of State- Federal Relations, Chairman of Texas Rural Communities Inc., appointed to the Eagle Ford Task Force by Railroad Commission Chairman David Porter, and was nominated as the U. S. Marshal for the Southern District of Texas.Chairman Martinez has been recognized to the Who's Who in Energy list for three years in a row by the Business Journal and was selected for the Texas Outstanding Local Leader Award by the University of Texas John Ben Sheppard Public Leadership Institute in 2013.He is the owner of Martinez Partners LLC Consulting.