Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Based in Los Angeles, Chris Jauregui is an Assistant Vice President with Plenary Group. Chris focuses on the commercial and financial components of Plenary Group’s project pursuits. He is currently pursuing civil and social infrastructure P3s across North America. Most recently, Chris was instrumental in reaching financial close on the Long Beach Civic Center project.Prior to joining Plenary, Chris was based in New York with InfraRed Capital Partners.Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School.�

Mr. Madres has 15 years of experience in the structuring and issuance of debt obligations for political entities in Texas and around the U.S. While serving as financial advisor or underwriter, Mr. Madres has managed or supported the bond issuance process for over $15 billion in debt obligations.�Prior to Estrada Hinojosa, Mr. Madres worked for FirstSouthwest Company, J.P. Morgan, Public Resources Advisory Group, and Public Financial Management.� Mr. Madres has specialized in infrastructure related projects, with a strong focus on toll road, mass transit, water, and public power, and has experience issuing debt under traditional and project finance/P3 methods.��Mr. Madres was born and raised in Philadelphia, and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.�

Gerry is a senior credit analyst within the municipal fixed income group at Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc., the investment advisory arm of Wilmington Trust. Gerry joined Wilmington Trust in May 2014 and currently covers the transportation sector as well as state and local credits within the southeast and southcentral United States.�He began his career as a municipal credit analyst at Moody's Investors Service in 1987 before moving to the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation to work on the New York State Water Pollution Control Loan Program in 1990. In 1993 he joined Ambac Assurance Corporation. While at Ambac, Gerry was the Credit Director at Ambac’s Cadre Financial Services, a Managing Director of Ambac’s General Municipal Underwriting Team and a member of the Public Finance Senior Credit Committee. Prior to joining Wilmington Trust Gerry was the Chief Operating Officer at Espacio – Sami Hayek and served as a consultant at several organizations including the National Association of Insurance CommissionersGerry holds a master's degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree in in History and Political Science from LeMoyne College. He is a member of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts (NFMA) and the Municipal Analyst Group of New York (MAGNY). Gerry and his wife Kristine live in Montclair, NJ with their 3 children.�

Olivier is Meridiam’s Global Risk Officer, in charge of the company’s worldwide risk management, covering the investment process and asset management across all Meridiam funds, as well as all related regulatory activities with the SEC and the French “Autorit� des March�s Financiers” for Europe.Oliver has been working in infrastructure finance since 1996. After five years in the banking sector (Credit Lyonnais and Dexia), Olivier joined Financial Security Assurance in 2001, first in their London office as a senior underwriter and, from 2006, in their NY headquarters as Managing Director in charge of FSA’s infrastructure finance operations in the Americas until he joined Meridiam in March 2010.��

As a member of the Project Finance, Debt and Strategic Contracts Division at the Texas Department of Transportation, Jennifer Wright manages multi-billion dollar transportation financing programs of the Texas Transportation Commission. She ensures that the issuance of debt is performed in a manner that serves the public interest, complies with state and federal tax and securities law and is within the guidelines of the Commission’s policies. She also leads the financial team’s negotiations of business and commercial terms of alternative delivery projects including public-private partnerships as well as securing TIFIA loans.In her ten years at TxDOT, she has led many new money financings and several refinancings achieving hundreds of millions of dollars of savings for Texas taxpayers; most notably, a record-setting refinancing of a toll revenue credit in January 2015. Ms. Wright competently grasps public finance concepts and applies them in her management of TxDOT’s debt portfolio and participation in public-private partnership program, resulting in sound recommendations to TxDOT leadership.She is a board member of the Women in Public Finance and also served on the inaugural board of the Texas Chapter of Women in Public Finance.Ms. Wright received her bachelor’s degree in finance from Texas A&M University.

Brian Teaff has a multifaceted tax practice, advising clients in connection with tax-exempt financings and other business transactions in the public finance area, as well as counseling public charities, private foundations and high-net worth individuals on a wide range of tax planning and compliance matters. He can be reached at brian.teaff@bracewell.com.

Mr.�Ceffalio, a�vice president and�municipal credit analyst in the Fixed Income Group, joined the firm in�2010�and covers public power, West Coast general government credits, and territories.� Prior to joining the firm he spent seven years as a municipal credit analyst at Fitch Ratings, Bear Stearns & Co, and Moody's Investors Service.� Before moving to New York, Mr. Ceffalio served for nearly 8 years on the staff of former Governor Tony Knowles of Alaska, including four years as a Special Assistant to the Governor. Mr.�Ceffalio earned a B.A. from�the University of Alaska Anchorage�and a Masters’ Degree in�Governmental Administration from the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania. ��

Mark is a Managing Director and Manager of the Municipal Credit Analytics Group of Citigroup Global Markets Inc.� In addition to managing the Credit Analytics group on the trading desk, he is responsible for following industry trends and US municipal credits in the general government, project finance, municipal utilities, and high yield sectors.� Additionally, Mark supports the Municipal Securities Division’s secondary market trading and serves on the firm’s municipal credit and risk committees. Mark is a Municipal Principal and a Supervisory Analyst.� He is former chairman of the Bond Market Association’s Credit Research and Strategy committee as well as a member of the Society of Municipal Analysts.� He has been recognized for his expertise and industry contributions by the National Federation of Municipal Analysts and he and his group are consistently named as analytic leaders by institutional investors and the financial press.Prior to joining Citigroup in 1994, Mark was a Director in the Project Finance and Municipal Utility Groups within Standard & Poor's Ratings Group.� Mark also worked in production management with American Cyanamid Corporation.� Mark is a graduate of University of Delaware with a Bachelor's of Chemical Engineering and has a Master's degree in Business Administration from Seton Hall University.��