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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    Roy Ousley is an Associate Analyst for the Dallas Local Governments Ratings Team at Moody’s, covering credits primarily in Arkansas and Texas.� Roy has worked on General Obligation issuances for school districts, cities, and counties.� In addition he leads credit and research initiatives for Moody’s Texas Municipal Utility District (MUD) group.�Prior to joining Moody’s, Roy was a Revenue Analyst for Cook County in Chicago.� Roy holds a BS from Florida A&M University and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

    John Godfrey is a senior government relations director for the American Public Power Association, where he provides advocacy and subject matter expertise on financial issues including tax policy. Previously, he served clients in the energy sector while working for tax-focused federal policy consulting firms. Mr. Godfrey also had an 18-year career as an award-winning reporter, 16 years of which were spent covering the U.S. Congress, the Internal Revenue Service, and the White House, providing market-moving coverage of federal tax, budget, and fiscal issues. He earned his BA at Oberlin College.

    R. Dustin Traylor has been with RBC Capital Markets since 2001.� He is a Managing Director in the firm’s San Antonio, Texas office.� His primary role is serving as financial advisor and underwriter to Texas Municipalities. He has a BBA in accounting from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Baylor University.Client Base includes Texas ISD’s, cities, counties, and hospitalsFocusing on the planning and implementation of long term capital improvement financing plans for entities throughout the stateLicenses Held:Registered Representative of the Financial Industry Regulatory AuthorityGeneral Securities Representative Series 7Municipal Advisor Representative, Series 50Uniform Securities Agent Series 63Investment Banking Representative, Series 79Current Affiliations:Board Member Texas Municipal Advisory Council

    Ellis serves as a Managing Director in Fixed Income Research for RAYMOND JAMES�. His primary responsibilities include product and portfolio analysis for institutional fixed income investors with an emphasis on Total Rate of Return strategies, Insurance Services, and Municipalities. Ellis spent over 10 years in fixed income portfolio management, most recently as Director of Fixed Income for the Employees Retirement System of Texas where he was responsible for the overall management of a $6B fixed income portfolio benchmarked against the Barclays Aggregate index. His experience includes managing most mortgage, agency, corporate, CMBS, ABS and US treasury portfolios. Prior to joining Morgan Keegan, Ellis was the Agency and Market Strategist and Head Technical Strategist for FTN Financial where he worked with portfolio managers across asset classes on various total return strategies. He earned his MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and his B.S. in Finance from the University of New Orleans and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Market Technician designations.

    As Managing Director, Head of Municipal Trading at Advisors Asset Management, Inc. (AAM), Chris is responsible for overseeing all municipal bond business on behalf of the Firm. He oversees a team of individuals responsible for providing access to the municipal market on behalf of the Firm's diverse client base. Additionally, Chris oversees the risk management and business development needs of the business; focusing upon growing the opportunity and footprint of the Firm to better serve client needs. Chris also engages in media relations activities on behalf of the AAM, focusing upon issues regarding the municipal market and related investor activities.Prior to this, Chris served as Managing Director -- Head of Wealth Management Municipal Trading at Morgan Stanley since 2006. In this role Chris oversaw a team of 25 individuals and the risk management for a nearly $750 million dollar balance sheet delivering consistently growing revenue throughout his tenure. In 2013, Chris advanced the successful integration of the Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley Wealth Management businesses. Prior to departing, he coordinated the integration of the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management business with the Morgan Stanley Institutional Trading business to centralize the municipal franchise under one umbrella.Before assuming responsibility for managing the Wealth Management municipal business, Chris held a number of roles serving as a trader providing access to the markets to the wide variety of institutional and retail clients of the Firm. Additionally, he worked with Investment Representatives to provide high net worth clients of the Firm with customized fixed-income solutions to their investing needs.

    Johnny W. Hill is the Assistant Superintendent for Business, Financial & Auxiliary Services at Lake Travis Independent School District. In this capacity he serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the district. He has oversight responsibilities of the Business and Financial Department, Purchasing Department, Maintenance and Operations Department, Transportation Department, Food and Nutrition Department and Facilities and Construction Department. Additionally, he serves as the financial advisor on all school matters to the Superintendent of Schools, Board of Trustees and Senior Leadership Team.Born in Whitney, Texas, Johnny earned a Bachelor’s in Business Administration degree from Texas Tech University, a Master’s in Business Administration degree from West Texas A&M University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He has more than 28 years of experience working in both the public accounting and the education field. Prior to beginning his tenure with Lake Travis ISD in July 2009, he worked in the Seminole, Perryton and Dimmitt School Districts.

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    Alex Voss is with Juniper Advisory in Chicago, a specialized investment banking firm focused exclusively on hospital M&A.

    Jessica Giroux is General Counsel and Managing Director, Federal Regulatory Affairs for the Bond Dealers of America. She is responsible for member engagement, outreach to regulators and staff on Capitol Hill, research, analysis and information collection regarding regulatory initiatives derived from efforts at FINRA, the MSRB and the SEC as well as overseeing legislation on Capitol Hill.Prior to joining the BDA, Jessica served as Chief of Staff and Counsel to New York State Senator James Alesi where she led the office’s legislative initiatives, including drafting bills for consideration by the full Senate. �Jessica also spent four years in the DC offices of former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg where she was senior legislative staff focusing on issues related to transportation, energy, environment, census and immigration.Jessica obtained a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany a law degree from Albany Law School of Union University.� She is admitted to the New York State and U.S. Supreme Court Bar.

    Bradley Wendt is a senior consultant at Charles River Associates specializing in fixed income securities, capital markets, regulatory compliance, wealth management, and securities markets customs and practices.�Mr. Wendt started his career at Merrill Lynch.� He subsequently joined Goldman Sachs to create and run the Municipal Capital Markets Group, earning promotion to managing director.� Mr. Wendt was the co-founder and president of BondDesk Group, the leading execution platform for retail fixed income securities.Mr. Wendt earned a BS from the United States Air Force Academy, and MBAs from Dartmouth College and the University of Colorado.