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Jim Koetting is the author of "Public Fund Investing for Dummies" and the CEO of PFITR, a bond accounting and analytics tool.

Robert Campbell is the elected Auditor-Controller for Contra Costa County.�Mr. Campbell has worked for Contra Costa for 30 years.�He received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the California State University, Hayward.�Mr. Campbell was appointed by the State Treasurer to the Task Force on Bond Accountability and by the State Controller to the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission.�Mr. Campbell is the current Chair of the Legislative Committee for the State Association of County Auditors and is a member of the Association’s Accounting Standards and Procedures committee.��

Kyle Vinson is a Vice President in Goldman Sachs’ San Francisco office. He joined the firm in 2009 after two years at a national public financial advisory firm. His responsibilities include covering clients throughout the Western U.S., with a focus on general government, surface transportation, and water issuers, as well as being a member of the firm’s National Airports and Ports coverage team.His experience includes transactions for the Port of Portland, Alaska Airports, San Francisco International Airport, Transbay JPA, Los Angeles Community College District, BAWSCA, and the LACMTA.Kyle earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Pomona College.

Jase Wilson is CEO of Neighborly, a San Francisco and New York based fintech startup modernizing access to public finance for issuers and investors

Leonard Jones is a Managing Director in Moody’s Public Finance Group responsible for credit ratings of Local Governments in the US. Prior to joining Moody’s, Lenny was a Partner at Rice Financial Products Company, where he managed Rice Financials investment banking business and specialized in public infrastructure finance.Lenny was previously a Senior Consultant at ABT Associates, Chief Consultant to the Zambia Privatisation Agency, Vice President at Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., Vice President at Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. and Assistant Treasurer in the International Department of Chase Manhattan Bank. Lenny has an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and an AB in economics from Dartmouth College.

Mr. Schuettler is Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Municipal League where he is responsible for operations of all League programs and services, including Trust/Benefit Services, Municipal Programs, Finance/Administration, Governmental Affairs and Communications.� He currently serves as the 1st Vice Chair of the National League of Cities Mutual Insurance Company. Prior to his employment with the League, Mr. Schuettler served as the City of Pottsville’s Administrator and a member trustee of the League’s PennPRIME Municipal Insurance/Workers’ Compensation Trusts, as well as other League committees. �He holds a B.S. Degree in Business Administration from King’s College and has received numerous certificates in various local government and public administration courses from the Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs, National League of Cities, International City/County Management Association and the Association for Pennsylvania Municipal Management.�

Mr. Mark Salimena has been in the industry for more than 25 years and joined Optimal Capital Group in November 2009.� Mark has managed the successful structuring, pricing, and closing of more than $1 billion of notional amount associated to bond transactions and interest rate hedging products each year since 2003.� He has extensive municipal derivative pricing experience, including product specialization in forward delivery interest rate structures as well as various option agreements.� He is highly regarded in spreadsheet cash-flow/trade-valuation analysis and regularly speaks at industry conferences on Municipal Advisory topics including derivative products. As such, Mark has become familiar with many of the concerns and challenges facing governmental entities. He has considerable experience in implementing debt (including derivative) policies, evaluating and proposing specific structures, and assisting in the negotiation of documentation prior to the execution of any transaction. He has an extensive history and knowledge of underlying bond structures, bond and bond issuer language, and also serves to provide outstanding and consistent client communicationOver the years, Mr. Salimena has served in various roles in the industry including as a financial advisor and swap advisor.� This allows him the opportunity to fully understand the needs of his clients in terms of financial integration and overall risk management.� In addition to Mark’s business experience, he served as Budget Director for the Finance Department of Camden County, New Jersey.�

Mayor Joseph Tempesta, Jr. of West Caldwell is President of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. �As President he guides the association of New Jersey’s 565 municipal governments.� He will represent the interests and needs of New Jersey’s local elected officials to county, state, and federal governments.He was recently elected to his 5th term as Mayor.� Prior to serving as Mayor, he served 3 terms as a Councilman in West Caldwell.�Mayor Tempesta also serves or has served on numerous Boards and Community Affiliations including the Morris Joint Insurance Fund and recently as Commissioner of the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission��

Lorne Potash is a Managing Director at Assured Guaranty based in New York where he is responsible for its Project Finance/Infrastructure business across the Americas.� Assured is the leading bond insurer across the public and project finance spaces. With wide ranging experience, his recent transactions involve U.S. transportation and social infrastructure projects including insuring $412 million of bonds for the LaGuardia Airport Redevelopment Project. Lorne joined Assured Guaranty in 2006. Prior to joining Assured Guaranty he was with Ambac, Andersen Corporate Finance and Arthur Andersen in various capacities.Lorne has been involved in the financial markets for 25 years. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Honors Business Administration from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario. He is a CFA charter holder, CPA and member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and Municipal Analysts Group of New York.