Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Professor Dash joined the URI faculty in 1974 with a masters- and PhD-degree in finance and operations research (1978) from the University of Colorado. Professor Dash has published various manuscripts on the topics on nonlinear multiple objective decision making, artificial intelligence and stochastic methods in time series analysis. He has also published two books: Fundamentals of Risk Management: Derivatives, Neuroscience, and Automated Trading; and, Recent Advances in Computational Finance. Along with international invitations to present at research symposiums, he has lectured to graduate students in eight different countries. Professor Dash�s service activities include performing as founder and faculty adviser to the student-directed Quantitative Finance and Neuroscience Club. He remains an active member in major international professional associations.

Raul Amezcua joined the Stifel-California Public Finance team in 2014. Previously, Raul spent 11 years helping to manage and grow a small regional firm into a major competitor in the California Public Finance sector and, prior to that, spent 12 years in California working for bulge-bracket, New York-based investment banks. During 25 years in California public finance, he has completed well over 100 senior-managed debt financings with an aggregate par value exceeding $22 billion.Raul has served on the board of the PUENTE Learning Center since 2001, including serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors for eight years.Raul received an MBA from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA in 1991, and a Bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Southern California in 1987. �Raul currently holds the Series 7, 24, 27, 50, 53, & 63 licenses.

Mary Lewis is the Chief Financial Officer for the City of San Diego, serving in this position from 2008-2012, and returning to the City in 2013. Ms Lewis oversees the Office of the City Comptroller, City Treasurer, Debt Management, Risk Management, and Financial Management. With a $3 billion budget and 10,000 employees, the City of San Diego provides a full range of governmental services including police and fire protection, sanitation and health services, the construction and maintenance of streets and infrastructure, recreational activities and cultural events, and the maintenance and operation of the water and sewer utilities. Ms. Lewis began at the City in 2006 as the Director of Financial Management under the then new strong mayor form of government. From 2012-2013, she served as the Chief Financial Officer of the San Diego City Employees� Retirement System (SDCERS), which serves 20,000 members and manages trust fund assets of over $6.5 billion. Prior positions include the CFO/COO of Alliance Healthcare Foundation and senior management positions in for-profit and non-profit healthcare organizations. She is a member of the League of Cities, California Committee on Municipal Accounting, the Committee on Revenue and Taxation, and City�s Disclosure Practices Working Group.Ms Lewis holds a Master�s Degree in Business from Columbia University and an MA in English Literature from the University of Missouri.

Tom is the dedicated public pension specialist for Moody’s Investors Service US Public Finance Group. He has held this role since 2013, in which he authors pension-related research and facilitates pension risk assessments across the group’s ratings. Tom originally joined Moody’s as a ratings analyst in 2011, where he covered local government credits. Prior to joining Moody’s, he served as Deputy Chief of Staff to a member of the San Diego City Council. Tom holds a Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics (Actuarial Science) from DePaul University in Chicago and a Master of Arts in Economics from San Diego State University.�

� Co-heads PFM�s engagements with utility clients throughout the western region� Immediately prior to joining PFM, Brian was the Assistant General Manager and Chief Financial Officer for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the nation�s largest supplier of treated drinking water, for 10 and a half years. As the Assistant General Manager and Chief Financial Officer, Brian was responsible for all financial functions, including treasury and debt management, capital planning, financial reporting, the $1.8 billion expenditure budget, and water rates and charges� Serves as Financial Advisor to some of the largest water and wastewater utilities in the West, including Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Southern Nevada Water Authority, Eastern Municipal Water District, Contra Costa Water District, Colorado Springs Utilities and Las Vegas Valley Water District� Brian has Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology and Economics from Cal Poly, Pomona, and a Masters and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Riverside�

Ms. Kiehn joined Stifel in 2004 and is a Managing Director and co-head of California underwriting.� Ms. Kiehn makes commitments on nearly 200 new issues each year, representing more than $5 billion in principal amount. She is also responsible for managing Stifel’s short-term underwriting and variable rate remarketing efforts. Ms. Kiehn is the current President of the San Francisco Municipal Bond Club. Ms. Kiehn holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Vermont.

Benjamin E. Stern�is Managing Director of� Stifel’s California Municipal Bond Underwriting�Desk, and is based in Los Angeles.� Since 1990, Ben has participated, as underwriter, in $42 billion of California municipal bond issues, including 850 senior-managed California municipal issues spanning the entire credit spectrum, from Non-Rated to AAA.� In that capacity�he has developed strong ties to bond mutual funds, insurance companies, hedge funds, bank trust departments and investment counselors who buy California bonds.��Ben has also spearheaded a number of innovative and successful tender bond programs and is an essential part of Stifel’s coverage of the California market.Ben received an MBA with a concentration in Finance and Real Estate from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1989. He graduated cum laude with a BS in Electrical Engineering from UCLA in 1985.