Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Ed Krenik is a Senior Principal for government affairs at Bracewell & Giuliani in Washington, D.C. With extensive prior service in senior staff positions in both the legislative and executive branches, he is uniquely qualified to guide corporations, industry coalitions, trade associations and nonprofit organizations through the legislative and regulatory aspects of government advocacy campaigns. His practice encompasses a range of issues, including energy, environment, consumer products, trade and manufacturing. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Krenik served as associate administrator for congressional and intergovernmental relations at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Managing a team of 85 professionals, he was instrumental in developing strategy for the Clear Skies initiative, clean water priorities, and other environmental legislation, such as the landmark Small Business Revitalization and Brownfields Rehabilitation Act. He served as EPA�s chief liaison with Congress and the nation's 50 state governors and legislators. He also served as the chief lobbyist for EPA before all Senate and House Congressional Committees.Prior to that, Mr. Krenik was legislative director and appropriations staff associate for U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., and also staffed all 13 appropriations subcommittees for the Congressman. Mr. Krenik oversaw a legislative staff of 5 individuals and planned and implemented all legislative strategy for the Congressman. He had similar responsibilities with Rep. Dean Gallo, R-N.J. While working for the House Appropriations Committee, Mr. Krenik primarily focused on energy, transportation, environment, health care, Army Corps of Engineers, and defense department and agencies budgets. Mr. Krenik's legislative achievements included work on the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, specifically the double hull phase-out for oil tankers provision, various superfund (CERCLA) bills and laws, the energy bill of 1992.He began his legislative career as a legislative assistant for former Sen. David Durenberger (R-MN), where he focused on issues under the jurisdiction of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee as well as other energy and natural resources issues.He has a B.A. from University of Minnesota.

Malachy Fallon, Managing Director is responsible for coordinating analytical outreach and communications, including investor relations for the US Public Finance Department. Previously Mal was Lead Analytical Manager for the Municipal Enterprise Group consisting of healthcare, higher education, 501� (3) and public housing analytical teams within Standard & Poor�s Ratings Services U.S. Public Finance Ratings. From July 2009 to November 2010 Mal was Managing Director of Ratings Change Management. As the head of this initiative, Mal and the Change Management team worked closely with Standard & Poor�s analytical practices on the prioritization, sequencing and design of operational, regulatory, strategic and analytical quality initiatives. Earlier in his career, Mal was responsible for establishing the Standard & Poor�s regional office in Dallas, Texas. The office opened in 1996 and Mal served as senior analyst there covering eight states: Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. In 2000, Mal was named Managing Director and head of the region. Mal started his career at Standard & Poor�s in U.S. Public Finance in 1983 in the New York office. In this role, he focused on ratings for various sectors of Public Finance including healthcare, higher education, utilities, transportation, and general obligation bond issues. In addition, he has been involved in ratings of state and local governments and utilities in Argentina, Brazil, India, and Mexico. Mal has a bachelor of science degree and master of business administration degree from Fordham University in New York.

Gregory Clark is the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank. Prior to assuming the role of Executive Director in September of 2014, Clark served as the Deputy Director & General Counsel of the Bond Bank since October 17, 2012. Clark is currently a member of the Government Finance Officers Association�s Committee on Economic Development and Capital Planning. Clark earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the Indiana University � Bloomington.

Mr. Black currently serves as the Director of Finance for the City of Baltimore, Maryland where he oversees all City financial operations and a City budget of $3.4 billion. He has previously served as Executive Vice President & COO of Global Commerce Solutions, Inc., a D.C. based government services firm. Mr. Black has also served as the Chief Financial Officer for the City of Richmond Virginia, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer for the District of Columbia, and Assistant Director of Fiscal Management and Investments for the New York State Insurance Fund, the Nation's second largest public sector workers compensation insurance carrier. Mr. Black has also served as the Director of Budget and Finance for the D.C. City Council, as well as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Administration for the District's Child and Family Services Agency. He is also the author of Achieving Economic Development Success: Tools That Work", published by the International City/County Management Association. Besides serving as the Rector of the Virginia State University Board of Visitors, as Director of Finance for the City of Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Black serves on the following Boards of Directors; Baltimore Hotel Corporation (Chair), Baltimore City Deferred Compensation Committee (Chair), Baltimore Development Corporation, Baltimore City Foundation, Baltimore City Golf Corporation, and the Baltimore City Parking Authority

Mr. J. Anthony “Jim” Beard, CTP, has specific expertise in capital project financing, governance and stakeholder relations. It was Jim’s guide that led City of Atlanta’s initiative to receive the Bond Buyer’s 2011 “Deal of the Year” award.Jim joined the City of Atlanta in 2010 and began serving as Chief Financial Officer, October, 2011. As CFO and Senior Management, Jim advises the Mayor and City Council on a variety of policies, issues and financial activities. Previously Jim served as Deputy Commissioner and Chief Financial Officer with the Department of Watershed Management. In this role, Mr. Beard provided centralized financial and administrative support for the City’s multibillion dollar water and wastewater systems.A Certified Treasury Professional, Mr. Beard served as the Treasurer for the Clerk and Comptroller of Palm Beach County, Florida, prior to joining the City of Atlanta.Mr. Beard received dual bachelor’s degrees, in Finance and International Business from Florida International University and also attended the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. He earned his Masters of Business Administration degree from the J. L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

Cliff Weiner is a Managing Director at Preston Hollow Capital. �In this role, he helps execute the corporate development strategy for Preston Hollow Capital and he oversees the municipal credit strategy.� Mr. Weiner brings 30 years of diverse experience in portfolio management, transaction leadership and fixed income sales.Cliff joined Preston Hollow Capital in 2014, after spending 17 years with ORIX USA in multiple capacities. In his most recent position, he was CEO and president of ORIX Municipal Finance where he managed trading of the company�s municipal bond portfolio and origination of private placements and loans. ��Prior he served as Managing Director of ORIX USA Corporate Development, where he led various high-profile deals including the acquisition of Houlihan Lokey and the sale of a master servicing platform to Key Bank. His initial position with ORIX USA was Managing Director of the company�s real estate group. In this role he specialized in CMBS and ABS investment and trading in addition to real estate lending. �Mr. Weiner began his career with Kidder Peabody/PaineWebber as senior vice president of institutional fixed income sales.A native of Manhattan, Cliff has resided in Dallas for the past 17 years. He received his Bachelor of Science in physics from Worchester Polytechnic Institute before going on to earn his MBA in finance from Duke University. Cliff�s community involvement lies with the Greenhill School in Addison, where he is assisting with fundraising for a new fine arts building on campus.

Mark Schierman is a Portfolio Manager / Trader for Piper Jaffray Investment Management, LLC. Mark has 19 years of trading experience with focus on municipal securities, treasuries, futures, and swaps. Mark joined Piper Jaffray & Co. in 2007 to manage the Municipal Strategic Trading account. Prior to joining Piper Jaffray & Co., Mark spent over 10 years as a Municipal Proprietary Trader for RBC Dain Rauscher, Eagle Capital Management and Delaware Group. Mark earned a Bachelor�s degree in Business Administration with concentration in financial management from the University of St. Thomas.

Ms. Swirski�s practice focuses on working with clients in the areas of economic and tax policy to optimize their objectives in national policy circles and best position their interests with stakeholders.� She has worked for more than two decades with Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, private companies and non-profit organizations to anticipate and engage in national policy initiatives, design valuable alignments with stakeholder interests and launch successful profile-building initiatives across the country.� Ms. Swirski was named one of Washington�s top lobbyists by a leading Washington publication in part because of the breadth and depth of her government and private sector experience.Ms. Swirski served as a senior advisor to two prominent U.S. Senators � Senator Jack Danforth (R-MO) and Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY).� Her private sector experience also includes serving as the top federal lobbyist for Mobil Corporation and advising multinational clients on national policy issues while in the National Office of Ernst & Young.She is a frequent guest lecturer both nationally and internationally on policy and political strategy.� Ms. Swirski holds law degrees from Georgetown University and George Washington University and an undergraduate degree from Emory University.

Louise Sheiner is a senior economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. She has also held positions as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, senior staff economist for the Council of Economic Advisers, and economist for the Joint Committee on Taxation. Dr. Sheiner’s expertise covers a range of disciplines, including health economics, macroeconomics, and fiscal policy. Her recent work has focused on the geographic variation in Medicare spending.She has been a member of the Medicare Technical Advisory Panel, and the National Academy of Science Panel on the Macroeconomics of Aging. Dr. Sheiner holds an A.B. in biology, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics, all from Harvard University.