Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Robert A. Greer is an Assistant Professor of Public Budgeting and Finance in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia (Ph.D., University of Kentucky 2013. His research focuses on state and local government debt, issues of fiscal federalism, and applied econometrics. His work appears in Municipal Finance Journal, Public Finance Review, and the forthcoming book Sustaining the States: The Fiscal Sustainability of the American States(CRC Press). Current projects include studying the vertical externalities associated with municipal debt and the allocation of debt capacity between state and local governments. He was the recipient of the 2012 Emerging Scholar Award from the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPA).

Marty Luby received his Ph.D. in public affairs from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs where he specialized in public finance and public management. Prior to DePaul, Luby held faculty positions at Ohio State University, the University of Illinois at Chicago and Indiana University. His research has appeared in Public Budgeting & Finance, Public Finance Review, Public Works Management & Policy, Municipal Finance Journal, and the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management. In addition to his research and teaching at DePaul, Luby has recently served as a consultant to the Office of Inspector General for the United States Department of Transportation on their analyses related to public-private partnerships, the Task Force on the State Budget Crisis chaired by Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and former New York Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch, and the City of Chicago Office of the Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his academic career, Luby spent 13 years in the public finance industry as an investment banker and financial advisor to state and local governments at Bear Stearns & Co. and Scott Balice Strategies where he helped advise, structure and price over $3 billion in financings for government entities throughout the United States.

Hae mi is currently an Assistant Professor of Finance at Loyola University Chicago. She received her Ph.D. degree in Finance from the University of Washington, and her A.M. degree in Statistics from Harvard University. She is also a CPA holder. Her research interests include macroeconomic uncertainty and capital markets, the information processing of analysts, corporate fraud, and municipal bond markets.

Miles Barnett is a Director at Municipal Market Advisors (MMA), a premier municipal-focused research firm based in Concord, MA. At MMA, Miles helps manage the company's credit scoping product as well as contributes to MMA's weekly Investor publication. He also provides quantitative analysis for a variety of research and consulting projects.Prior to joining MMA, Miles was an Associate at Revolution Capital Group, a deep-value private equity firm based out of Los Angeles, CA.Miles earned a M.A. in Economics from Brandeis University and a B.A. from Middlebury College.

Michael Gomez manages Barclays' California Public Finance business from the firm's offices in San Francisco. During his 28 years in the municipal and infrastructure finance businesses, Michael has helped raise over $20 billion for public agencies in the western United States, Florida and Latin America, with a particular focus on California. The Barclays Public Finance team he leads provides advice and develops customized financial strategies and products to help California's state and local governments achieve their goals. In 2012, The Bond Buyer recognized the team's efforts by naming its senior managed financing for Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District (SMART) as its "Far West Deal of the Year.”

Mike Feuer was elected Los Angeles City Attorney this May. He recently served six years in the California State Assembly where he was Chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee and wrote some of the state's most important public safety, children's health, consumer protection and environmental laws. Mike authored the law requiring convicted drunk drivers in Los Angeles and other counties to install ignition interlocks in their vehicles, preventing cars from starting unless their drivers are sober. He wrote the Crime Gun Identification Act, supported by more than sixty police chiefs, requiring that new semi-automatic hand guns be microstamped so that bullet casings are imprinted with data establishing who purchased the gun that fired them. He authored the law encouraging Good Samaritans to intervene in emergencies by immunizing them from lawsuits when they act responsibly. After the scandal at Penn State, Mike wrote the law protecting children by requiring college employees to report suspected child abuse. Mike wrote legislation requiring California insurance companies to insure children with pre-existing conditions, imposing tough penalties on those who don�t. He also fought to give California officials the authority to reject excessive health insurance rate increases. Mike�s the author of the most comprehensive state law in the nation to get cancer-causing chemicals out of consumer products. A champion for senior citizens, Mike jointly authored the legislation requiring nursing homes to post their quality of care ratings and led the effort to provide emergency funding to the only state program to investigate nursing home abuse and neglect.In the wake of the foreclosure crisis Mike jointly-authored the Homeowners� Bill of Rights, the groundbreaking legislation providing homeowners confronting foreclosure significant rights, including the ability to sue a lender who violates the law. Mike also wrote the law requiring a summary of foreclosure documents to be translated into the borrower�s primary language, enabling more families to take timely steps to save their homes. Protecting homeowners has been one of Mike�s priorities since his days as a public interest lawyer, where he led efforts to combat home equity fraud targeting seniors. Acutely aware of Los Angeles� traffic congestion problems and the need for mass transit infrastructure improvements to help alleviate traffic, Mike introduced and helped pass legislation that placed Measure R, the mass transit measure on the 2008 ballot. The measure won passage, and aims to ease traffic, improve Los Angeles County�s mass transportation system, all while creating thousands of jobs that will help grow the local economy. Mike authored and helped pass an extension of the measure which was approved by voters (Measure J) in November. Mike is also a longstanding advocate of equal rights for all people. He was a co-author of legislation to establish marriage equality in California and wrote the law assuring same-sex couples won�t be impoverished when one spouse enters a nursing home. As a pro bono attorney he drafted briefs in a California Supreme Court case establishing key adoption rights of same-sex couples and as a legislator led efforts in both houses to file a friend-of-the-court brief urging the state Supreme Court to overturn Prop 8. A national leader on providing everyone basic access to justice, Mike wrote the Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act, creating a pilot project making counsel more widely available where basic necessities of life are at stake. Mike has also written legislation with international implications. To help deter Iran�s nuclear ambitions, he jointly authored the Iran Contracting Act, precluding California from doing business with companies that have substantial interests in Iran�s energy sector. The Financial Times reported the law is already having an impact on international companies� behavior toward Iran.Mike previously served for six years on the Los Angeles City Council, where he wrote some of the toughest laws in the nation to curb gun violence, fought successfully for anti-gang and after-school programs, and funded jobs for disadvantaged youth. He initiated L.A.�s 3-1-1 non-emergency services system, improving 9-1-1 response times and making L.A. government much more effective. Mike was the Council�s leader on ethics reform and spearheaded business tax reforms. He chaired successful Council efforts to deliver on-time, balanced budgets and championed gender equity, the rights of disabled people, senior citizens and children. Prior to his work on the City Council, Mike directed one of the nation�s leading public interest law firms, Bet Tzedek Legal Services (The House of Justice). Under Mike�s leadership, Bet Tzedek helped more than 50,000 indigent, primarily elderly or disabled clients on crucial cases involving nursing home abuse, consumer fraud, access to health care, housing, Holocaust restitution and more. The Los Angeles Daily Journal wrote that he turned Bet Tzedek into a "national success story," and named him one of "California�s 100 Most Influential Attorneys." Mike has also taught at the UCLA School of Law and the UCLA School of Public Affairs. He practiced law at two of the nation�s leading firms, Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley and Morrison & Foerster. Mike has also been a commentator on NPR member station KPCC. He began his career as a judicial clerk for California Supreme Court Justice Joseph Grodin.He has received numerous awards reflecting the breadth of his achievements as a legislator and lawyer from organizations including the Judicial Council of California, California State Sheriffs� Association, California Judges Association, Women Against Gun Violence, Legal Community Against Violence, Consumer Federation of California, Civil Justice Association of California, Consumer Attorneys of California, Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (California chapter), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, California Senior Legislature, Jewish Family Service, the Congress of California Seniors, American Red Cross (California chapter), Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California, Sierra Club California, Planning and Conservation League, California League of Conservation Voters, Equality California and many others. A Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College and cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, Mike and his wife, Gail Ruderman Feuer, have been married for twenty-nine years. Their children, Aaron and Danielle, attend college.

Amy Potter is the Chief Financial Officer for the Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA), which is comprised of two joint powers agencies responsible for managing the design, planning, financing, construction and operation of California’s largest network of toll roads – State Routes 73, 133, 241 and 261 in central and south Orange County. Ms. Potter joined TCA in 2004 and served as Assistant Controller, Controller and Director of Finance and was responsible for financial reporting, treasury, budget, and bond finance, cash flow and debt management activities prior to assuming the position of CFO in November 2012. Prior to joining TCA, Ms. Potter worked in public accounting for 16 years in the areas of audit, tax, and business process improvement and strategic planning. She is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting from California State University, Fullerton and a Master of Science degree in taxation from Golden Gate University.

Jeff Morales is the Chief Executive Officer of the California High-Speed Rail Authority and has a distinguished record of experience managing large and complex transportation issues and projects. As the former Director of the California Department of Transportation, Morales managed a $10 billion program and more than 23,000 employees working to build, maintain and operate the largest state transportation system in the U.S. Morales most recently was Senior Vice President of Parsons Brinckerhoff , where he worked with transportation agencies across the United States and internationally to develop and implement major capital programs and is the past executive vice president of the Chicago Transit Authority where he spearheaded major reforms at the nation’s second-largest transit agency. His experience at the federal level includes serving as a member of President-Elect Obama’s transition team focusing on transportation, Vice President Al Gore’s National Performance Review, the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security, the United States Department of Transportation and as U.S. Senate staff.

Michael Gomez manages Barclays' California Public Finance business from the firm's offices in San Francisco. During his 28 years in the municipal and infrastructure finance businesses, Michael has helped raise over $20 billion for public agencies in the western United States, Florida and Latin America, with a particular focus on California.�The Barclays Public Finance team he leads provides advice and develops customized financial strategies and products to help California's state and local governments achieve their goals. In 2012,�The Bond Buyer�recognized the team's efforts by naming its senior managed financing for Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District (SMART) as its "Far West Deal of the Year.�