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Sutirtha Bagchi holds a Ph.D. in Business Economics from the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business. He earned his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology and an MBA from Purdue University's Krannert School of Management where he graduated as a Krannert Scholar. Prior to joining his PhD program, Sutirtha worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company out of their Pittsburgh office where he consulted for clients in the consumer packaged goods and retail space.Sutirtha's fields of study are public finance, political economy, labor economics, and regulation. In recent work, he has examined the fiscal health of public-sector pension plans for municipal workers in Pennsylvania and the role that political competition plays in impacting the funding and generosity of these plans. Sutirtha will be starting off as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Villanova University beginning Fall 2014.

Sean Wilkoff received his Ph.D. in Finance and Real Estate at the University of California at Berkeley in May of 2012. He currently works at the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis focusing on municipal bond market and ABS regulation.

Eric Garcetti is the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles. His "back to basics" agenda is focused on job creation and solving everyday problems for L.A. residents. Garcetti was elected four times by his peers to serve as President of the Los Angeles City Council from 2006 to 2012. From 2001 until taking office as Mayor, he served as the Councilmember representing the 13th District which includes Hollywood, Echo Park, Silver Lake, and Atwater Village - all of which were dramatically revitalized under Garcetti's leadership. Garcetti was raised in the San Fernando Valley and earned his B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University. He studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and the London School of Economics and taught at Occidental College and USC. A fourth generation Angeleno, Eric lives in Silver Lake with his wife and one-year-old daughter. He is a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy reserve and is an avid jazz pianist and photographer.

Alan Gibson has been a director in Fitch Ratings' U.S. public finance group for seven years, with a focus on tax-supported credits in the western region. He has analyzed numerous bonds issued by a wide variety of public sector agencies in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Utah, and Washington using various security structures.Before joining Fitch, Alan was a principal analyst in the Harvey M. Rose Accountancy Corporation, the contracted budget analyst and auditor for the City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, California. In that position, Alan worked on budget and legislative analysis, and management audits. Prior to coming to the U.S. to complete a Masters of Public Administration at San Francisco State University, Alan held a variety of policy and corporate management positions in the New Zealand public service.

William C. Fallon is the chief executive officer of National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation. He oversees all financial guarantee insurance activities for municipal bonds, tax-exempt debt and infrastructure finance. Mr. Fallon is also president and chief operating officer of MBIA Inc. responsible for day-to-day operations of MBIA Inc. and its subsidiaries. Previously, Mr. Fallon was head of Global Structure Finance having joined the Company in 2005 as a managing director and head of Corporate and Strategic Planning. Prior to MBIA, Mr. Fallon was a partner at McKinsey & Company, where he specialized in consulting with financial institutions and was co-leader of the firm's Corporate Finance and Strategy practice and a key member of the North American Wholesale Financial Institutions and Risk Management practices. He also worked extensively with financial institutions in the areas of value-based management, valuation, mergers and acquisitions, securitization and risk management.

Douglas Offerman is a senior director in Fitch Ratings� public finance states group. Doug was previously a financial consultant for several large, health care-related nonprofit organizations in New York City, and a research analyst for New York budget and operational issues at the Citizens Budget Commission. Prior to that, he worked on democracy-building programs for the U.S. Information Agency in Washington, D.C., and he began his career working in economic development for the State of California.Doug earned a BA in History from U.C.L.A. and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

James Nadler is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. Prior to joining Kroll, James was the Vice President for Corporate Development at General Re in the New England Asset Management Division. At General Re, James helped create a new platform for trading, settlement and reporting. His expertise in research and analytics at General Re was instrumental in maintaining client relationships while generating new revenue. Over the last two decades, James has held several roles in the world of financial analysis, working for mainstays in the ratings industry as well as independent research firms. As Executive Vice President at FitchRatings, he was responsible for strategy, budgets, hiring, product development, and credit rating criteria for the Structured Finance Group, which he led. He began his career as a senior accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers and then became a ratings officer at Standard & Poor's. He received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Kansas and an M.B.A. from Rutgers University.

Katie Koster is a Managing Director in the Investment Banking/Public Finance Department of Piper Jaffray & Co. and has worked in the field of municipal finance since 1994.� Her experience includes having served as Administrative Manager for the County of Riverside’s Land-Secured Finance Division, financial advisor, senior manager or co-manager for over $4.5 billion of tax exempt and taxable municipal financings.Koster’s focus is predominantly as Underwriter or Placement Agent for Piper’s city, county, and special district clientele throughout the west including the states of California, Texas and Hawaii. Her expertise covers a broad range of financial sectors and capital structures. A leader in her field, Koster gained industry recognition for her expertise in land-secured financing developing and implementing intricate workouts during the past two economic downturns in California.Recently, Koster was awarded the prestigious “She’s Our Hero” Award for her efforts chairing the Strategic Planning Advisory Committee which was tasked with developing a Strategic Plan for the organizations future growth. And she will be taking a lead role in helping drive the Firm’s Diversity & Inclusion initiatives as Co-Chair of Piper Jaffray’s D&I Council with Piper CEO Andrew Duff.�Ms. Koster served as Vice President of Women in Public Finance (national) – 2015; Past President and Founding Board Member of the Women in Public Finance – Los Angeles Chapter, a member of California Society of Municipal Finance Officers (CSMFO), the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Council of Urban Land Institute (ULI), and California Building Industry Association (CBIA).� She holds her Series 7, 24, and 53 NASD securities licenses.

Jeremy Bass is a Managing Director in the Boston office and provides financial advisory services to colleges and universities. Mr. Bass is a senior member of PFM�s higher education transaction and works with College and University clients nationally but with a focus in New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Clients include Bucknell University, Bryn Mawr College, the University System of Maryland, Williams College, and the University of Maine System.Mr. Bass advises his clients on a broad range of capital markets related services including capital structure evaluation, risk analysis, debt capacity analysis, rating agency strategy, strategic planning and financial forecasting, and transaction execution. Mr. Bass has assisted colleges and universities in building complex financial models to evaluate initiatives, obtain first time bond ratings, manage rating communication, and has advised on billions in financings for colleges and universities on a wide range of structures including fixed rate, variable rate, private placements, and synthetic structures using swaps.