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Luke advocates for the Texas energy sector as part of the Texas Joint Association Education Initiative.Luke regularly travels across Texas & Washington, DC to advocate & educate elected officials and community leaders about the Texas Oil & Gas industry. Luke spent over 12 years on the political campaign circuit He is a native of Klein, TX and has a B.A. from the University of Texas.

Dan White is a Senior Economist at Moody�s Analytics, responsible for coordinating government consulting and regional economic research with an emphasis on fiscal policy. He regularly presents to clients and conferences, and has been featured in a number of print, radio, and televised media outlets, ranging from the Wall Street Journal to National Public Radio. He also has the pleasure of working closely with a number of governments in a consulting role. Before joining Moody�s Analytics, Dan worked as a financial economist for the New Mexico State Legislative Finance Committee in Santa Fe, where he forecast revenues and analyzed a wide range of policy issues concentrated around economic development, public investment, and debt management. Dan holds an MA in economics as well as undergraduate degrees in finance and international business from New Mexico State University.

J. Hutchison (Hutch) Bryan, Jr., CFA is Director of Fixed Income at South Texas Money Management. He is responsible for fixed income portfolio management of client portfolios, with an emphasis on tax exempt and taxable municipal bonds.Mr. Bryan started at South Texas Money Management in August 2009. Prior to that, he spent eight years at AIG Investments in New York. He was a Vice President and Municipal Bond Portfolio Manager in the Municipal Bond Group, which had over $50 billion in municipal securities under its management. He was also the lead portfolio manager of the SunAmerica Tax Exempt Insured Fund and the SunAmerica Municipal Money Market Fund. Mr. Bryan came to AIG as the result of the AIG's acquisition of American General, where he was a director and municipal bond portfolio manager responsible for over $800 million in municipal securities. Before American General, he spent nine years as Vice President at Chase Bank of Texas, including six years as a municipal credit analyst, trader and portfolio manager.Mr. Bryan earned a BBA and a BA in Ibero-American Studies from Southern Methodist University and a MBA from Texas A&M University. He is a CFA charterholder, and is a member of the CFA Institute, the Municipal Buyers Conference, and the CFA Society of San Antonio. Mr. Bryan also serves on the board of the Alamo Heights Little League.

Blair Anderson is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance and Budget at the U.S. Department of Transportation serving as principal deputy to the Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Anderson assists in the development and execution of DOT�s budget of more than $70 billion and is a key liaison for the Department to Congressional Committees of jurisdiction, the Congressional Budget Office, and outside stakeholders.� In addition he plays a key role in the execution and oversight of the Department�s $10 billion loan portfolio.� In this role Mr. Anderson manages the Secretary�s credit oversight team and the operations of the Credit Council, along with ensuring a consistent departmental credit policy across the modal innovative finance programs.� He is also a member of the Department�s senior management team advising the Secretary of Transportation on budget, policy, and management issues.Prior to joining the Department in April 2013, Mr. Anderson spent eight years as an advisor for Congressman John W. Olver, most recently staffing the Congressman in his position as Chairman then Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development. Notable achievements during this time included providing $10.5 billion for the High Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail grant program and the creation of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program. Mr. Anderson also served as Congressman Olver�s Legislative Director from 2007-2009.Mr. Anderson has a Bachelor�s degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University.

Jessica Akey is the Deputy Director of Capital Markets for the State of Illinois.� She manages over $35 billion of outstanding State of Illinois bonds and new debt issuances. She has participated in over $10 billion of bond sales, in a variety of Illinois credits including: general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, and unemployment insurance bonds.� Ms. Akey serves as Secretary of the Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority board, where she manages $1.3 billion of outstanding tobacco bonds.� She holds a B.A. in International Economics and Spanish from the University of Kentucky and a M.A. in Economics from Roosevelt University, Chicago. �

Kurt Summers is a son of Chicago and a pragmatic problem solver who is passionate about serving the people of the city.As Chicago�s newest City Treasurer, Summers is the steward of the city�s $7 billion dollar investment portfolio and is responsible for maintaining records and accounts of the city�s finances while ensuring transparency and accountability for all transactions. Treasurer Summers also serves as an advocate to empower young people, workers and small business owners, as well as programs that promote economic growth and financial education. The Treasurer sits on five local pension boards with nearly $25 billion under management.Since taking the oath of office on Dec. 1, 2014, Treasurer Summers has hit the ground running.The Treasurer�s first act in office was the proposal of an ambitious and audacious 90-day-plan called �Invest in Our Chicago.� The plan was intended to act as a roadmap, focused on leveraging Chicago�s economic power to increase investment in its residents, workers, businesses and neighborhoods.Summers began his career at McKinsey & Company, a preeminent global strategy-consulting firm. Most recently, Summers served as a Senior Vice President at Grosvenor Capital Management and a member of the Office of the Chairman. In that role, Summers was a leader of the Emerging and Diverse Manager business, which invested over $2 billion with minority- and women-owned firms.With nearly 15 years of experience in the financial services community, a background rooted in service to others has guided Treasurer Summers throughout his professional career.Prior to his time at Grosvenor, Summers was called to serve as Chief of Staff to the Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and as the appointed Trustee for the $9 billion Cook County Pension Fund. In that capacity, Summers led county-wide reforms to provide performance management in every department.In his role as Chief of Staff for President Preckwinkle, Summers also steered the closure of a $487 million budget deficit while keeping the administration�s promise to rollback the county sales tax, saving taxpayers more than $400 million a year. Additionally, Summers aided in reforming the county�s procurement rules and helped pave the way for a more sustainable health and hospital system.In 2008, Summers answered the call to serve as Chief of Staff for Chicago 2016, the city�s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The historic plan called for development in struggling neighborhoods and sealed Kurt�s passion to help Chicago showcase all it has to offer.Treasurer Kurt Summers is a lifelong Chicago resident and a graduate of Whitney Young High School. He received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with Management Distinction High Honors in Finance and International Business, with a minor in East Asian Studies, from Washington University in St. Louis. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.