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Ellen B. Marshall is a legislative consultant with more than 20 years of experience representing clients before federal and state governments.� Ms. Marshall�s focus centers in the areas of federal and state legislative advocacy; technical and political communications; and grassroots strategy and management.Prior to starting Marshall & Company in 2005, Ms. Marshall served as director of tax and economic issues for a major real estate trade association and managed a small lobbying firm.� She also has wide-ranging experience in political campaigns and coalition building.� Her depth of issue experience spans tax, interstate commerce, bankruptcy, and state and local government finance.Ms. Marshall has guided clients in establishing successful grassroots and legislative advocacy programs.� In this role, she has trained government officials, corporate executives, and industry representatives to be effective advocates before the legislative and executive branches of government.� Ms. Marshall has also launched comprehensive grassroots and grasstops lobbying efforts that combine the extensive manpower of an association�s membership base, key industry executives, and a focused communications/public relations plan to turn potential legislative disasters into economic victories.

On January 21, Governor Greg Abbott nominated Carlos Cascos to serve as Texas Secretary of State. Pending Senate confirmation, he will serve Texas as the 110th Secretary.Not new to public service, Secretary-designate Cascos was elected as Cameron County Judge in 2006 and was re-elected in 2010 and 2014. He previously served on the Texas Public Safety Commission and as a Cameron County Commissioner from 1991 through 2002.Born in Mexico, Secretary-designate Cascos immigrated to the United States as a child and became a permanent resident and citizen during adolescence. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.Secretary-designate Cascos is a Certified Public Accountant. He and his wife, Aurora Candida G. Cascos, have two daughters, Andrea and Casandra.

Adrian Moore, Ph.D., Vice President of Policy at Reason Foundation, a non-profit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.Moore has testified before Congress and regularly advises federal, state and local officials on policy initiatives. He is a member of the Transportation Research Board, and in 2006 he was appointed by Congress to serve on the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Finance Commission. In 2009 he was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to California�s Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission.Mr. Moore is co-author of the book Curb Rights: A Foundation for Free Enterprise in Urban Transit, published in 1997 by the Brookings Institution Press, which was runner up for the Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award, and of Mobility First: A New Vision for Transportation in a Globally Competitive 21st Century coming out November 2008. And he is author of dozens of policy studies and articles.Mr. Moore earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Irvine. He holds a Master's in Economics from the University of California, Irvine and a Master's in History from California State University, Chico.�

Sheila Amoroso is a senior vice president, co-director of the municipal bond department for the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group and portfolio manager of Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income Fund.Ms. Amoroso joined Franklin Templeton Investments in 1986.Ms. Amoroso holds a bachelor of science degree from San Francisco State University and an M.B.A. from Notre Dame de Namur University. She is a member of the California Society of Municipal Analysts and the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.�

Gilbert (Gil) Gonzalez served as Deputy Undersecretary and Acting Undersecretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development mission area in Washington, D.C. He managed Rural Housing Services, Rural Utilities Service and Rural Business-Cooperative Service managing efforts related to minority home ownership, broadband, renewable energy, small business and faith-based programs. While at USDA Mr. Gonzalez also served as an advisor to Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman during the Katrina and Rita hurricane recovery efforts in the State of Louisiana.In 2006, Mr. Gonzalez joined the Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding team, as deputy director where he facilitated the long-term rebuilding efforts in Louisiana and in the Mississippi Gulf Coast Region.Prior to his appointment to USDA, Mr. Gonzalez served as president of the Community Development Loan Fund (CDLF), Inc. overseeing the company�s investment and loan portfolio. The CDLF was a collaborative between the City of San Antonio, U.S. Department of Treasury�s Community Development Financial Institution program and 21 bank investors which serve the credit and capital needs of small businesses and non-profit organizations.On Sept. 1, 2009, Mr. Gonzalez joined the University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development to serve as Director of the Rural Business Program (RBP). He manages the RBP which focuses upon rural development, capacity-building and business development within the South-West Texas Border Small Business Development Center Network.Since 2010 Mr. Gonzalez participated and worked on several Eagle Ford Shale joint studies pertaining to economic impact, workforce and housing with the Center for Community and Business Research, Center for Urban and Regional Planning and College of Public Policy. As Director of the RBP he works with small and rural communities in the Eagle Ford and Cline Shale oil and gas impacted regions educating community leaders and municipalities on seizing the opportunities created by the shale energy boom to diversify their local economy, create jobs and develop sustainable communities.He currently serves as a co-chair on the economic development and community investment committees of the Eagle Ford Consortium (EFC). The EFC is a community-based organization that represents the twenty-four county Eagle Ford Shale region. The membership of the EFC is comprised of municipal, workforce, education, energy and production companies, landowners, economic development organizations, healthcare and housing representatives.Mr. Gonzalez also serves as co-chair of the D. C. based Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) Shale Energy Special Interest Group; a national effort connecting small business clients with supply-chain opportunities being created by the energy sector.�

Trey�s principal area of practice is public finance, urban development law, and state legislative matters.� He regularly represents special districts whose chief purpose is developing water, sewer, drainage, parks, and road infrastructure.� Trey also represents developers in connection with the creation and operation of tax increment reinvestment zones (TIRZ�s), local government corporations, municipal management districts, and other financing mechanisms used to facilitate development and the financing of public works and infrastructure.� Trey serves as general counsel and bond counsel to special districts and local governments.� Trey works with developers to structure development agreements with cities and other local government entities for public participation in commercial, residential and mixed-use developments.

Jessica Kane is the Director of the Office of Municipal Securities at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.� The Office of Municipal Securities is responsible for administering SEC rules on practices of broker-dealers, municipal advisors, investors, and issuers in the municipal securities area and coordinating with the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on rulemaking and enforcement actions.� The Office of Municipal Securities advises the Commission and other SEC offices on policy matters, enforcement, and other issues affecting the municipal securities market and oversees MSRB rulemaking and the SEC’s municipal advisor registration program.� Prior to joining the Office of Municipal Securities, Ms. Kane worked in the Division of Corporation Finance and the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at the SEC. �Ms. Kane holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and a law degree from George Mason University School of Law.