Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

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.

John Sexton was designated President of New York University in 2001. He is also NYU’s Benjamin Butler Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus of the Law School.During his Presidency, the University’s reach and stature have grown tremendously. President Sexton oversaw the University’s largest increase in the number of Arts and Science faculty; applications for undergraduate admissions have reached record levels; and, in 2008, NYU finished the most successful completed fundraising campaign in the history of American higher education.A signature of his tenure has been the emergence of NYU as a Global Network University, with a unique network of 12 international academic centers and a liberal arts campus in Abu Dhabi and another campus being established in Shanghai.Other milestones include an affiliation with Polytechnic University and the establishment of the Center for Urban Science and Progress in downtown Brooklyn.President Sexton is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Association of American Universities. He is past Chair of the American Council on Education, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities of New York. He has served as the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Chair of the Federal Reserve Systems Council of Chairs. He also serves on the Board of the Institute of International Education.He is an author of the nation’s leading casebook on Civil Procedure. He served as law clerk to U.S. Chief Justice Warren Burger and to Judges David Bazelon and Harold Leventhal of the U.S. Court of Appeals.President Sexton received a Bachelor’s degree in history, a Master’s degree in comparative religion and a Ph.D. in the history of American religion, all from Fordham University. He received a law degree magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. The recipient of a number of honorary degrees, he was named a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, France’s national order of the Legion of Honor.

Colin Walsh is a Director in Fitch Ratings' U.S. Public Finance Department. His primary areas of expertise are public and private colleges and universities. Colin also covers a portfolio of not-for-profit credits which generally includes foundations, cultural institutions, and service organizations, as well as other education sectors such as independent schools and charter schools.Prior to joining Fitch in 2007, Colin spent nine years in the not-for-profit lending group at Allied Irish Bank, where he was a relationship manager and credit analyst for a portfolio of not-for-profit clients, primarily in the education and healthcare sectors.Colin earned a B.S. in Public Accounting and an M.B.A. from Fordham University, and is a member of the Municipal Analyst Group of New York.

Bill Greendyke, a partner in the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Department, divides his time between the Dallas and Houston locations. Bill concentrates his practice in bankruptcy, reorganization and creditor rights and related litigation. He represents financial institutions, non-bank lenders, debtors, creditors' committees and a variety of other clients in connection with bankruptcy and bankruptcy-related litigation matters. Prior to joining in June 2004, he served as Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas sitting in Houston. He was appointed to the bench by the Fifth Circuit on September 1, 1987. During his tenure as a judge, he presided over a number of complex and significant Chapter 11 cases, including National Convenience Stores (Stop-N-Go), Appletree Markets, Ninfa's, Tri-Union Development, Drypers, Sterling Chemicals, Metals USA and Encompass Services, and over ten separate Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy cases.

Justin Pica is Director of Product Management for the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's (MSRB) market transparency programs. Mr. Pica directs strategic planning for and oversees implementation of enhancements to all MSRB market transparency programs, including the Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA), Transaction Reporting and Short-term Obligation Rate Transparency systems. Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Pica managed rulemaking and policy support for MSRB market transparency programs and directed regulatory and policy development at MSRB for clearance and settlement, customer confirmations and new issue requirements. He received his bachelor's of science degree from Fordham University and a master's of business administration degree from George Washington University.

Mr. Failing is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Highway Program for Los Angeles County Metro where he is responsible for Delivery of the nearly $8 billion Measure R Highway Program. In 2006, Mr. Failing was chosen by the Los Angeles Times� West Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in Southern California. In addition, Los Angeles Magazine highlighted Mr. Failing in their December, 2006 issue as one of the most influential people in Los Angeles.Mr. Failing earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University in Houghton in 1980 and was hired at Caltrans in June of 1980 as a Junior Civil Engineer

Randall serves as the Chief Financial Officer and administrative official for the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA). CCTA is responsible for implementing a 25-year sales tax measure projected to raise over $1.7 billion of local sales tax to fund transportation systems and improvements in Contra Costa. Randall manages CCTA�s finance function, including debt financing, investments, human resources, risk management, and technology. Contra Costa in the San Francisco bay area. Randall�s career spans over 25 years in public finance and treasury management. Prior to joining the CCTA team in 2007, Randall served as the Chief Financial Officer for the East Bay Regional Park District and earlier in his career as the Assistant Controller for the City of Fresno. Randall received his Masters and undergraduate degrees from the California State University at Fresno.

Megan Matson specializes in the integration of a community�s public objectives with the abilities and parameters of private capital and operations. She would describe Table Rock as �private equity on a mission,� and is committed to resolving some of the hardest issues faced by local government, through innovative public-private infrastructure, in ways that are both creditworthy and resilient. As a partner at Table Rock, Megan most recently led or participated in multiple transaction execution work streams on the 30-year $174 MM Rialto Water Services water and wastewater recapitalization, including the investor roadshow and due diligence, local agency negotiations, city and labor relations, community outreach and education, independent engineering and environmental reports production, and closing prep for the City and vendors. Megan is now part of Table Rock�s day-to-day asset management in Rialto on behalf of Rialto Water Services. Her background is in leading national, state and local organizing campaigns, political campaign consulting, local energy aggregation development at the grassroots level, and both non-profit and commercial branding, strategy and communications. Megan received her B.A. from Yale University.