Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Alex Brill is a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he studies the impact of tax policy on the US economy as well as the fiscal, economic, and political consequences of tax, budget, health care, retirement security, and trade policies. He also works on health care reform, pharmaceutical spending and drug innovation, and unemployment insurance reform. Brill is the author of a pro-growth proposal to reduce the corporate tax rate to 25 percent, and �The Real Tax Burden: More than Dollars and Cents� (2011), coauthored with Alan D. Viard. He has testified numerous times before Congress on tax policy, labor markets and unemployment insurance, Social Security reform, fiscal stimulus, the manufacturing sector, and biologic drug competition.Before joining AEI, Brill served as the policy director and chief economist of the House Ways and Means Committee. Previously, he served on the staff of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He has also served on the staff of the President's Fiscal Commission (Simpson-Bowles) and the Republican Platform Committee (2008).Brill has an M.A. in mathematical finance from Boston University and a B.A. in economics from Tufts University.

Pamela is the Executive Director for UC Berkeley�s Office of Planning & Analysis. She oversees a team of 13 analysts that provide decision support for the Berkeley campus. She and her team are responsible for enrollment planning and student outcomes analysis, academic program and curricular planning support, peer analyses and rankings, and development of Cal Answers (Berkeley�s enterprise data warehouse tool). Pamela reports to the Associate Vice Chancellor � Chief Financial Officer and in that capacity, she has supported communication efforts, including production of the Budget Plan and Annual Financial Report, which have been used to reinforce how our financial strategies support campus goals, student access and outcomes and academic excellence.

Diane E. Snyder is Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration at Alamo Colleges, San Antonio. Diane is responsible for Financial Planning, Human Resources, Facilities Planning and Management, Accounting, Business Services, Student Financial Aid, and Public Safety. She also guides the nine-member, elected Board of Trustees on matters related to Alamo Colleges� $500 million annual operating and capital budget. Diane has more than 20 years of progressively responsible experience in public accounting, operations and financial management; with a proven track record of improving operational controls and efficiencies, especially in turnaround and high growth situations. Prior to joining Alamo Colleges in 2008, Diane was an Executive Director for over twelve years for AT&T where she managed staffs of up to 225 employees and budgets of $5 million - $2.5 billion in such varied areas as accounting, internal audit, purchasing, inventory control/fulfillment, billing and revenue assurance, and call centers. At Price Waterhouse during 1987 to 1996, Diane managed audit assurance, compliance, merger and internal control assessments for a diverse client base including Mary Kay Cosmetics and East Texas Baptist University. Diane is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Higher Education Administration at the University of Texas at Austin. She holds a Master of Science degree in Accounting from University of North Texas, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Behavior from Leslie College. She is an active member of the Financial Executives Institute, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and Texas Assoc. of Community College Business Officers. The San Antonio Business Journal recognized Ms. Snyder as Best CFO 2010 Education Category.

Rick Cosgrove is a partner in the Banking and Financial Services Department at Chapman and Cutler LLP. He has extensive experience in the representation of domestic and foreign banking institutions and leasing companies in a wide variety of financial transactions involving the extension of credit to public sector entities, including credit enhancement and liquidity facilities, the direct purchase of tax-exempt bonds, derivative products, leasing, project finance, public/private partnerships, tender option bonds and other structured financings. Rick pioneered the development of direct purchase bond programs for several of the country’s largest banks and is a noted authority in this area.

Georgia Sanchez is the Assistant City Treasurer for the City of Austin where she manages the City’s $5 billion debt and serves as an Investment Officer for the $1.8 billion investment portfolios. Georgia has nearly 20 years of public service with the City of Austin, with 13 of those years concentrating in debt, cash and investment management. Prior to her work in Treasury, she served as Capital Budget Manager, implementing and monitoring the Capital Improvements Program (CIP) Plan for the City of Austin. Georgia holds a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.