Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.
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Brian McGough, Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Group, has over 20 years of healthcare and public finance investment banking experience. Mr. McGough has been involved in over $25 billion of tax-exempt and taxable financings, project financings, derivative structures, pooled financings, mergers, acquisition and divestitures for healthcare entities ranging from multistate systems and academic medical centers to community hospitals across the U.S. The U.S. Bank healthcare banking practice is focused on asset liability management, strategic capital planning and capital raising, debt restructuring, credit analytics and investor strategies. Mr. McGough received his B.S. from Bradley University and his law degree from Northern Illinois University. He remains admitted to practice law in a variety of jurisdictions including the United States Tax Court and United States Supreme Court. Mr. McGough has served on the boards of a variety of corporations and previously served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Bradley University.
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Joe Seliga is a partner in the Chicago office of Mayer Brown and is a member of Mayer Brown�s Global Infrastructure and Government & Global Trade practices.Joe has extensive experience in complex government transactions, particularly in the infrastructure sector. Joe advises on path-breaking road, bridge, airport, port, public parking, mass transit, convention center and lottery concession and public-private partnership transactions, including many "Deal of the Year" award-winning transactions, serving in different transactions as either government entity counsel, sponsor�s counsel or lenders� counsel.In addition to his transactional work, Joe represents clients in various state and local government matters, including in the areas of ethics, election and campaign finance law, economic development incentives, public utility franchise and tax issues and legislative drafting and statutory interpretation. Joe acted as counsel to the Chicago 2011 Transition Committee, the Chicago 2011 Inaugural Committee and the Illinois Inaugural Committee 2011 and is currently serving on the Illinois Campaign Finance Reform Task Force as an appointee of Governor Pat Quinn.Before joining Mayer Brown�s Chicago office in 2001, Joe served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Danny J. Boggs, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. After receiving his undergraduate degree, he worked as Resource Development Director of the Southwest Youth Collaborative in Chicago.
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Michael Zezas is Morgan Stanley’s Chief Municipal Strategist.� He’s been recognized by Institutional Investor Magazine as a member of its All-America Fixed Income Research team, is a Smith’s Research & Gradings All-Star 1st Team member, and is a member of SIFMA’s muni policy committee.Michael joined Morgan Stanley in 2007 in the role of Head of Credit Analysis for the US Investment Group, a buy-side asset manager, and was responsible for municipal and corporate credit portfolio strategy and management.� Prior to joining the firm, he was a credit analyst in the public finance group at Fitch Ratings, and started his career as a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs.Michael earned a BA in Political Economy from Georgetown University and a MPA from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.� He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute, the New York Society of Securities Analysts, the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, and the Municipal Analyst Group of New York.
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Mr. Cagle has been with the City of Phoenix Aviation Department since 2007. The City operates Phoenix Sky Harbor, Deer Valley and Goodyear Airports and is part owner of the Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport. Mr. Cagle currently oversees all financial functions of the airport system including the operating budget, airline rates and charges, the PFC program, and debt management. Mr. Cagle served on the leadership team tasked with securing FAA approval for the collection and use of PFCs for the PHX Sky Train. This $1.5 billion transportation project will connect all airport facilities with the areas light rail system. He also led the team through the issuance of approximately $900 million of airport revenue bonds for vital airport projects, and maintained Sky Harbors AA-, Aa3 (S&P, Moodys) senior lien credit rating.
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Doug Scott is a managing director in Fitch Ratings' U.S. Public Finance Group. Doug serves as manager and analytical head for both the U.S. water and sewer sector as well as the U.S. municipal bond fund sector. Doug has also served as manager of Fitch's Southwest regional office, which covers tax-supported credits. Before joining Fitch, Doug worked from 1994-1997 with First Southwest Company, a municipal financial advisory firm, and subsequently worked for the Texas Water Development Board, a state agency, from 1997-2001.




