2025 Speakers
Speakers
Jessica Giroux
General Counsel and Head of Fixed Income Policy
American Securities Association
Chris Howell
VP of Finance & Accounting, CFO
Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia, Main Street Natural Gas, Inc.
Bernard Bailey
Managing Director, Public Finance
Assured Guaranty
Mohamed Balla
Chief Financial Officer
City of Atlanta
Michael Ballinger
Publisher
The Bond Buyer
Ronald Banaszek
Senior Vice President
Blaylock Van, LLC
Ashton Bligh
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Peter Bluestone
Associate Director, Domestic Programs, Center for State and Local Finance
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
David Bodek
Managing Director
S&P Global Ratings
Eddy Bouza
Program Management Director
Resilient Florida Program Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Emily Brock
Federal Liaison
GFOA
Damian Brooke
Executive Vice President; Finance, Procurement & Capital Programs
Tampa International Airport
A. Monica Cutno
Director
PNC Capital Markets LLC
Bo Daniels
Managing Director and Head of Public Finance
Loop Capital Markets
Rhonda Dillingham
Executive Director
NC Association for Public Charter Schools
Tom Doe
President
Municipal Market Analytics, Inc.
Jamie Doffermyre
Head of Public Finance Syndicate and Origination
Truist Securities
Tom Falcone
President
Large Public Power Council
Lynne Funk
Senior Director, Strategy and Content, Live Media – Municipal Finance
Arizent
Luke Gildner
Managing Director
S&P Global Ratings
Jay Gillespie
Director of Alternative Finance
Georgia Department of Transportation
Gary Hall
President, Head of Infrastructure & Public Finance
Siebert Williams Shank
Matthew Hastedt
Treasurer
City of Charlotte
Chris Hicks
President
Provident Resources Group
Brandy James
Vice President & CFO
Charleston Regional Aviation Authority
Yamini Kalidindi
Vice President, Enterprise Portfolio Management Office
Vice President, Enterprise Portfolio Management Office
C. Courtney Knight
Chief of Treasury, Debt and Investments
Atlanta
Fadzai Konteh
Vice President, Relationship Manager
The PNC Financial Services Group
Nicola Liquori
Turnpike Enterprise Executive Director and CEO
Florida Department of Transportation
Melissa López Rogers
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Terry Martin
Founder, Chief Financial Officer
Hapeville Charter Career Academy, Union City, GA
Asha Mathew
Director
Assured Guaranty
Kevin McPeek
Director
PFM Financial Advisors LLC
David G. Moffett
Managing Director
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
Seema Mohanty
Managing Director
Mohanty Gargiulo LLC
John Murphy
Director, Head of Investor Relations Services
PFM
Kenneth Neighbors
Partner
McGuireWoods LLP
Leslie Norwood
Managing Director
SIFMA
Mark Paris
Chief Investment Officer, Head of Municipal Strategies
Invesco
Daniel Prentice
Chief Financial Officer
Charleston County School District
Andy Prindle
Head of Origination
Foundation Infrastructure Opportunities
Chris Ransom
Chief Financial Officer
Alabama Port Authority
Julie Secrist
CEO and Founder
Red Stone Group Development & Engineering
Sharon Sepik
Assistant Treasurer
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
Kathleen Sharman
Chief Financial Officer
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
Jesse Smith
Executive Director
JEDA
Collin Teague
Managing Director
Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC
Tyler Traudt
Tyler Traudt – Speakers panelist Co-Founder, CEO
DebtBook
Linda Vanderperre
Senior Director
KBRA
Ben Watkins
Director
Florida Division of Bond Finance
Sean Werdlow
Senior Managing Director, Infrastructure and Public Finance
Siebert Williams Shank & Co, LLC
Susan Franklin Wilhelm
Assistant Finance Director
State of Alabama
Charlie Yadon
Senior Associate
Florida Division of Bond Finance