Lynne Funk is Executive Editor at The Bond Buyer. She leads markets coverage and manages guest commentary. Lynne is The Bond Buyer’s Arizent Research Team liaison and contributes to Bond Buyer Conferences, Leaders and podcasts. Lynne previously worked on policy and markets at Municipal Market Analytics and in Policy and Public Advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

Susan Wilhelm is the Assistant Director of the Alabama Department of Finance. The department provides innovative, resourceful leadership and service in financial management and operational support across state government. With 13 divisions and more than 350 employees, the Department of Finance claims a number of responsibilities. The Finance Director is the chief financial officer of the state, the advisor of the Governor and the Legislature in financial matters, and is responsible for protecting the financial interests of Alabama. Susan’s responsibilities for the department include the state’s risk management, debt issuances and debt management, communications, federal funding related to the Covid-19 pandemic, and, working with Governor Ivey’s staff, the department’s legislative efforts on behalf of the department’s fiscal operations divisions and real property operations. Before joining the department, Susan served as executive director and general counsel for the state’s Board of Dental Examiners. Raised in Selma, Susan lives in Birmingham with her husband Randy.

Tom Falcone is the President of the Large Public Power Council (LPPC), an association of 29 of the largest not-for-profit public power systems in the United States. Together, LPPC members provide electricity to over 30 million customers in 22 states and Puerto Rico. Prior to joining LPPC, Tom was the chief executive and chief financial officer of the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), the nation’s third-largest public power utility. During his decade-long tenure, LIPA increased investment in the electric grid by 300% to over $6.4 billion, reduced power outages by 40%, achieved top 10% reliability, brought online the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm, achieved approval of $3.3 billion of transmission investments to integrate 3,000 megawatts of clean energy, implemented smart meters and opt-out time-of-day rates, obtained four credit-rating upgrades, and reduced leverage by 25%, while keeping electric rate adjustments below the rate of inflation. LIPA’s accomplishments were recognized by the American Public Power Association (APPA) with two national achievement awards – the E.F. Scattergood Award for sustained achievement and the Sue Kelly Award for Community Service. Tom is the past chair of the LPPC and also served on the boards of the APPA, the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, and the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center at Stony Brook University. Before joining LIPA, Tom was an investment banker and advisor to publicly owned utilities and state and local governments. In that role, Tom raised more than $25 billion for infrastructure investments across the country. Tom received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Jamie is Head of Public Finance Syndicate and Origination at Truist Securities. In this role Jamie manages the day-to-day efforts of Truist’s Public Finance Origination and Syndicate teams and coordinates efforts with Truist’s Healthcare, Higher Education and Government verticals within Wholesale banking. Prior to this role, Jamie severed as the Head of Municipal High Yield for Truist. Before joining Truist Securities, Jamie was Head of Municipal Sales for CITI’s Municipal Securities Division. During that time Jamie worked with a team of 20+ Senior Municipal Sales Professionals and was an instrumental part of directing distribution activity of all Primary and Secondary products to include High Yield, High Grade, Taxable, Tax Exempt, Public and Private Placement Offerings. Over the course of his Tenure at CITI, the Municipal Markets group transacted over $120 billion annually with strong market share across all sectors, including 20%+ share in High Yield. Additionally, Jamie was responsible for engagement and management of 300+ client relationships that were managed by the Municipal Sales Team. Before Jamie joined CITI’s Municipal Securities Division. Jamie held roles within the Municipal firm he founded, Cooper River Capital, and held several trading roles at Bank of America Merrill Lynch including, running the Municipal High Grade Trading Team where he was responsible for managing a balance sheet of $1 billion+ and a team of 11 traders. On average his trading team executed 2000 trades a day with a notional average of $500 million. Jamie started his professional career as a Naval Officer after graduating from the United States Naval Academy in May of 2000. He served in a variety of roles in the Navy to include, Football Coach at the Naval Academy Prep School in Newport, RI, Division Officer on the USS McClusky a Frigate based in San Diego, CA, and an Assistant Operations Officer for Special Boat Team Twenty based in Little Creek Virginia. During his time at the Naval Academy Jamie participated in both Varsity Football, where he was named Co-Captain his Senior Year, and Varsity Lacrosse.

Mr. Doe is President of Municipal Market Analytics, Inc. (MMA) which acquired Municipal Market Advisors in 2014. Mr. Doe founded and served as the CEO of Municipal Market Advisors, the leading independent research firm in the municipal industry, from its inception in 1995. Mr. Doe contribution to the municipal industry has been extensive as an analyst, strategist and visionary of the industry’s future. His perspective has been sought after by the leading organizations and institutions and his independence, and that of his firm, has resulted in appearances before Congress and financial regulators to help inform them of the dynamics, issues and challenges in the municipal market and financing public infrastructure. Most memorably, on January 20, 2011, Mr. Doe forcefully represented the industry in a CNBC interview to accurately define market credit risks in response to Meredith Whitney’s alarmist municipal default projection. Mr. Doe is also lead analyst on MMA’s monthly Municipal Advisor publication which began in 1995, and the firm’s Strategist report. He also contributes to the Insight product Between 2002 and 2005, Mr. Doe served a 3-year term as a public member on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), the regulatory entity of the municipal securities industry. Prior to founding MMA, Mr. Doe served as an analyst and manager at Municipal Market Data, Inc. from 1984 to its successful sale to the Thomson Reuters Corporation in 1994. Mr. Doe received his undergraduate degree from Colgate University and a Master’s from Harvard University.

Bo Daniels is Managing Director and Head of Public Finance. He is based in Atlanta and has been the senior banker on over $45 billion of financings during his career and worked on numerous higher education, general obligation, sales tax, transportation, water and sewer, single/multi-family housing, and financial products transactions, as well as complex asset-backed and structured financings. He has extensive experience with sophisticated and complex financial products, hedges and variable rate products. Prior to joining Loop Capital Markets and establishing its Atlanta office, Bo was responsible for running the Atlanta public finance office for PNC, Morgan Stanley’s Atlanta office, and Goldman Sachs’s Chicago office, having begun his career with Goldman Sachs in New York. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Arunee Monica Cutno joined PNC Capital Markets as a Director in July 2022. She has over 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, finance, and consulting in the United States and Thailand. Monica is based in Raleigh, NC and primarily focuses on tax-exempt bond financing for charter school facilities. Prior to PNC, Monica worked with the Truist Securities charter school group for 3 years. Before joining Truist, Monica was the co-founder and board chair of Envision Science Academy, a K-8 charter school that has been recognized as a NC Model STEM School of Distinction, STEM School of the Year, and U.S. News Best Elementary School and Best Middle School. In 2016, she led the School’s $11.7 million bond transaction to fund the construction of Envision Science Academy’s 62,500 square-foot facility in Wake Forest, NC. Monica’s commitment to education is reflected in her community involvement, where she currently serves as vice chair of the NC Association for Public Charter Schools and chair emeritus of Envision Science Academy. She is also founding board member of the NC Chapter of Women in Public Finance. Originally from Thailand, she has a multi-national background and is fluent in Thai. Monica holds dual bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering and chemistry from North Carolina State University and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She also holds the SIE, Series 52, 53, and 63 securities licenses.

Damian Brooke joined the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority in March 2011 where he currently oversees the Finance, Procurement, Capital Planning and Information Technology functions for Tampa International Airport as well as the Aviation Authority’s three General Aviation airports. He has more than 35 years of aviation industry experience having worked across a wide spectrum of commercial areas for both domestic and international air carriers and multiple U.S. airports. He has also provided both airline and airport consulting services to many industry clients. In his current role, he is responsible for managing a $470 million revenue and $205 million expense budget, as well as the Authority’s annual capital program which is generally between $100 million and $200 million a year. Damian and his team are also responsible for funding the Authority’s upcoming $6 billion capital program and managing the Authority’s investment portfolio which currently totals just under $1 billion dollars. Prior to coming to Tampa, he served as Assistant Vice President, Market Planning and Analysis for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, where he and his team supported the airport’s efforts to attract new air service and provided extensive forecasting, commercial analysis, and budgeting direction throughout the organization. Damian worked for American Airlines for more than 10 years, with experience in network planning, revenue management, international alliances, and regulatory affairs. He spent several years overseas working for Qatar Airways, managing the airline’s network planning, revenue management, pricing, alliance and fleet planning functions. He also worked for eight years at the consulting firm Sabre Airline Solutions, building the company’s International Airport and Government practice from its start and managing more than 100 international clients. Additionally, Damian was part of Sabre’s airline turnaround team, helping restructure air carriers in Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. Damian grew up in Manchester, England and holds a bachelor’s degree from Central Connecticut State University. He and his wife, Teri, have three children.

Eddy Bouza is the Program Management Director for the Resilient Florida program. Eddy is an active member of the Florida Floodplain Management Association. He earned a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University in Biological Science and is currently pursuing a Master of Public Administration from FSU. He is certified in floodplain management and supervisory management. Eddy enjoys playing all kinds of games with his wife Emily, and kids – Penny and Tripp; they all love hiking nature trails with their black lab, Timber.