Our panelists will examine some of the strategies they employ to attract and retain talent as well as how they continue to focus their efforts on having diverse talent.

Join our market leaders as they present their viewpoints on the macroeconomic picture and prospects for the U.S. muni market.

Devin Brennan, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; Paul Bloom, Vice President, Co-Head of Transportation Group, Goldman Sachs; Darren Hodge, Director, PFM Financial Advisors LLC; Kevin Scott, Chief Financial Officer, Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority; Pascal St. Gerard, Senior Director and the Western Regional Manager, Fitch Ratings

During this discussion, we will take a look at the rate of take up of new technology in a market that often lags others.

Monika Suarez, Managing Director, Western Alliance Bank; Daniel Adler, Deputy Director for Climate Finance, California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank; Lisa Marie Harris, Director of Finance/Treasurer, San Diego County Water Authority; Stepan Haytayan, Senior Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright

Jonathan Guz, Shareholder, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth; Chris Jumper, Director, Assured Guaranty; Katano Kasaine, Assistant General Manager/Chief Financial Officer, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California; Jenny (Jennifer) Poree, Sector Lead, Utility Revenue, S&P Global; Valerie Pryor, General Manager, Zone 7 Water Agency

Priya Misra, Global Head, Rates Strategy, TD Securities

As we approach a year since the infrastructure law passed, the discussion will center around the plans put in place to use the monies as well as what challenges and opportunities lie ahead.

The panelists will share the status update on the preparations underway and the impact on local governments and infrastructure in the City and surrounding area.

Lynne Funk, Executive Editor, The Bond Buyer; Shawn Dralle, Executive Director, UBS; John Stanley, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Our panel of issuers will share their insights into the current state of the public finance sector and the road ahead.

As cyber attacks continue to evolve and cyber insurance becomes prohibitively costly, the panelists will look to shed some light on what municipalities can do to mitigate the risk as well as understand the credit implications of an attack. 

Attendees of The Bond Buyer California Public Finance 2022 conference will have the opportunity to vote in a live market survey at the Los Angeles InterContinental on September 13, 2022.

Henry Cisneros, Chairman & Co-Founder, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

Green bonds; Social equity bonds; Racial equity bonds

Chief Economist Dr. Lindsey Piegza will look at the current state of the economy amid the ongoing pandemic and what it means going forward for overall growth, interest rates and monetary policy.

Issuers and market professionals will discuss the distinctive challenges that confront California's transportation sector and the public finance strategies being used to meet the borrowing and credit needs of the sector that keeps our economy moving.

Robert Berry, Executive Director, CDIAC

Michael Ballinger, Publisher The Bond Buyer, The Bond Buyer; Marc Bauer, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; Andy Nakahata, Managing Director and Regional Head of the Public Finance West Region, UBS