Diana is the Principal at DARamirez, LLC, a boutique consulting practice focused on educating, advising, and strategizing with the public sector on the value proposition of Public-Private Partnerships, economic development tools that can be leveraged locally, and strategic and master planning. She also works with the private sector on project delivery. Diana is serving as Sr. Advisor for Public Sector Engagement and Programming with AIAI (The Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure). In this role, Diana is leading the P3 Direct program, an exclusive, complimentary program designed to provide education, information and support to public sector agencies considering P3 as an alternative to standard project delivery. Diana’s career spans 30 years in the public sector. She has served as County Administrator, County Budget Officer, and Flood Control Manager as well as Executive Director of the Department of Economic Equity and Opportunity at Harris County, TX; and Director of Economic Development & Strategic Investments in Travis County. She started her career with the Texas General Land Office implementing the Texas Coastal Management Program. Diana has a BA from The University of Texas and a Master in Public Affairs degree from Princeton University. She is a Certified Government Finance Officer. In 2025, Diana was recognized as one of four Public Officials of the Year by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs. Upon her retirement, Commissioners Court declared April 30, 2025, as Diana Ramirez Day in Harris County.

David Quam is the president and founder of 56 Capitals and is the Senior US Advisor to the Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA). In this role, David provides strategic counsel to GIIA on federal, state, and local infrastructure-related policies. He advocates before Congress, governors, and state legislatures on the importance of private capital in infrastructure development and management and coordinates with other industry leaders and interest groups to promote effective infrastructure policy. David is a former counsel with Dentons and Nelson Mullins. He also served as the Deputy Executive Director of the National Governors Association and counsel to the US Senate Judiciary Committee.

Geoff Proulx, Managing Director and Head of Affordable Housing, Morgan Stanley. Mr. Proulx is the Head of Morgan Stanley’s Affordable Housing Group. He joined Morgan Stanley in June 2008 from UBS, where he was a member of its housing group since 1997. He has 32 years of combined housing banking and legal experience. He is a technical banker and has extensive experience in the implementation of innovative single-family and multifamily financing structures. Mr. Proulx holds an M.B.A. from the Columbia Business School with a concentration in finance. He is also an attorney and practiced law at a large Boston law firm after having received a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School. He received his B.A. cum laude from Middlebury College. Mr. Proulx serves on the Board of Trustees of a large provider of shelter, healthcare, and job training for homeless in New York City.

Andy Prindle is a Co-Portfolio Manager of FIO and the Head of the FIO origination team . Prior to joining Foundation in 2018, Andy spent 14 years at Goldman Sachs in the Public Sector and Infrastructure Group of Investment Banking focused on advising, originating, structuring, and executing municipal infrastructure project finance. His experience includes over $25 billion in transactions in the transportation, social infrastructure, higher education, military housing, utility and water sectors nationally, ranging from new construction financings and P3s to privatization and acquisition financings Andy received his BS in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Mark Price is the Director of Capital Markets for New York State Homes & Community Renewal. In that role, he manages the issuance of bonds for the New York State Housing Financing Agency (HFA) and the State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA). Mark oversees HFA’s and SONYMA’s annual issuance of $1.5 to $2.0 billion of bonds and over $20 billion of outstanding debt. HFA and SONYMA bonds have funded an annual average of 5100 units of affordable housing and 1700 mortgage loans to first time home buyers, respectively, to carry out HCR’s mission of building, preserving and protecting affordable housing and increasing home ownership across the State of New York. Mark has nearly 25 years of municipal finance experience as a public finance banker and government finance professional. He has taken part in significant municipal finance transactions during his career including overseeing the issuance of the City of Atlanta’s first tax increment transactions while he was the City’s Debt Manager and as a banker, advising the Detroit Downtown Development Authority on its first bond transaction after Detroit emerged from bankruptcy. Additionally, Mark was a key member of the financing team for the City of Chicago’s first Social Bond transaction which won the Bond Buyer’s 2023 Deal of the Year. Mark holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University. Additionally, he is a board member of the Municipal Forum of New York.

Sue Perez is the Deputy Treasurer in the Massachusetts State Treasurer’s Office with focus on the Commonwealth’s debt management operations. Sue is responsible for all the Commonwealth’s short-term and long-term borrowing needs for its $22 billion debt portfolio consisting of issues within the General Obligation credit as well as various Special Obligation Credits. Sue also serves as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust (MCWT), a position she has held since March of 2012. Since that time she has guided the MCWT through multiple new money and refunding issues, through a structural change in the way its bonds are issued, and through multiple successful issuances of MCWT Green Bonds. Sue has over 25 years of experience in accounting, audit, and financial management. She has been the Senior Finance Director for a $3.4 billion service company, and at the other end of the spectrum was one of the initial members of a start-up company with the responsibility of establishing the finance and human resources departments. Sue was an auditor at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, during which time she received her CPA. She is a graduate of the Boston University School of Management, with a B.S. in Business Administration. She resides in Foxboro with her husband and their two children.

Accomplished Chief Financial Officer with over two decades of experience driving financial strategy, operational excellence, and stakeholder relations within the aviation industry. Proven track record in financial planning, budget oversight, and project management for multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects. Skilled in fostering strategic partnerships with airlines, service providers, and regulatory agencies to optimize profitability and operational efficiency. Excel at implementing robust financial controls, driving revenue growth, and leading diverse teams to achieve ambitious goals.

Chris Osgood serves as the Director of the Office of Climate Resilience and Mayor Michelle Wu’s Senior Advisor for Infrastructure. The Office of Climate Resilience leads the City’s all-of-government response to the challenges of coastal flooding, stormwater flooding and heat. Located within the Environment, Energy, and Open Space Cabinet, this Office partners with City Departments to set resilience priorities, to track and communicate progress, and to lead critical projects that make Boston’s neighborhood even more resilient. In addition to overseeing this critical work, Chris also works with a range of Cabinets to manage a targeted set of long-term infrastructure projects. Chris first joined the City of Boston team in 2006 and has served in a range of roles. Those include Mayoral Advisor, co-founder and co-chair of the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, Chief of Streets, and Chief of Staff. Across all of these roles, Chris has focused on collaborating with colleagues and constituents to deliver tangible benefits to the public. A resident of Jamaica Plain, Chris is an alum of City Year, Haverford College, and the Harvard Business School.

Kim has been involved in the municipal market for more than 30 years, holding both buy side and sell side roles. Her career started at Drexel Burnham Lambert and progressed to a position with Wheat First Union Securities trading for the firm’s clearing clients. She implemented the origin of the Vanguard Brokerage Fixed Income Trading, acting as Desk Head servicing the firm’s high-net worth investors. Additional trading roles involved starting a municipal trading desk for Spear Leeds and Kellogg, which was acquired by FHN Financial. Kim spent more than 20 years trading General Market municipal bonds for the institutional clients of FHN. Currently, she is a municipal bond portfolio manager with NewSquare Capital located outside Philadelphia. In addition to her investment responsibilities, she writes a daily commentary about topical municipal themes with distribution across various media channels. Kim resides in the Philadelphia area and counts a wonderful husband and son as the best gifts of her life. In her free time, she is a fan of college and professional sports, including English Premier League soccer team Liverpool.