Marshall Macomber is Chief of the Office of Innovative Finance and Delivery at the Maryland Department of Transportation. In this role, he leads the development and procurement of complex, major projects across the Department’s six modal administrations, including public-private partnerships. Under his leadership the Office is guided by six goals: to think innovatively and act quickly; to act collaboratively and in a spirit of partnership; to leverage all possible sources of finance, public and private; to get project risk right; and to achieve the best possible value for Maryland taxpayers, in the most transparent way possible. Macomber has worked in senior roles in both government and the private sector. Prior to MDOT, Macomber was the founder and president of ThinkP3, a DC-based infrastructure consulting practice. Prior to that, he served on Capitol Hill as a longtime Chief of Staff to a senior Member of Congress. He also worked for the public affairs network C-SPAN. Macomber is a frequent public speaker and thought leader in the infrastructure industry. He earned his MBA from Georgetown University, and an undergraduate degree in Journalism from the University of Georgia.

Colin has more than 15 years of experience in the municipal bond market. Prior to BondLink, Colin managed the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ borrowing needs from 2008 to 2015, issuing close to $25 billion in bonds and notes. His work was distinguished for its innovation, lauded by groups such as the NFMA and SIFMA, and he earned two national deal of the year awards from The Bond Buyer. A big focus of his time was on boosting the state’s transparency to investors. Colin studied public finance at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Ernesto A. Lanza is Chief Regulatory and Policy Officer of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB). He leads the Market Regulation Department, which is responsible for MSRB rulemaking activities, professional qualifications program, and regulatory coordination and enforcement support to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and federal banking regulators. He also provides strategic insight and counsel on regulatory policy matters. Ernie previously served in private practice representing market participants on municipal bond, 529 college savings plan and related regulatory, transactional, policy, examination, and enforcement matters. Prior to that, he served as acting director of the SEC’s Office of Municipal Securities as well as with the MSRB as its former deputy executive director and chief legal officer, leading the initial design, development and launch of the EMMA website. Ernie received a BA from Harvard University and JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Pat has been Treasurer of the MBTA since early 2021. He manages the authority’s bond program of over $6 billion and the authority’s $1.7 billion, short and long-term investment program. Additionally, he manages the day-to-day fund transfers and payments associated with the MBTA’s $2.3 annual operating budget. He serves on the MBTA’s Deferred Compensation Committee and the DEI Committee. Pat, was an Investment Development Officer at Sustainability Partners where he worked on a variety of tailored infrastructure projects and special purpose vehicles for clients in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, as well as, across the country. Prior to working at Sustainability Partners, Pat was a Managing Director for Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and led its New England public finance practice. His public finance investment banking experience also includes being a Director for Barclays Capital and a Senior Vice President for Lehman Brothers. Pat covered issuers of state general obligation and tax supported debt including state-level authorities issuing revenue bonds for higher education, public housing, hospitals, public transportation, toll roads, airports, convention centers, seaports, as well as, water and wastewater projects. He also led multiple project finance initiatives for renewable energy, public power, energy saving devises, smart cities technologies and P3 projects. He was responsible for securing investment banking assignments in over $30 billion of new issuance in the New England region. Pat has significant governmental experience having previously served as Massachusetts’ Assistant Treasurer for Debt Management, where he issued over $34 billion of municipal bonds, most notably for the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel project, the Boston Exhibition & Convention Center and to establish the Massachusetts School Building Authority. Pat served on Massachusetts’s Financial Advisory Board and was the Treasurer’s designee as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust. Pat was also an elected Massachusetts State Representative, serving 7 terms from the 1St Hampden District.

Sewon Kim has over 28 years of experience in the finance industry, with a primary focus on providing public finance investment banking services to airports, departments of transportation, transit agencies, toll road authorities and seaport issuers nationally. During her public finance career, Ms. Kim has senior managed over 100 municipal debt financings with a total par value of over $75 billion. She has substantial transportation sector knowledge in a broad spectrum of credit structures and has updated and advised clients on structuring, financial products, timing, and issuance strategies to efficiently access capital markets. Prior to joining Siebert Williams Shank, Ms. Kim worked in the transportation groups at Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, and Bear Stearns. Prior to joining the public finance industry, she worked as a Senior Analyst in the Economics Consulting Group at Deloitte & Touche where she provided financial analyses for multi-national corporations. Ms. Kim received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and holds FINRA Series 7, 50, 52, 53, 63 and 79 licenses.

Megan Kilgore was elected City Auditor of Columbus, Ohio, on November 7, 2017 and took office on January 1, 2018. The Office of the City Auditor includes the divisions of income tax, financial reporting, debt management, accounting and operations, payroll services, and financial systems for the City of Columbus. Prior to elected office, Kilgore was a municipal advisor with H.J. Umbaugh & Associates in Columbus, Ohio. Kilgore’s practice concentrated on providing assistance to cities, counties, utilities, school districts, and economic development districts, particularly with financing transactions. Kilgore earned a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in public administration (MPA) from Northwestern University. Kilgore is an adjunct professor at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at the Ohio State University, where she teaches a graduate-level course in public finance. Kilgore is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences around the Midwest. She is the founder of Ohio Women in Public Finance. She is a recipient of The Bond Buyer’s “Rising Star” Award, a Women for Economic Leadership and Development (WELD) Women You Should Know Honoree, a member of Columbus Business First magazine’s “40 Under 40” list, a recipient of the Women in Public Finance’s Rising Star Award, and a Columbus Alive Person to Watch.

Douglas J. Kilcommons is a Managing Director in the Public Finance team at Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA). He is responsible for assigning and maintaining debt ratings on municipal issuers including tax-supported state and local government credits, as well as revenue-supported credits including transportation/project finance, higher education and health care. Doug also serves as rating Chair for Public Finance Credit Committee and is actively involved in methodology development and refinement. Prior to joining KBRA, Doug served as a Senior Credit Officer and Executive Loan Committee member at First Republic Bank. In this role, Doug was responsible for approving loans to nonprofits, including educational and cultural institutions and social service providers. He also partnered closely with business bankers to tailor solutions to the unique needs of nonprofits and participated actively in the firm’s targeted client calling effort. In April 2020, Doug was asked to manage the credit process for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and served as senior credit approver on several complex PPP bankruptcies and loan workouts. Doug also mentored business banking support analysts at First Republic, notably on accounting for tax-exempt organizations and on underwriting fundamentals.

Susan Howard serves as Director of Policy and Government Relations at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), a nonprofit, nonpartisan association representing transportation departments in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. She works to advance AASHTO’s federal legislative and policy efforts and serves as a key liaison between AASHTO and Congress, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other national organizations. Susan previously held the position of Program Director for Transportation Finance and Program Manager for Freight at AASHTO. Prior to joining AASHTO in 2018, she worked as Director of Government Relations for the National Association of Development Organizations. She also served as the Federal Programs Coordinator for the North Carolina Department of Transportation and worked on Capitol Hill as a Legislative Assistant, responsible for transportation issues for a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee. Susan earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C.

Since co-founding Estrada Hinojosa in 1992, Mr. Hinojosa has been responsible for managing the firm’s transactions and growth of the firm. In the past three years alone, the firm participated in 1,111 transactions totaling $114 billion. As founding partner and CEO he has led the firm in 30 years of consecutive profits. Mr. Hinojosa has built a strong reputation for creative solutions to complex challenges in the public finance arena. He has broad experience as a financial advisor to many diverse type of political subdivisions and municipalities, as well as direct involvement with the firm’s municipal bond underwriting activities. In 2006, Mr. Hinojosa was elected by industry peers to serve as founding board member on the global board of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). SIFMA is the industry’s think-tank, with offices in New York, Washington, London and Hong Kong. He was appointed in 2002 by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate to serve on the Board of Directors of the Securities Industry Protection Corporation, completing his second term in 2006. In 2016 he was elected to serve on the American Securities Association headquartered in Washington, D.C. As an active member of the community, he has participated in many civic and church related organizations including Boy Scouts of America, Dallas chapter; the Texas Presbyterian Foundation, and the Forefront Living Foundation. In 2013, he was the recipient of the first Monarch Award by Mi Escuelita, in Dallas for his many years of service and advocacy for an organization that teaches children how to read, write and speak English and basic math before entering elementary school. Recognized as an authority in the Investment Banking industry, Mr. Hinojosa has provided expert testimony in numerous seminars in the United States, Mexico and Spain. Mr. Hinojosa and his wife Marcia of 34 years have two children who reside in Houston, Texas.