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.

Rob Hillman is a Managing Director at Siebert Williams Shank and a member of its Quantitative Solutions Group in the Firm’s newly-opened Boston office. In this role he is responsible for managing both relationships with municipal issuers across sectors and regions as well as the firm’s municipal tender efforts. Prior to joining SWS, he led the Surface Transportation Finance Group at Morgan Stanley before helping to establish its Municipal Capital Markets team in 2023. Across his 25+ years in the municipal finance industry he has senior managed over $50 billion of issuance, including the creation of and inaugural financings for many marquee borrowing programs. Mr. Hillman holds an MS in Mathematics from New York University and a BA cum laude from Brandeis University. In addition to his work with municipal clients, he is a board member of a large non-profit focused on international development.

Ryan is a Vice President on the SMBC Infrastructure Finance team and focuses on the digital, transport and social infrastructure sectors. Ryan is tasked with originating, structuring, and syndicating infrastructure loans and debt products across a wide spectrum of projects including but not limited to data centers, toll roads, managed lanes, and passenger rail. In addition, Ryan has spearheaded bespoke structuring solutions within the microgrid, transportation, industrial and de-carbonization linked infrastructure spaces. Prior to SMBC Ryan earned a BS in Chemical Engineering and MS in Finance from the University at Buffalo.

CBG Building Company is one of the nation’s largest residential building contractors. CBG builds over 5,000 housing units per year. With over 30 years of experience, CBG has constructed over 120,000 housing units, over 20,000 student housing beds (including the largest net zero student housing community in North America), and over 30 million SF of LEED projects. CBG’s footprint spans the United States with offices in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Texas, and California. CBG is one of the CRC family of companies which also includes a national real estate development firm (CRC Companies) and a national energy services company (CEG Solutions). Tad leads CBGs public-private partnership (P3) efforts including consortium formation, solicitation responses, and management of the CBG team. In addition, given Tad’s previous experience as real estate investment banker and real estate development executive, Tad leads equity & debt sourcing and transaction and financing structuring / negotiations. Tad works closely with CBG’s related companies, CRC Companies and CEG Solutions, to increase the value we provide to our public sector partners. Tad is also a frequent speaker at P3 and higher education conferences.