Breadcrumb Home Events Public Finance Forum 2023 Speakers Overview Program Speakers A Image Ahmed Abonamah Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance, City of Cleveland, Ohio Image Matthew Aleshire Director, Government Affairs, Milken Institute Image Michael Arrington CEO, Arrington Capital Image George Ashton President, LISC Fund Management; Managing Director of Strategic Investments, LISC LinkedIn Twitter B Image Jessica Bailey President and CEO, Nuveen Green Capital Image Mohamed Balla Chief Financial Officer, City of Atlanta, Georgia Image Kathy Baughman McLeod Senior Vice President, Atlantic Council; Director, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center Image Stephen Benjamin President and CEO, The Benjamin Firm; 44th Mayor, City of Columbia, South Carolina (2010-2021) Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Aron Betru Chief Strategic Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Trident Twitter Image Dana Bezerra CEO, Greater Share Image Justin M. Bibb Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Maressa Brennan Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute LinkedIn Image Brent Bryant Finance Director, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma C Image Dan Carol Senior Director, Center for Financial Markets, Milken Institute LinkedIn Image Curtis S. Chin Chair, Milken Institute Asia Center; Former US Ambassador, Asian Development Bank Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter D Image Richard Ditizio CEO, Milken Institute LinkedIn Image Shaun Donovan Senior Fellow, Ford Foundation; former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Image Kerry Duggan Founder and CEO, SustainabiliD Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Manish Dutta Co-Founder and CEO, Alphaledger LinkedIn Twitter Image Esther Dyson Founder, Wellville LinkedIn Twitter E Image Rachael Eubanks State Treasurer, State of Michigan LinkedIn Twitter F Image Charlene Fernández State Director, Arizona Rural Development State Office, US Department of Agriculture G Image Maria Gallegos-Herrera California State Director of Rural Development, US Department of Agriculture Image Mercedes GarcÃa Pérez Head of Global Issues and Innovation, Delegation of the European Union to the United States Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Slav Gatchev Managing Partner, Sustainable Debt, The Nature Conservancy Image Anna Gelpern Anne Fleming Research Professor; Professor of Law, Georgetown University Image Lourdes Germán Executive Director, The Public Finance Initiative Image William Glasgall Senior Director of Public Finance, Volcker Alliance Twitter H Image Bill Hagerty US Senator, Tennessee Image John Harwood Journalist; former CNN White House Correspondent Image French Hill US Representative, Arkansas J Image Pooja Jain Vice President of Strategic Innovation, WSP USA LinkedIn Image Rajakumari Jandhyala Managing Partner and Founder, YAATRA Ventures Image Osho Jha Co-Founder and CEO, dClimate LinkedIn Twitter K Image Conrad Kiechel Executive Director, Global Programming and Events, Milken Institute Image Jay Koh Co-Founder and Managing Director, The Lightsmith Group LinkedIn Image Karen Kornbluh Founding Director, Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative; Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States; former US Ambassador, OECD LinkedIn Twitter Image Kristina Koutrakos Director of Portfolio Strategy, Virginia Retirement System LinkedIn L Image Jaime Leverton CEO, Hut 8 Mining LinkedIn Twitter Image Dawn Lippert CEO, Elemental LinkedIn Image Amy Liu Vice President and Director, Brookings Metro Image Clay Lowery Executive Vice President, Institute of International Finance M Image Caitlin MacLean Senior Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute Image David Malpass President, World Bank Group Image James "Spider" Marks Major General (Ret.); Advisor, Academy Securities; CNN Commentator LinkedIn Twitter Image Calixto Mateos-Hanel Managing Director, North American Development Bank Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Image Ben McAdams Former Representative, Utah's 4th Congressional District Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Image Ritta McLaughlin Director of Investor Education and Community Outreach, FINRA Investor Education Foundation LinkedIn Image Michael Milken Chairman, Milken Institute Twitter Image Kelly Mitchell 55th State Treasurer, State of Indiana N Image Hector Negroni Founder and CEO, Foundation Credit O Image Collin O'Mara President and CEO, National Wildlife Federation LinkedIn Twitter Image Nathan Ohle President and CEO, International Economic Development Council LinkedIn Twitter P Image Alec Phillips Chief Political Economist, Goldman Sachs Research Image Michael Piwowar Executive Vice President, MI Finance, Milken Institute Image John Podesta Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation Twitter Image Rich Powell CEO, ClearPath Image Jennifer Pryce President and CEO, Calvert Impact Capital LinkedIn Twitter R Image Valeria Ramundo Orlando Managing Partner, Greensquare Ventures Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Image Tim Reese CEO, Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System LinkedIn Image Elizabeth Reich Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Dallas Area Rapid Transit RR Rachel Reilly Senior Advisor, MI Finance, Milken Institute Twitter S Image Right Honorable Amy Schenk , MP Economic Secretary to the Treasury, HM Treasury, United Kingdom Image Lois Scott President, Epoch Advisors LinkedIn Image Jigar Shah Director, Loan Programs Office, US Department of Energy LinkedIn Twitter Image Suzanne Shank President and CEO, Siebert Williams Shank & Co. Image John Simon Founding Partner, Total Impact Capital LinkedIn Image Andrew Siwo Andrew Siwo, NYS Common Retirement Fund LinkedIn Image Lawrence Slade CEO, Global Infrastructure Investor Association Image Jim Sorenson Founder and Chairman, Sorenson Impact Foundation LinkedIn Image Haley Stevens US Representative, Michigan Twitter Image Shannon Stroud Director, Global Market Development, Milken Institute Image Stacey Swann CEO and Founding Partner, Climate Finance Advisors, BLLC Instagram LinkedIn Twitter T Image Brett Theodos Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center Image Mary Beth Thompson Chief Financial Officer, Salt Lake City, Utah V Image Nicole Valentine FinTech Director, Center for Financial Markets, Milken Institute Image Lynn von Koch-Liebert Executive Director, California Strategic Growth Council W Image Ben Watkins Director, Division of Bond Finance, State of Florida Image Mary Ellen Wiederwohl President and CEO, Accelerator for America LinkedIn