Natalie R. Cohen

Build America Mutual Assurance Co. is an insurance company that provides durable and transparent protection against default while acting as an industry utility providing efficient funding and savings for issuers who provide essential public infrastructure. The company is based in New York, NY. The company offers BAM GreenStar Municipal Bonds for high-quality infrastructure investments that help reduce water and air pollution and support sustainable development. More than $500 million of insured bonds trade in the secondary market each week, with block sizes ranging from $5,000 to several million dollars. The company was founded by Robert Phillips Cochran. Séan W. McCarthy has been the CEO of the company since 2012.

The National Federation of Municipal Analysts is an organization that aims to promote professionalism in municipal credit analysis. The non-profit company is based in Pittsburgh, PA.

The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) is a professional organization that represents over 22,000 public finance officers throughout the United States and Canada. The GFOA is based in Chicago, IL and has more than 21,000 members from cities, counties, towns, school districts, state, provincial, the federal government, and other special districts in the United States and Canada. The GFOA's mission is to advance excellence in government finance by providing best practice guidance, leadership, professional development, resources and tools, networking opportunities, award programs, and advisory services. The organization is dedicated to the sound management of government financial resources and provides professional development opportunities to more than 12,000 state and local finance professionals each year.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. provides financial services the focuses on municipal bonds and international infrastructure financing. It offers public finance, global infrastructure, global structured finance, and reinsurance. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.