Jonathan Guz is a partner in Stradling’s Public Finance group.

Jonathan has experience servicing clients as bond counsel, disclosure counsel and underwriter’s counsel in various finance transactions including general obligation bonds, tax allocation bonds and revenue bonds financings, conduit 501(c)(3) financings, tax and revenue anticipation notes and certificates of participation.

Leigh Nader, CFA is a Managing Director and Head of Assured Guaranty’s Public Finance Healthcare, Higher Education and Nonprofit Underwriting Group. Her team is responsible for the origination and underwriting of bond insurance for hospital, higher education and not-for-profit transactions nationwide. Leigh joined Assured Guaranty in 2005 as a Vice President in the Healthcare Group.

Prior to joining Assured Guaranty, Leigh was a member of the healthcare underwriting group of bond insurer CIFG. She also worked as an underwriter in the public finance group of XL Capital Assurance, where she was responsible for underwriting nonprofit credits. Leigh began her career as an analyst in the Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Municipal Funds Group, where she was the lead analyst for the senior living and high yield hospital sectors.

Leigh has been actively involved with Northeast Women in Public Finance, serving as an Executive Board Member, Secretary, and currently as Co-President since January 2024. Leigh’s contributions have been recognized with distinctions such as the Bond Buyer Rising Star award in 2016 and the NEWPF Trailblazing Woman in Public Finance award in 2022.

Leigh received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Boston University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Anna has been with U.S. Bank since 1997, with twenty (20) plus years of banking experience including positions with: Retail Banking; Commercial Customer Service; Deposit and Payment Solutions, Commercial Banking; and her current position as a Nonprofit Healthcare Corporate Relationship Manager.  She holds a Certified Treasury Professional designation and B.A. degree from the University of Washington’s Business Administration program with a Focus in Finance. Anna has been a guest speaker at Non-Profit Leadership Program at Seattle University and has been recognized for her work with greater Puget Sound area Non-Profit Organizations by Seattle Business Magazine in an article, 5 Bankers Who Know Their Stuff.

Will Kim is the Founder and CEO of MuniPro. At MuniPro, Will leverages his expertise in Municipal Markets and Financial Technology to build the AI-enabled Data and Productivity platform for Corporate and Municipal bonds spanning the entire market. Prior to founding MuniPro in 2018, Will Kim spent 6 years as a Public Power Investment Banker at Wells Fargo and 6 years in Public Finance, TOBs, and Derivatives with Merrill Lynch. He has worked on over $10 billion of municipal bond transactions, TOBs, interest rate derivatives, total return swaps, prepays and other structures. Will graduated with Joint Honors in Economics and Finance from McGill University.

Rudy Salo serves as counsel on a broad range of community impact financings involving governmental entities, transportation systems, educational institutions, cultural institutions, and entertainment venues. His practice includes advising lenders in structuring various lending facilities throughout California and the United States, often involving real estate or other collateral. He also has experience in advising new mobility companies.

Ryan Kaplan is a Director at PFM Financial Advisors LLC, where he provides financial advisory services to cities, counties, and special-purpose districts across the Western United States and supports PFM’s focus on structuring and financing economic development initiatives. Ryan advises clients on a variety of public finance strategies, including the use of incentive-based financing tools, revenue bond structuring, and the creation and administration of special districts.

Prior to joining PFM, Ryan led advisory services at DiPerna & Company, where he worked with state agencies, local governments, and port authorities to implement and deploy innovative financing programs. His experience includes designing and managing credit-rated bond funds, PACE and infrastructure revolving loan programs, and supporting public-private partnerships for infrastructure and real estate development projects.

Ryan also has significant experience advising private real estate developers on public finance strategies. He has structured taxable and tax-exempt revenue bonds for public infrastructure and parking projects, often involving the monetization of future tax revenues and complex negotiations with local government stakeholders. His areas of expertise include tax increment financing (TIF), new community authorities (NCA), Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE), among other special taxing districts.

In addition to advisory services, Ryan has led the development of financial reporting and revenue projection models used in the negotiation and sale of revenue bond issuances. These reports have supported developers, underwriters, and placement agents in sizing and marketing debt secured by existing and proposed incentive districts. He also managed district administrator services to ensure transparent and efficient charge calculation and collection processes for both public and private sector clients.

Alexandra Cimmiyotti is a Senior Vice President for the San Francisco Local Governments Ratings Team , covering municipal credits in Arizona, California and Washington. Prior to joining the San Francisco team, she was an Assistant Vice President for the New York Local Governments Ratings Team. Alexandra serves as a rating committee chair on credits nationally for local governments. She also leads the public finance department’s investor outreach strategy, helping coordinate engagement priorities and strengthen communication with key market participants.

Alexandra is an executive council board member of the Women in Public Finance Northern California Chapter and served on the Board of California Society of Municipal Analysts for seven years.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Alexandra held Vice President positions at Prager and Company, as well as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and was an Assistant Director for undergraduate admissions at Columbia University.

Alexandra holds a MA from Teachers College Columbia University and a BA from San Diego State University.

William Oh is a Vice President on Moody’s Global Project & Infrastructure Finance team based out of San Francisco. In his role, William primarily covers a portfolio of US public power credits, as well as various infrastructure projects and transportation credits.

Prior to joining the Global Project & Infrastructure Finance team, William spent ten years on Moody’s Public Finance Group covering local government credits in the western US.

Before joining Moody’s, William worked for ten years in various roles with the US Department of Defense. During that time, he worked on both the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Navy Staff.

William has an AB in History from Georgetown University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

Managing Director, has over 20 years of experience in public finance as an investment banker and municipal advisor, with deep expertise across a broad range of municipal finance sectors, including general fund backed credits, public power, water, sewer, and beyond. His past bond transactions for the City includes Lease Revenue, Tidelands, Airport, Water, and Sewer. He has participated in more than $20 billion of financings, including significant transactions for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, State of California, State of California Public Works Board, City of Los Angeles, Southern California Public Power Authority, Los Angeles Community College District, and University of California Regents. Mr. Le began his career in venture capital and cardiology research before transitioning to public finance. He also has prior experience as a CFO of an agtech company and advisor to a Seoul-based audio technology firm. He holds a B.A. in History from UCLA and currently maintains Series 52 and Series 63 licenses