Recent speakers at Public Finance Forum have included:
Christopher Ailman
Chief Investment Officer, California State Teachers’ Retirement System
Olivia Albrecht
Chief Sustainability Officer, Aspiration
Tammie Arnold
Founding Partner, Alphaledger
Donnel Baird
CEO, BlocPower
Jennie Bennett, Chief Financial Officer
City of Chicago, Illinois
Elaine Buckberg
Chief Economist, General Motors
Henry Cisneros
Former Secretary, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rob Day
Partner and Co-Founder, Spring Lane Capital
Brian Deese
Director, White House National Economic Council
Arne Duncan
Co-Founder, Chicago CRED; Former Secretary, US Department of Education
Lourdes Germán
Executive Director, The Public Finance Initiative; Co-Founder and Director, Civic Innovation Project
Austan Goolsbee
Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics, University of Chicago; Former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Gary Hall
Partner, Head of Investment Banking—Infrastructure and Public Finance, Siebert Williams Shank
Michael Hancock
Mayor, City of Denver, Colorado
Christine Harada
Executive Director, Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
Kathy Hochul
Governor, State of New York
Maurice Jones
CEO, OneTen
Mark Kim
CEO, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Kim Lew
President and CEO, Columbia Investment Management Company
Lori Lightfoot
Mayor, City of Chicago, Illinois
Ben McAdams
Senior Fellow, Sorenson Impact; Former US Representative, Utah
Pat Meyers
Executive Director, Office of Economic Development and International Trade; Chief Economic Recovery Officer, State of Colorado
Hiromichi Mizuno
Special Envoy of UN Secretary-General on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments; Special Advisor, Milken Institute
Julie Monaco
Global Head, Public Sector Group, Correspondent Banking, Citi
Jenn Park
Executive Director, Opportunity Accelerator at Results for America
Richard Ravitch
Former Lieutenant Governor, State of New York
Elizabeth Reich
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Former Chief Financial Officer, City of Dallas, Texas
Emily Robare
Vice President, Credit Research and Muni ESG, PIMCO
Angela Rodell
Chair, Delphos; Former CEO, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation
Stacy Swann
CEO, Climate Finance Advisors
Philip Washington
CEO, LA Metro
Mary Ellen Weiderwohl
President and CEO, Accelerator for America
Gretchen Whitmer
Governor, State of Michigan
Shawn Wooden
Treasurer, State of Connecticut
Haimera Workie
Vice President and Head of Financial Innovation, FINRA