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Johan Akesson Johan Akesson Jay Alfirevic Associate Portfolio Manager Managing Director Thrivent Financial Wellspring Partners 625 Fourth Avenue South, Mail Stop 1010 123 N Wacker Dr, Ste 900 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 Chicago, Illinois 60521 612 844-6841 312-880-3037 [email protected] [email protected] Martin Arrick Shelley Aronson Managing Director First River Advisory L.L.C. Standard & Poor's 2640 Overridge Drive 55 Water St, 38th Floor Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 New York, New York 10041 734-761-3624 212-438-7963 [email protected] [email protected] David Belton Holly Benson Head of Municipal Bond Research Secretary Standish Mellon Asset Management Florida Agency for Health Care BNY Mellon Center, 201 Washington Street 2727 Mahan Drive Boston, Massachusetts 02108-4408 Tallahassee, Florida 32308 (617) 248-6039 (888) 419-3456 [email protected] Derek Bonifer Iain Briggs Director MD BMO Capital Markets FTI Healthcare 233 S Wacker Dr, 300 Sears Tower 100 Westwood Place, Ste 350 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 312-441-2563 615 324-8522 [email protected] [email protected] Jeffrey Burger Hanan Callas Senior Analyst & Portfolio Manager VP, Senior Investment Analyst Columbia Management Federated Investors One Financial Center, 13th Fl, Ma5-515-13-02 1001 Liberty Ave Boston, Massachusetts 2111 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779 617-772-3798 412 288-7799 [email protected] [email protected] Rebecca Chahid Richard Ciccarone Fixed Income Analyst Managing Director MFS Investment Management McDonnell Investment Mgmt. LLC 500 Boylston Street, 23rd Fl. 1515 W 22nd St, 11th Fl. Boston, Massachusetts 2116 Hinsdale, Illinois 60521 617 954-5922 630-684-8697 [email protected] [email protected] Gregory A Clark Richard Clarke Director President & CEO UniCredit Group Healthcare Financial Management Association 150 East 42nd Street, 31st Floor Two Westbrook Corporate Center, Ste 700 New York, New York 10017 Westchester, Illinois 60154 (212) 672-5771 708-492-3300 [email protected] [email protected] Jack Connelly Jennifer Combs Managing Director Nationwide Raymond James and Associates One Nationwide Plaza, 01-33-01 550 West Washington St, Ste 1650 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Chicago, Illinois 60661 614-249-8606 312-612-7760 [email protected] [email protected] Edward (Ted) Damutz Michelle Dougherty VP/Senior Credit Officer AVP Senior Research Analyst Moody's Investors Service Nuveen Investments 100 N.Riverside Plaza, Ste 2220 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 706-9953 312-917-8265 [email protected] [email protected] Susan Dushock Patrick Early Director Director Columbia Management (BOA) Assured Guaranty One Financial Center, 12th floor 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 18th Boston, Massachusetts 2111 New York, New York 10019 (617) 585-4017 212.408.6043 [email protected] [email protected] Alexander Fraser Dominic Frederico Managing Director Chief Executive Officer Standard & Poor's Assured Guaranty 500 N Akard, Ste 3200 1325 6th Avenue Dallas, Texas 75201 New York, New York 10019 (214) 871-1406 212 261 2280 [email protected] [email protected] Clifford Gannett Jennifer Glenn Director, Tax Exempt Bonds Analyst IRS Wells Fargo Brokerage Services Llc 1111 Constitution Ave, N.W., 608 Second Ave S, 10th Fl, MAC-N9303-105 Washington, District of Columbia 20224 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479 202-2839820 612 667-9476 [email protected] [email protected] Eric Golden Lisa Goldstein Associate Anaylst Senior Vice President/Team Leader, Healthcare Ratings Fidelity Investments Moody's Investors Service One Spartan Way, TS2D New York, New York Merrimack, New Hampshire 3054 212 553-4431 (603) 791-5201 [email protected] [email protected] Lisa Good Judith Harvey Executive Director Senior Vice President NFMA George K. Baum, Inc. P O Box 14893 6608 Naomi Drive Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15234 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55439 412-341-4894 952-944-1004 [email protected] [email protected] Christopher Heavey Matthew Hilliard Analyst Fixed Income Analyst Fidelity Investments Sit Investment Associates 82 Devonshire ST, V5C 3300 IDS Center, 80 South 8th St. Boston, Massachusetts 02109-3614 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 617-563-5142 (612) 359-2552 [email protected] [email protected] William Hogan Ann-Ellen Hornidge Managing Director Esq. Assured Guaranty Mintz Levin 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 18th Fl. One Financial Center New York, New York 10019 Boston, Massachusetts 2111 212 408-6006 617.542.6000 [email protected] [email protected] George Huang John Hutchens Vice President Managing Director Assured Guaranty Wellspring/Huron 1325 Avenue of the Americas 4430 S. Swann Circle New York, New York 10019 Tampa, Florida 33609 212.261.5595 813 240 3151 [email protected] [email protected] Janice James Amy Johonnett Managing Director Research Associate Wellspring/Huron Fidelity Investments 123 N. Wacker Dr, Ste 900 One Spartan Way, TS2L Chicago, Illinois 60606 Merrimack, New Hampshire 3054 2063002115 603-881-2303 [email protected] [email protected] Ken Kauffman Jeffrey Kaufmann Director of Municipal Research Vice President FAF Advisors, Inc. AIG Investments 800 Nicollet Mall, Bc-mn-ho5p 70 Pine Street, 13th FL Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-4302 New York, New York 10270 612-303-3408 (212) 770-9313 [email protected] [email protected] David King Lisa Kreiling SVP Senior Municipal Bond Analyst Putnam Investments PNC Capital Advisors Municipal Investment Group 1 Post Office Square, A7 1600 Market Street, 19th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 2109 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 617 760-8047 215-585-7340 [email protected] [email protected] Tim Larson Anthony LoVaglio Board Chairman Director Marquette General Health System Consultant 420 W. Magnetic 1923 80th Street Marquette, Michigan 49855 Brooklyn, New York 11214 906-225-4774 718-236-6892 [email protected] [email protected] James Martin Dan McMurray MD Managing Directors Wellspring/Huron Focus Management Group 2525 Loving Avenue 5001 W. 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Magnetic Boston, Massachusetts 2111 Marquette, Michigan 49855 617-348-1696 906-225-4774 [email protected] [email protected] Eileen Mullin Sherman Myers Director Director Financial Reporting Analysis Cohen & Company Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services 6 Landmark Square, 4th Floor 55 Water Street Stamford, Connecticut 6901 New York, New York 10041-0003 (203) 653-2818 (212) 438-4229 [email protected] [email protected] Leigh Nader Douglas E Nelson Vice President Investment Analyst Assured Guaranty Waddell & Reed 1325 Avenue of the Americas 6300 Lamar Avenue New York, New York 10019 Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66202 212-261-5574 (913) 236-3745 [email protected] [email protected] Paul Nolan Christopher Nowakowski Senior Fixed Income Analyst Analyst McDonnell Investment Management, LLC Allstate Investments, LLC 1515 West 22nd Street, 11th Floor 3075 Sanders Rd, G3a Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7127 630.684.8681 847.402.2134 [email protected] [email protected] Kevin O'Connor Lisa Olsen Senior Vice President Senior Vice President Wells Fargo Brokerage Services DAC 1740 Broadway, MAC C7300-011 390 N. 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