Special Briefing Series: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Fiscal Outlook for State and Local Governments

Special Briefing: America's $900 Billion Water Crisis

• Senator Bill Bradley, former United States Senator, D-NJ
• Doug Evanson, executive vice president and chief financial officer, San Antonio Water System
• Howard Neukrug, executive director, The Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania
• Nicole Lick, senior life scientist, water division, United States Environmental Protection Agency Mid-Atlantic Region
• Reese Tisdale, president and chief executive officer, Bluefield Research

Special Briefing: State Tax Cuts

• Can Chen, associate professor, Andrew Young School of Public Policy at Georgia State University (GSU)
• Alex Hathaway, senior research associate, Center for State and Local Finance at GSU
• Geoffrey E. Buswick, managing director and government sector leader, S&P Global Ratings-US Public Finance
• Natalie Cohen, founder and president, National Municipal Research

Special Briefing: Public Pensions - Still a Crisis?

• Liz Farmer, public finance journalist and co-host of the Public Money podcast
• Vedanta Goenka, senior municipal strategist, Citigroup
• Merl Hackbart, professor emeritus, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky
• Shoaib Khan, director, New Jersey Treasury Division of Investment
• Anthony Randazzo, executive director, Equable Institute
• Les Richmond, vice president and actuary, Build America Mutual

Special Briefing: Recession? Soft Landing? … Impact on States and Cities

• Zac Jackson, Indiana Budget Director
• Eric Kim, senior director, Fitch Ratings
• Torsten Slok, chief economist, Apollo Global Management
• Matt Stitt, director, PFM's Management and Budget Consulting Team
• Kate Watkins, president and chief economist, Bright Fox Analytics

Special Briefing: The Debt Ceiling Deal and its Impact on the US Economy, States, and Municipalities

• Matt Fabian, partner, Municipal Market Analytics
• Marcia Howard, executive director, Federal Funds Information for States
• Annie Linskey, white house reporter, the Wall Street Journal
• Vikram Rai, managing director and head of the municipal strategy group, Citigroup
• Torsten Slok, chief economist, Apollo Global Management

Special Briefing: Managing Growth in America's Hottest States, Counties & Cities

• Mayor Steve Adler, former mayor, Austin, Texas
• Alex Adams, budget director, Idaho
• Matthew D. Chase, National Association of Counties
• Darryl Martin, county administrator, Dallas County
• Anna Roach, Atlanta Regional Commission

Special Briefing: State and Local Budgets in Uncertain Times

• Shelby Kerns, NASBO
• Eric Kim, Fitch Ratings
• Lauren Larson, Colorado Governor's Office of State Planning and Budgeting
• Gabe Petek, California Legislative Analyst's Office

Special Briefing: 2023 Outlook for States and Cities

• Mayor Kate Gallego, city of Phoenix, Arizona
• Emily Brock, Government Finance Officers Association
• Natalie Cohen, National Municipal Research
• Julia Coronado, MacroPolicy Perspectives
• Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics

Special Briefing: The inflation reduction act: investment opportunities and challenges

• Ben Beachy, BlueGreen Alliance
• Sarah Gimont, National Association of Counties
• Justin Marlowe, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
• Richard Prisinzano, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Wharton Budget Model

Special Briefing on Vulnerable Cities Facing Work from Home Realities

• Nick Bloom, Stanford University, and Co-Founder, WFH Research
• Andrew S. Rein, Citizens Budget Commission
• Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh Columbia Business School
• Lauren Weber, the Wall Street Journal

Special Briefing on the Deployment of the $1 Trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by States and Localities

• Lauren Larson, Colorado Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting
• Mayor Jorge Elorza, City of Providence
• Larry Parks, Forethought Advisors
• Patrick Brett, Citi Municipal Debt Capital Markets

Special Briefing on Work from Home: What it Means for State and Local Economies and Revenues

• Jose Maria Barrero, Instituto Tecnològico Autònomo de Mèxico
• Howard Chernick, Hunter College, CUNY
• Ally Schweitzer, WAMU
• Anthony Williams, Washington, D.C.

Special Briefing: 2022 Outlook for States and Cities 

• Lucy Dadayan, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
• Larry Johnson, Dekalb County, GA
• Eric Kim, Fitch Ratings
• Torsten Slok, Apollo Global Management
• Mark M. Zandi, Moody's Analytics 

Special Briefing on Climate Change, Federal Aid, and State and Local Strategies

• Tim Coffin, Breckinridge Capital Advisors
• Hughey Newsome, Wayne County, MI
• Emily Robare, PIMCO Municipals
• Nora Wittstruck, S&P Global Ratings

Special Briefing on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Clean Water, better Broadband, Resilience, and Equity

• Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Newark, NJ
• Kathryn de Wit, Pew Trusts
• Thomas Hazlett, Clemson University
• Howard Neukrug, Philadelphia Water (former)

Special Briefing on COVID-19, the American Rescue Plan, and 2022 State and Local Budgets

• Shelby Kerns, NASBO
• Hughey Newsome, Wayne County, MI
• Mayor Kim Norton, Rochester, MN
• Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics

Special Briefing on State Budgeting, the COVID-19 Recession, and What Comes Next

• Erica MacKellar, National Conference of State Legislatures
• Gabriel Petek, Legislative Analyst
• Juliette Tennert, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
• Lisa Washburn, Municipal Market Analytics

Special Briefing on the Year Ahead for States and Municipalities

• Shelby Kerns, National Association of State Budget Officers
• Eric Kim, Fitch Ratings
• Vikram Rai, Citi
• Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics

Special Briefing on Assuring Public Worker Retirement Security Amid COVID-19 Fiscal Stress

• Donald J. Boyd, State and Local Government Finance Project, University of Albany
• David G. Lenze, US Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Timothy Little, S&P Global Ratings
• Stephanie A. Miner, former Mayor of Syracuse, NY
• Herman B. Santos, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement System

Special Briefing on Fiscal and Operational Priorities for Cities in the COVID Crisis Era

• Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard University
• Andrew Reschovsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Bill Lucia, Route Fifty
• Andrew Rein, Citizens Budget Commission of New York

Special Briefing on COVID-19: Unemployment, and State and Local Fiscal Consequences

• Timothy J. Bartik, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
• Matt Fabian, Municipal Market Analytics
• Marcia Van Wagner, Moody’s Investor Service

Special Briefing on COVID-19, the US Economy, and Critical Needs of States and Municipalities

• Austan D. Goolsbee, University of Chicago
• Dan Smith, University of Delaware
• Juliette Tennert, University of Utah
• Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics

Special Briefing on COVID-19 and the Funding of Essential Services: Strategies for Generating Cash through Improved Public Asset Management

• Michael A. Nutter, former Mayor, Philadelphia, PA
• Eric Berman, Eide Bailly, LLP
• Michael Imber, Conway MacKenzie, Inc.

Special Briefing on COVID-19 and the Federal Reserve Municipal Liquidity Facility: How $500 Billion in Credit will Bolster America’s States, Counties, and Cities

• Patrick Brett, Citi
• Emily Swenson Brock, Government Finance Officers Association’s Federal Liaison Center
• Peter Hayes, BlackRock

Special Briefing on COVID-19 and the Fiscal Outlook for US Cities: Strategies for Survival and Recovery

• Shirley Clarke Franklin, former Mayor, Atlanta, GA
• Mary Murphy, Pew Charitable Trusts
• Michael A. Pagano, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Richard Ravitch, retired attorney, businessman, public official

Special Briefing on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Fiscal Outlook of State and Local Governments

• Thomas W. Ross, the Volcker Alliance
• Richard Ravitch, retired attorney, businessman, public official
• Matt Fabian, Municipal Market Analytics