Study Group: Financial Guaranty Experts(?)

James Butler is the Managing Director of Rigley Financial, LLC, and the Senior Partner for Rigley Capital, LLC, an Illinois-based origination and consulting firm specializing in providing advisory services to Municipal, Governmental-Issues, Consumer, Energy, Commercial, and Mortgage industry-related...

Amanda Atkins is the CEO of Afinia Capital Group. Afinia is backed by Deutsche Bank, Eos and Atkins Capital and assists insurance companies release capital and streamline mature or discontinued liabilities. Concurrently, she is the CEO of Atkins Capital, a consulting firm which provides financial, strategic...

Joseph Delaney is a President at Hilb Rogal and Hobbs of Metropolitan Washington, a brokerage which places general and specialty insurance (including property/casualty, aviation, and employee benefits) with major underwriters on behalf of its targeted clients (middle-market businesses), as well as individuals...

Raj Mehra is the President of Chelsea Advisory Services, a financial risk and forensic accounting advisory firm in Washington DC. He has over 21 years of experience in areas such as banking, subprime mortgages, credit card, auto and student lending. Mr. Mehra is an expert in securitization and structured...

Maureen Bolton is the Principal in Global Capital Access, an investment consultation firm specializing in developing securitization programs for domestic and international clients. She specializes in advising clients on creating funding programs for a wide variety of consumer assets, structuring efficient...

David L. Boyle is a Director on the board of RAM Re, a Bermuda-based reinsurer serving the financial guaranty industry. In addition, Mr. Boyle serves as a Trustee of Wittenberg University (Springfield, OH). Until July 2005, Mr. Boyle was Vice Chairman of Ambac Financial Group. Mr. Boyle joined Ambac...

Jerome Fons is the Principal of Fons Risk Solutions. He provides advisory in the areas of measuring and pricing credit risk, developing statistical credit risk models, and Basel II implementation. Mr. Fons also advises asset managers on investment strategies with respect to rating agencies. Prior to...

Susan Abbott is a Managing Director at New Harbor, a Connecticut-based investment banking consulting firm. Ms. Abbott currently participates regularly in expert witness cases related to the ratings agency industry. In addition, she also chairs and moderates vaious panels focused on this industry. ...