Event Archive

Date	Speaker	Location	Topic
Lasana K. Mack Washington DC's Treasurer and Deputy CFO	NYC Comptroller		Carol Kostik
Friday June 18, 2004 Cocktails, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Luncheon and Speaker, 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Nigel Ash, Global Managing Director, Jacobs Consultancy Anne Rabin, Managing Director, Project Finance - U.S. and Canada, Ambac Assurance Corporation	The DownTown Association, 60 Pine Street	“Toll Roads: Working with Forecasting Risk”
Friday May 14, 2004 Cocktails, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM. Luncheon and Speakers, 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Bruce C. Vladeck, Professor of Health Policy and Geriatrics - Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York Robert Fuller, Principal - Capital Markets Management, LLC	The Trumbull Room, Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue(Between 43rd and 44th Streets, across from Grand Central Terminal)	“The Federal Role In Health Care: Major Programs, Policies, and Spending Issues”
Friday, April 16, 2004 Cocktails, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Luncheon and Speaker, 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM	James F. Haddon, Managing Director, Citigroup Global Markets Greg Aikman, Vice President, Mellon Private Wealth Management	The DownTown Association, 60 Pine Street	“Tobacco Bonds: Banker and Buy-side Perspectives”
Friday, March 12, 2004 Cocktails, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Luncheon and Speaker, 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Tom Murphy, Mayor, City of Pittsburgh Ellen M. McLean, Director of Finance and Budget, City of Pittsburgh	The Trumbull Room, Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue(Between 43rd and 44th Streets, across from Grand Central Terminal)	“Pittsburgh -- Deficit Trouble in the Golden Triangle”
February 6, 2004 Cocktails, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Luncheon and Speaker, 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Mark Scott, Director of Tax-Exempt Bonds, U.S. Internal Revenue Service	The DownTown Association, 60 Pine Street	The IRS: What Are They Finding Wrong With Your Tax-Exempt Bonds?
February 11, 2004 5:45 PM - 8:00 PM	Nella Barkley, co-founder of the Crystal-Barkley Corporation and her senior partner Clifford Oblinger.	The Bond Market Association, 360 Madison Avenue(Corner of 45th Street; Enter on 45th Street)	The inability to integrate life and work demands has plagued workers at all levels for as long as people have had jobs. However, there is a systematic, strategic process to bring the two into much greater harmony. Known as Life/Work Design, this system has been used by thousands of people to enhance both their professional and their personal lives. Barkley founded the Crystal Barkley Corporation with the late John C. Crystal, whose innovative and unorthodox techniques provided Richard N. Bolles with the fundamentals for his perennially best selling book What Color Is Your Parachute? Barkley grounded Crystal’s unique method in a series of teachable and learnable management steps which she and Cliff will introduce in this presentation.
January 9, 2004 Cocktails, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Luncheon and Speaker, 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Richard Bittennender, Vice President/Senior Credit Officer, Moody’s Investors Service John Owen, Executive Vice President and Financial Officer, JetBlue Airways	The Trumbull Room, Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue (Between 43rd and 44th Streets, across from Grand Central Terminal)	“Outlook for the U.S. Passenger Airline Industry: The ‘Fasten Your Seat Belt’ Light Remains On”
December 5, 2003 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM	THIS YEAR’S SPECIAL ATTRACTION: THE TWELVE DAYS OF MAGNY	The DownTown Association, 60 Pine Street
November 14, 2003 Cocktails, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM. Luncheon and Speaker, 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Barbara A. Lloyd, Deputy State Treasurer, State of California John J. Hallacy, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch	The Trumbull Room, Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue (Between 43rd and 44th Streets, across from Grand Central Terminal)	“Does the Golden State Have a Golden Future?”
October 15, 2003 Cocktails, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM. Luncheon and Speaker, 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Eugene W. Zeltmann, President and CEO, New York Power Authority. Gary Brown, Vice President of Strategic Planning, New York Independent System Operator.	The DownTown Association, 60 Pine Street	Shedding Some Light on the Blackout - Why Did It Happen?
June 12, 2003 NOON	Scott Trommer - Senior Director, Fitch Ratings - Other, TBD	The Down Town Association	Redefining the Toll road Sector
May 22, 2003 11:45AM	EJ McMahon of the Manhattan Institute	The Yale Club	The Albany Budget Making Process. What Goes On Behind The Scenes?
April 25, 2003 NOON	John Hallacy, Managing Director Merrill Lynch, Municipal Research Tom Abruzzo, Managing Director Fitch Ratings, Financial Guarantor Group David Veno, Director Standard and Poor's, Global Bond Insurance Ratings	The Down Town Association	The Financial Guarantors
March 21, 2003 11:45AM	Gail Sussman, Moody's and Robert A. Lamb, President of Lamont Financial Services Corporation.	The Yale Club	Corporate Equivalent Ratings: What Does This Mean For The Muni Market?
February 13, 2003 NOON	Peter Shapiro Managing Director Swap Financial Group Katherine McManus Managing Director FitchRatings	The Downtown Association	Municipal Swaps; Their Proliferation In The Market And The Questions They Raise
January 10, 2003 11:45AM	Ms. Ronnie Lowenstein Director New York City Independent Budget Office	The Yale Club	What's The Fiscal Outlook For New York City Over the Next Few Years
December 13, 2002 11:45 am		The Down Town Association - 60 Pine Street	Ring in the Holidays with Good Friends and Good Food
November 15, 2002 NOON	Moderator: Wendy Dolber, S&P Panelists: Wendy Doler, S&P Phil Korot, Lehman Bros John Craford, CT HFA Chris Moriarty, S&P Kurt van Kuller, Merrill Lynch	The Down Town Association	Tax-exempt Housing Bonds Keeping You Up At Night?
October 18, 2002 (Friday) 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Lunch will be provided)	David Bean, Director of Research for GASB	The Bond Market Association's New York Office	The new implementation of GASB 34
September 6, 2002 (Friday) 11:45 A.M.	George Friedlander, Managing Director/Fixed Income Strategist, SSB	The Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue (west side of Grand Central Station between Park/Madison Avenues and East 44/East 45 Streets)	Municipal Market Credit, Strategy and Performance: How Will 2002 End and What are the Prospects for 2003?
June 13, 2002 (Thursday) Arrive 9:30 am sharp (Rain or Shine)		NJ National Golf Course 579 Allen Rd Basking Ridge, NJ Phone: (908) 781-9400	3rd Annual Golf Outing
June 6, 2002 (Thursday) Cocktails at 11:45AM, Luncheon at 12:15 PM	Andrew Joseph, Deputy Comptroller – Budget Rita Sallis, Deputy Comptroller – Public Finance John Marlin – Chief Economist	The Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue (west side of Grand Central Station between Park/Madison Avenues and East 44/East 45 Streets)	New York City’s Fiscal and Economic Challenges: View from the Comptroller’s Office
May 17, 2002 (Friday) Cocktails at 12:00 Noon, Luncheon at 12:30 PM	Frank Perdue, Director Navigant Consulting, Inc.	The Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue (west side of Grand Central Station between Park/Madison Avenues and East 44/East 45 Streets)	Deregulation and the Electric Utility Industry: What Next?
April 19, 2002 (Friday) 12:00 Noon	Moderator: Thomas Collins, Senior Municipal Bond Analyst – GE Asset Management Panelists: Clare Curley, Director – Merrill Lynch Municipal Credit Research Bruce Gordon, Senior Vice President – Moody’s Investors Service Jeannine Kiely, Director – Salomon Smith Barney Susannah Page, Senior Research Analyst – Dreyfus Corporation	The Downtown Association, 60 Pine Street, New York, NY	The Substitution of Security Provision in Legal Documents For Tax-Exempt Revenue Bonds
March 15, 2002 (Friday) Cocktails at 12:00 Noon, Luncheon at 12:30 PM	Bruce Bohlen, Treasurer of The Port Authority of NY and NJ	The Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue (west side of Grand Central Station between Park/Madison Avenues and East 44/East 45 Streets)	The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
February 14, 2002 (Thursday) 12:00 Noon	Panel Discussion	The Downtown Association, 60 Pine Street, New York, NY	Variable Rate Debt in the Municipal Marketplace
January 25, 2002 Cocktails at 12:00 Noon, Luncheon at 12:30 PM	Carol O'Cleireacain, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution	The Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue (west side of Grand Central Station between Park/Madison Avenues and East 44/East 45 Streets)	Federalism and the Fiscal Fate of Local Government
December 13, 2001 (Friday) Cocktails at 11:30AM Luncheon at 12:30PM (Sharp)		The Downtown Association 60 Pine Street New York City	The MAGNY Annual Holiday Luncheon
November 16, 2001 (Friday) Refreshments at 11:45 AM Luncheon at 12:15 PM (Sharp)	Timothy S. Carey, President and CEO, The Battery Park City Authority Kim L. Paparello, Director of Finance, The Metropolitan Transportation Authority	The Downtown Association 60 Pine Street New York City	Perspectives from Two Major New York Issuers: The Battery Park City Authority and The Metropolitan Transportation Authority
October 18, 2001 (Thursday) 7:45AM - 2:00PM	Regional & National Economic Issues 8:30AM-9:45AM Suzanne M. Finnegan, FSA William W. Fish, AIG Jason Bran, Fed Reserve Bank of NY John Lonski, Moody's The Municipal Marketplace: Reaction & Prospects for Future Performance 9:45AM-11AM Robert H. Muller, JP Morgan Chase Philip J. Fischer, Merrill Lynch Richard S. Lynes, Prudential Impact on Airport and Special Facility Revenue Bonds 11:00AM-12:15PM Jerome Soloman, Bear Sterns Eric A. S. Richards, O'Melveny and Myers Kenneth D. Gibbs, First Albany Luncheon 12:30PM-2:00PM Mark Page, NYC Deputy Director of OMB	The Yale Club 50 Vanderbilt Ave. New York City	Implications of Terrorists Attacks on Municipal Governments
October 5, 2001 (Friday) Cocktails at 11:45AM Luncheon at 12:30PM (Sharp)	Claire G. Cohen, Vice Chairman, Fitch Renee Boicourt, Managing Director - Global Ratings & Research Group, Moody's David Hitchcock, Director - State and Local Government Group, Standard & Poor's	The Downtown Association 60 Pine Street New York City	The State and its Local Units of Government - Impact of the Energy Crisis
July 26, 2001 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm	Summer Fling	Naples 45 Bar & Restaurant 200 Park Ave (E.45th bet. Lex & Vanderbilt)	Join MAGNY and The Municipal Bond Women's Club of NY for Drinks
June 15, 2001 at 12:00PM	William DeCote, Director of Aviation for the Port Authority of NY/NJ	Down Town Assoc. 60 Pine St.	Future of the New York Metro Airports
June 06, 2001 At 10:00 (sharp)		NJ National GC 579 Allen Road Baskin Ridge, NJ	MAGNY Golf Outing
May 18, 2001 At 12:00 Noon	Cynthia B. Green, GASB Board Kenneth R. Schermann, GASB Sr. Project Mgr. Warren Ruppel, NYC Assistant Comptroller for Accounting	Down Town Assoc. 60 Pine St.	Analysis of GASB Statement No. 34
Apr. 19, 2001 At 12:00 Noon	Martha M. Haines, Esq. Director Office of Municipal Securities - Securities and Exchange Commission. Ann-Ellen Hornidge, Esq. Partner Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC.	Down Town Assoc. 60 Pine St.	Trends in Municipal Disclosure
Mar. 02, 2001 At 12:00 Noon	Bill Oliver - Alliance Capital Management Corp Chris Mauro - Merrill Lynch & Co. Catherine Fleischmann - Moody's Investors Services Franklin Minerva - MBIA	Yale Club 50 Vanderbilt Ave. (bet. 44th & 45th St)	Globalization of Municipal Credit Analysis
Feb. 15, 2001 At 12:00 Noon	Allan Brilliant, Esq. Milbank, Tweed Hadley & McCloy Gary Krellenstein - JP Morgan Richard Cortright - Standard & Poors Robert Solomon, Esq. - FERC	Down Town Assoc. 60 Pine St.	California Energy Crisis
Jan. 19, 2001 At 12:00 Noon	Mark Scott - IRS National Director for Tax Exempt Bonds. J. Ben Watkins III - Director of The Florida Division of Bond Finance. Richard Chirls - Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Dina Kennedy - Director at FSA and NFMA Chairperson will serve as panel moderator.	Yale Club 50 Vanderbilt Ave. (bet. 44th & 45th St)	IRS Audits of Tax Exempt Bonds
Dec. 14, 2000 At 12:00 Noon	Gerard Lian MAGNY Chairman Presentation	Down Town Assoc. 60 Pine Street	MAGNY Holiday Luncheon
Nov. 10, 2000 At 12:00 Noon	Wai Man Seto of FSA Sam Buttrick of Paine Webber Adam Whiteman of Moody's Melanie Tripp of MSDW	Yale Club 50 Vanderbilt Ave. (bet. 44th & 45th St)	Trends in Public Finance
Oct. 19, 2000 At 12:00 Noon	Harlan Boyle, Treasurer North Carolina	Down Town Assoc. 60 Pine Street	Trends in Public Finance
Sept. 22, 2000 At 12:00 Noon	Jordan Mellick Edith F. Behr Stephen M. Fillebrown	Yale Club 50 Vanderbilt Ave. (bet. 44th & 45th)	Hospital Credits
June 22, 2000 At 12:00 Noon	Honorable Jeanne Shaheen Governor of the State of New Hampshire	Down Town Assoc. 60 Pine St.	School Funding in the State of New Hampshire
May 12, 2000 At 12:00 Noon	Gerry Lian Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Natalie Cohen and Mitch Savader of American Capital Access	Yale Club 50 Vanderbilt Ave. (bet. 44th & 45th)	Surfing the Municipal Landscape: Doing Research on the Internet
Apr. 14, 2000 At 12:00 Noon	Anthony P. Coles Deputy Mayor for Planning, Education and Cultural Affairs Office of the Mayor of the City of NY	Down Town Assoc. 60 Pine Street	The Privatization of J.F.K. and La Guardia Airports
Mar. 24, 2000 At 12:00 Noon	Michael Cahill, Esq. Hans Arnold, Ex. Director Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority	Yale Club 50 Vanderbilt Ave. (bet. 44th & 45th)	The Demise of Flow Control: What Works After Carbone?
Feb. 18, 2000 at 12:00 noon	Joe Nipper American Public Power Association	Down Town Assoc. 60 Pine Street New York, NY	A New Era for Electric Utilities
Jan. 14, 2000 at 12:00 noon	Eugene W. Harper, Esq. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey	Yale Club 50 Vanderbilt Ave. (bet. 44th & 45th)	Charter Schools and Other Alternatives