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City of Santa Ana, California
<br />Proposal for Municipal Financial Advisory Services March 12, 2020
<br />Appendix A: Professional Biographies — UFI Team Members
<br />Michael Busch, Chief Executive Officer and President
<br />Michael Busch is the Chief Executive and Strategy Officer for UFI, (Urban Futures,
<br />Inc.), a municipal and financial advisory firm assisting public agencies and nonprofits
<br />primarily in California. He's an accomplished municipal executive and public finance
<br />professional who has helped manage several public agencies as an assistant city
<br />manager and finance director, and now leads UFI --California's number one ranked
<br />municipal advisory firm. Michael also applied his diverse leadership experiences
<br />with a number of professional organizations as President of the Municipal
<br />Management Association of Southern California (MMASC), Chair of Cal -International City/County
<br />Management Association (Cal-ICMA) and Founding Member of the California Utility Executive
<br />Management Association (CUEMA). Through his leadership of UFI and engagement with professional
<br />organizations, Michael helps cities, counties, special districts and nonprofits across the State of California
<br />identify emerging trends, engage in critical policy issues, exchange proven practices, and advance their
<br />missions through sound fiscal and operational policy.
<br />During his 12-year tenure with UFI, numerous public agencies have engaged Michael as both a strategic
<br />consultant and municipal advisor based on his public finance expertise and broad understanding of fiscal
<br />issues affecting the public sector. Michael's engagements include over 60 public agencies throughout
<br />California and recently include the cities of Culver City, Santa Ana, Glendora, Arcadia, Pomona, Coachella,
<br />Desert Hot Springs, Monrovia, Artesia, Cudahy, Menifee, Salinas, Santa Fe Springs, Beaumont, Lake
<br />Elsinore, Covina, Azusa, Jurupa Valley as well as several special districts including Camrosa Water District
<br />and Rowland Water District. Additionally, Michael was the lead municipal advisor and public finance
<br />expert for the City of San Bernardino, helping to guide the city through its Chapter 9 bankruptcy
<br />restructuring, including providing written and oral testimony in the federal mediation and bankruptcy
<br />proceedings.
<br />Mr. Busch is a founding member and current Secretary/Treasurer of the California Utility Executive
<br />Management Association (CUEMA), a 501(c)6 non-profit organization formed in 2010to enhance, develop
<br />and educate the professional executives of the California water utility industry.
<br />Mr. Busch holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban and Regional Planning from California State
<br />Polytechnic University, Pomona, and a Master of Public Administration degree (Finance and Public Works
<br />emphasis) from California State University, Long Beach.
<br />Wing -see Fox, Managing Director
<br />Wing -See Fox is a Managing Director of the Public Finance Group at Urban Futures, Inc.
<br />(UFI). Wing -See has almost a decade of experience in the fields of municipal advising,
<br />public finance and municipal securities. She has worked on over $2 billion in municipal
<br />debt offerings for cities and special districts in California including water/wastewater
<br />bonds, general obligation bonds, lease revenue bonds, certificates of participation, tax
<br />allocation bonds, CFD and assessment district bonds, and enterprise bonds. Her current
<br />and recent clients include Calistoga, Culver City, San Ramon, Diablo Water District, San
<br />Juan Water District, Hercules, San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles.
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