CDFA National Sponsors

CDFA National Sponsors represent the leaders in the development finance industry. These sponsors are given a unique opportunity to champion all of the efforts of CDFA and play an integral role in the ongoing development of the organization. National Sponsors make a yearlong sponsorship commitment of $8,000 to CDFA and receive prominent, high-level recognition at CDFA’s National Development Finance Summit and all educational training courses. CDFA National Sponsors also receive recognition on the CDFA home webpage and within Development Finance Perspectives, the Council’s national publication that is mailed to nearly 18,000 professionals. In addition, CDFA National Sponsors receive a complimentary membership. The benefits offered to CDFA National Sponsors total over 100 individual offerings and all forms of media and marketing.

Meet CDFA's 2013 National Sponsors:

	Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority AIDEA is a public corporation of the State of Alaska, created in 1967 by the Alaska Legislature "in the interests of promoting the health, security, and general welfare of all the people of the state, and a public purpose, to increase job opportunities and otherwise to encourage the economic growth of the state, including the development of its natural resources, through the establishment and expansion of manufacturing, industrial, energy, export, small business, and business enterprises…"
	Ballard Spahr LLP Ballard Spahr is a national firm with more than 500 lawyers in 13 offices in the United States. They provide results-driven counsel and exceptional service in Litigation, Business and Finance, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, and Public Finance.
	Bank of America, Merrill Lynch Bank of America Corporation is one of the largest financial institutions, serving consumers, small, middle-market, large businesses and governments with a full range of commercial and investment banking, asset management, and other financial and risk management products and services through subsidiaries.
	BNY Mellon BNY Mellon is the world's leading provider of corporate trust and agency services, administering $12 trillion in outstanding debt from 61 locations in 20 countries.
	Bricker & Eckler LLP Bricker & Eckler LLP, is one of Ohio's leading law firms, representing corporations, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, health care facilities, school districts, and municipalities, as well as individuals.
	Bryan Cave LLP Bryan Cave LLP is a leading business and litigation firm with global reach, a strong reputation and a long history of success. Their client base includes businesses, financial institutions and not-for-profit organizations, government entities and individual clients.
	Business Oregon Business Oregon works to create, retain, expand and attract businesses that provide sustainable, living-wage jobs for Oregonians through public-private partnerships, leveraged funding and support of economic opportunities for Oregon companies and entrepreneurs.
	Frost Brown Todd, LLC Across their five-state footprint, Frost Brown Todd, LLC offers a deep, talented roster of legal professionals. Committed to their clients, the firm leverages technical and legal knowledge and experience to serve a diverse client base, from global to entrepreneurial companies.
	GOVERNING GOVERNING is the official media sponsor of CDFA. They are the nation's leading media platform covering politics, policy and management for state and local government leaders. Recognized as the most credible and authoritative voice in its field, GOVERNING provides nonpartisan news, insight and analysis on such issues as public finance, transportation, economic development, health, energy, the environment and technology.
	Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP is the only national law firm in the U.S. whose practice is devoted primarily to public finance and public projects. The firm has more attorneys engaged in the full time practice of public finance and projects than any other law firm in the country, constituting an unparalleled resource for clients.
	Ice Miller LLP Ice Miller LLP is a full-service firm with the resources it needs to counsel its clients and deliver quality legal advice. Ice Miller offers a broad array of capabilities in virtually all areas of the legal practice.
	KeyBanc Capital Markets KeyBanc Capital Markets is an investment banking firm serving issuers of tax-exempt debt for over 40 years. Their team identifies opportunities, designs financing structures and develops an array of solutions that meet and exceed clients' financial and strategic objectives.
	Kutak Rock LLP Kutak Rock LLP is a national law firm of more than 425 lawyers with offices from coast to coast. The firm's primary practice concentrations are business and corporate law, public finance, litigation and real estate law, with numerous areas of specialization.
	MB Financial Bank, NA MB Financial Bank offers a full range of financial services including personal, business and commercial banking. They have proudly served Chicago for over 100 years.
	McGuireWoods LLP With 900 lawyers and 19 strategically located offices worldwide, McGuireWoods LLP, uses client-focused teams to serve public, private, government and nonprofit clients from virtually every area of the law.
	Miles & Stockbridge P.C. Miles & Stockbridge P.C. is a leading law firm with offices in the mid-Atlantic region, including offices in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. One of the firm's focus areas is the counseling of banks, agencies, trustees and others in all types of tax-exempt and taxable financings.
	Peckham Guyton Albers & Viets, Inc. PGAV is a global professional firm, specializing in planning, architecture, design and destination consulting.
	PNC Capital Markets PNC operates as a diversified financial services company in the United States and internationally. They serve corporations, government and not-for-profit entities, middle-market companies, and institutional and retail clients through its branch network, call centers, and online banking channels. PNC offers a wide range of services to all of their customers in the areas of retail banking, corporate and institutional banking, asset management group, residential mortgage banking, and BlackRock.
	Squire Sanders Squire Sanders is one of the strongest and most geographically diverse legal practices in the world, with offices across the Americas, Asia and Europe. They combine sound legal counsel with a deep knowledge of their clients’ businesses to resolve their legal challenges
	Stern Brothers & Co. Stern Brothers & Co., member SIPC, is an independent, certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) investment bank specializing in creating customized financing solutions for public and private borrowers.
	Stifel Nicolaus Stifel Nicolaus is a full-service securities firm dedicated to development finance. Stifel Nicolaus has developed innovative public financing structures for private developments, saving millions of dollars for their public and private sector clients.
	S.B. Friedman & Company S.B. Friedman & Company is a specialized real estate and development advisory firm based in Chicago. The firm works closely with its clients to evaluate development potential, project financial feasibility, identify innovative public-private development solutions and prepare implementable development strategies.
	U.S. Bank U.S. Bancorp (USB), with $308 billion in assets, is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the fifth largest commercial bank with more than 54,000 employees, and 3,031 offices in the United States.
	Wells Fargo Securities Wells Fargo Securities offers a comprehensive set of capital markets services, including originating and distributing public debt and equity, hedging interest rates and commodity and equity risks, advising on mergers and acquisitions, and originating structured lending facilities and municipal bonds.

NATIONAL SPONSOR BENEFITS

CDFA is proud to offer the following sponsorship opportunities to CDFA National Sponsors. All offerings are completely negotiable upon review, and CDFA will do its best to ensure that each sponsor receives the highest level of service.

CDFA Web Site

• Logo and website link placed on the CDFA home page (This perk is only available to National Sponsors.)
• Company logo and brief description on CDFA National Sponsor webpage.
  

• Opportunity to moderate one Concurrent Session at the event
• 2 complimentary registrations
• Electronic copy of event attendee list pre- and post-event
• Recognition in event program, signage, and computer screen display
• Logo on event web page with hyperlink
• 1 full-page color advertisement in event program
• Opportunity to place promotional material in event bag
• 1 complimentary exhibit table
  

• Recognition at the National Sponsor Breakfast
• Opportunity to speak on a panel when appropriate
• 1 complimentary registration
• Electronic copy of course attendee list pre- and post-event
• Recognition in course materials, signage, and computer screen display
• Logo on course web page with hyperlink
• 1 full-page advertisement in course materials
• Opportunity to provide promotional material to course attendees
• 1 complimentary exhibit table

CDFA Development Finance Review Weekly (newsletter)

CDFA National Sponsors are recognized individually throughout the year in CDFA's widely popular Development Finance Review Weekly e-newsletter. The e-newsletter is sent each Thursday to over 16,000 subscribers and is considered the industry's best development finance resource.

State Roundtables

National Sponsors have the option to add on one or multiple State Roundtable sponsorships to their National Sponsorship at a discounted rate. These State Roundtables currently include Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Illinois. National Sponsors will have the exclusive opportunity to pay $1,000, normally $3,000, to be an Annual Roundtable Sponsor.

Annual Roundtable Sponsors receive prominent recognition during all state specific CDFA Financing Roundtable activities throughout 2013. This includes visibility in all newsletters, event marketing and on the CDFA website. Annual Roundtable Sponsors also receive recognition for helping to craft the CDFA Financing Roundtable Conference for that state. Other benefits include:

• logo placement on all state specific CDFA Financing Roundtable marketing emails, newsletters, website, screen splashes and promotional materials
• 2 complimentary registrations for the annual state specific conference
• 1 guaranteed speaker role for the annual state specific conference
• promotional recognition during two scheduled state specific webcasts
• attendee roster for all events (webcasts, conference) throughout the year