Michael Ogburn
Senior Vice President, Mission Viejo Office

Mr. Ogburn is a principal partner and founder of CFS. He manages the headquarters office of the firm in Mission Viejo, California. As a principal partner, Mr. Ogburn serves as the team leader for the firm's Southern California clients. In that role, his responsibilities include: 1. development of financial programs tailored to each client's needs; 2. development of planning and administrative support functions for each client; 3. financial and technical support to other employees and clients of the firm.

Mr. Ogburn's expertise includes the sale and structuring of fixed income securities including certificates of participation, lease revenue bonds, lease-purchase agreements, general obligation bonds and QZAB bonds. As part of the structuring of these financing instruments, Mr. Ogburn is adept at integrating multiple revenue sources-including the State School Facility Program, asset management, energy management and developer mitigation agreements into a single, comprehensive financial master plan over a planning horizon of five to ten years.

Having sold or structured over $1 billion of fixed income securities, Mr. Ogburn specializes in school district finance. His clients include Paramount Unified School District, Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District, Pajaro Unified School District, Anaheim Union High School District, Perris Elementary School District, San Jacinto Unified School District, Fontana Unified School District, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, Riverside Unified School District, Cucamonga School District, Huntington Beach Union High School District and Escondido Union Elementary School District.

Mr. Ogburn is a frequent presenter at C.A.S.H. conferences and is an active member of CalFed, a California advocacy group for federal funding of school facilities.