Career moves

"During this critical period for our state's future, I'm looking forward to having Blake Washington on my team," Gov. Hochul said.

California State Treasurer Fiona Ma announced the hiring of two new Stephanie Tom and Khaim Morton as deputy state treasurers.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, who called for aggressive interest-rate hikes to fight the recent inflation surge, resigned after 15 years in the position to become dean of a university business school.

Livolsi, who worked at Citigroup for 25 years until the bank cut his position earlier this year, has been hired as a managing director of public finance marketing at Assured Guaranty.

Chasse Rehwinkel most recently has held the position of director of banking for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. 

Charles Treece and Azer Akhtar in Washington, D.C., and Jennifer Santangelo in Philadelphia have become partners at Ballard Spahr.

Deputy General Manager Dan Denham was named acting general manager until the board of directors finds a permanent replacement.

Ted Damutz and Lina Santoro have joined Kroll Bond Rating Agency as directors in the public finance department in New York City.

David Fields, Rob Whitlock and Naomi O'Dell have been hired from RBC Capital Markets and will work out of the firm's Philadelphia and Chicago offices.

The departure of four attorneys marks the second group exodus in Texas this year for Orrick.