Career moves

Bohner said she hopes to carry on Flynn's commitment to the organization's programming, mentorship program and networking opportunities. 

The firm named Matt O'Connor to be head of its soon-to-be-opened Miami office and picked Annabella Espina to be its chief operating officer.

Ikhrata told the board Friday that he would be stepping down from the San Diego County regional planning agency in December.

"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.

Jack Brofman will start at the University of Chicago July 17 as executive director of global treasury operations.

"We're looking to grow our team in various parts of municipal practice and it was time to really add a banker in the Midwest," Janney's head of public finance, Vivian Altman said. "We see a lot of potential in the Midwest."

Molloy will be leaving the banking giant for the nonprofit sector. Dan Tomson and Paul Creedon, co-heads of public finance, will be taking over his responsibilities.

Gambone, who has 30 years of experience in the municipal finance industry, replaced retiring head of public finance Eileen Solla-Diaz.

Nathan Flynn will focus on coverage of Midwest and Southeast borrowers and provide an assist on structuring and project financing more broadly, Siebert said.

The choice of PFM's Jill Jaworski for the CFO position drew praise from the outgoing CFO and market participants who are watching closely to see whether the city stays on track with fiscal progress that has drawn more than a dozen rating upgrades across credits.

The Jacksonville office is the firm's first in Florida and 28th location in the United States.