Career moves

Bill Carabasi has 37 years of sales and trading experience in the fixed income and municipal bond markets.

Craig Bishop of RBC Wealth Management's portfolio advisory group, has retired and Tom Garretson will assume many of his responsibilities, the firm said.

Jay Goldstone was considered instrumental in San Diego’s re-entry to the bond markets following the city’s pensions scandal in the mid-aughts.

Executive search firm Spencer Stuart has been calling industry leaders asking for feedback on the organization.

Laura Porter will be analytical global group head of public finance and infrastructure ratings, replacing Dan Champeau, who is moving to Fitch Solutions.

Reuben R. McDaniel III will head the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York.

Charles Anthony “Tony” Solimine has joined the public finance leadership of New Jersey law firm Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer.

Build America Mutual has hired Dan Bingham, who will join BAM’s capital markets team in the newly created role of head of institutional markets.

RBC Capital Markets has brought in Tim Wons, who left his executive leadership role for AccentCare Inc., to join the RBC not-for-profit healthcare finance group.

He will join Shawn Wooden's staff in Dec. 16 and brings 25 years of financial and management experience in the public and private sectors.

UBS Wealth Management Americas announced three new senior hires as it continues to expand its public finance roster as it approaches the New Year.

Carmen Taveras is the agency's first chief of real estate, economic development, and transit-oriented development

Matt Posner started his new role as director of market structure-transparency on Monday.

Baird has hired underwriting specialist Bryan Derdenger to launch a Chicago-based desk

Sandy Kerl has been acting general manager since Maureen Stapleton retired in March from the top slot.

James Johnson, who steered New Jersey's oversight of Atlantic City, is now corporation counsel for New York City.

Darren C. McHugh joins Hunton's Austin office as partner. He was previously as shareholder at Stradling in Colorado.

G. Scott Rafshoon, a veteran expert in P3s, has been hired as a partner in Squire Patton Boggs’ Atlanta office.

Baker McKenzie created a new group to integrate regulation and enforcement in a move to align with the Securities and Exchange Commission's practices.

Marybeth Frantz Orsini has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the firm’s public finance group.