Career moves

MSRB Chief Education Officer Ritta McLaughlin will be the fifth senior official to leave the MSRB in the last couple of months.

Raymond James hired Paul Soma as a senior vice president. He will set up a public finance office in Traverse City.

Kazatsky’s role is to cover the municipal market, focusing on strategy and macro themes that will live on the terminal.

ICE Data Services has brought on Varun Pawar, formerly Global Head of BVAL.

Ernesto Lanza will be leaving his position at Clark Hill to go to the SEC's Office of Municipal Securities, sources said.

After spearheading large capital projects at New York State’s nonprofit entities, Dr. Gerrard Bushell is set to tackle a $7 billion infrastructure initiative at one of the world’s major airports.

The cloud-based debt management and reporting service hired Mark Campbell as head of western region client management.

Cheryl Schluterman was president and chief financial officer of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority.

Gerrard Bushell is leaving the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York after four and a half years as president and CEO.

The fifth-generation banker, who has already been serving as a central bank governor, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a 60-31 vote.

Veronique "Ronnie" Hakim, a top official at New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is resigning as managing director by the end of February.

The firm hired Damian Maggos in Indianapolis and Matthew Ruess in Crown Point.

The MSRB announced Monday that Post will be a “senior advisor” through the end of the month, when the board’s fiscal year ends.

Thursby's addition grows the firm's number of public finance attorneys to 16.

An influential message in the locker room at Temple University's football practice facility has resonated throughout Christian Dunbar's professional life.

Eric Johnson pledged to avoid conflicts between his jobs as mayor and as bond counsel.

Lord will work on ICE’s fixed income products, including its muni index and yield curve after nine years as global head of corporate, government and muni evaluation at BVAL.

Winne Banta Basralian & Kahn hired Frank Scangarella, who helped shape the direction of the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank.

After 39 years in the public sector, Pat West will become a consultant.

Eric Gertler was nominated to succeed Buffalo developer Howard Zemsky as leader of New York State’s lead economic development agency.