Career moves

Drew Smith, a former operative at the Massachusetts treasury, is Boston's new city treasurer.

UBS brings aboard two more muni pros in its quest to fill out its newly revamped public finance business.

Cindy Newton is a veteran of finance and treasury operations.

P3 specialist Jessica Platko brings international experience to the firm.

UBS Wealth Management Americas continues to fill out its re-emerging public finance practice, adding three more new-hires in Dallas, Los Angeles and New York.

Greg Usry joined MuniRisk Ltd. as head of business development.

The firm, which returned this year to public finance, hired five bankers in Texas, Florida, Illinois and New York.

Chicago-based Mesirow Financial is bulking up its municipal team with several hires on both coasts.

RBC Capital Markets announced today the addition of Steve Fortenberry as a vice president in the firm’s K-12 practice of the Texas municipal finance group.

Called to public finance by a sense of civic responsibility, curiosity, or just plain happenstance, The Bond Buyer's Rising Stars of 2017 are prepared to grapple with the nation’s massive infrastructure needs, a technological revolution, and a volatile political and legislative landscape.