Career moves

Bennett joins the university as associate vice president of finance under CFO Ivan Samstein, former Cook County CFO.

The firm plans to launch a pair of high-yield muni funds in January.

Jaime Alvarez, who joined the Oregon State Treasury from Houston in 2021, was named the state's director of debt management in October.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer chose Jen Flood, her deputy chief of staff, to replace Chris Harkins who is leaving state government later this year.

Winterstein's firm advises buy-side and sell-side clients on vetting vendors, looking at synergies between different technologies and advising on their product set.

Fredericks will tap her extensive muni market network as SOLVE extends its reach into the muni business.

M. Elizabeth Walker and Jerimi J. Ullom have joined law firm Barnes & Thornburg's Indianpolis office as healthcare and public finance partners.

The hire by Missouri-based Stifel comes as some broker-dealers trim ranks amid weak issuance.

After teaching local government finance at the University of North Carolina School of Government, Crews rejoined McGuireWoods's public finance team in Raleigh,

Peter Lam has served as bond counsel to state and local issuers for public and privately placed bond issuances.

The nature of municipal bonds is to help people, says Peter Hayes, "I really like that it's public purpose."

"After more than 36 years as investor and leader, Peter has decided the timing is right to begin his own retirement next year," said Rich Kushel, senior managing director at BlackRock.

"I am excited to lead the team through what will be an exciting period of growth in public finance," Anjali Sharma said.

This comes as the firm shores up its presence in Texas.

Dustin Avey and Jeremy Garber were named co-heads of public finance; Fairman, a 40-year veteran of the firm, will remain in an advisory capacity into 2024.

Rai joins Wells as senior strategist after he was let go by Citi in June.

The long-time high-yield muni manager left Nuveen in April when the firm settled a contentious lawsuit with Preston Hollow.

Jena Watson, who has nearly 30 years of experience, moved over from HomeBank.

When Los Angeles World Airports CEO Justin Erbacci steps down next month, Beatrice Hsu will step up as interim CEO.

The board named Jamie Asbury, the district's energy manager, to the top slot after an eight-month search.