Career moves

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.

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.