Career moves

The new director will be familiar with pay-to-play enforcement and public accounting fraud, which are important in the muni space.

Maulin Vidwans, Jennifer Santangelo, Ryan Udell and Adam Chelminiak move over from White and Williams.

Wiggins takes the helm as the system strives to recover from the pandemic and build out its rail network ahead of the 2028 Olympics.

Smith, who joined the Michigan-based law firm in 2016, will lead a 16-member team.

Crumbaker has experience representing bondholders and corporate trust companies in cases related to distressed or defaulted high-yield tax-exempt bonds.

Alan Skelton previously served as state accounting officer for the state of Georgia, a position that is equivalent to state comptroller in other states.

Jacqueline Dunn had held the interim position since last September.

Robert "Bob" Borhart has joined the firm's finance department in Minneapolis in an of counsel role.

California treasurer Fiona Ma named Nancee Robles to head the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee and California Debt Limit Allocation Committee.

Koster, who came over from Piper Sandler, worked as lead or sole manager on $6 billion in public finance deals.

Goldstone, who helped the city return to the bond markets after SEC sanctions, will help recently elected Mayor Todd Gloria get his administration rolling.

Joe Geraci, who spent 24 years at Citi, most recently as co-head of the Global Spread Products division, will join investment advisor Old Orchard Capital.

Steven Kantor and Kayla MacEwen join a team that has mostly come from Hilltop, expanding Texas-based Masterson Advisors' reach deep into the Northeast.

Raymond James has hired veteran municipal banker Jim Tricolli as a managing director.

Maria Doulis, named deputy comptroller, was vice president at the watchdog Citizens Budget Commission while Todd Scheuermann, assistant comptroller in the Division of Budget and Policy Analysis, had been secretary to Senate finance committee.

Michelle Getz was named a partner of the Equitable Facilities Fund.

Five of the law firm's nine new partners are attorneys of color or women.

The public finance veteran was recently special counsel at McCarter & English.

She is credited with training a next generation of public finance leaders in Los Angeles and around Southern California.

Steven Kantor, a regional managing director based in New York, was among those cut, sources said.