Career moves

Rasheia R. Johnson has returned to the firm where she worked before joining Mayor Jim Kenney's administration in 2016.

Kevin Cullinan will will develop an enterprise risk management framework for the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, state Treasurer Shawn Wooden said.

Edward Sisk, a managing director and head of public finance at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, will chair the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board beginning Oct. 1.

MSRB President and CEO Lynnette Kelly will be retiring at the end of the fiscal year after 12 years leading the organization.

Petr, who has been with the firm since 1987, most recently served as chair of Kutak Rock's public finance department in Omaha.

Raab will focus on public finance and economic development across Florida.

Brown left city government at the end of Rahm Emanuel's administration.

Veteran-owned Academy Securities has hired Chicago-based public finance banker James Carter

Marybel Batjer will head the Public Utilities Commission as investor-owned utilities struggle with wildfire liabilities.

The firm opened its fifth California office by hiringbanker José Vera in Pasadena.

RBC Capital Markets added Ian Parker as it positions itself to help issuers bring to market billions of dollars in authorized affordable housing debt.

Mark Bonsall will take over the troubled South Carolina-owned utility and lead its restructuring and reform team.

Former Hilltop Securities bankers Chris Allen and Gabriella Briceno have joined RBC Capital Markets in Houston where they will seek to grow RBC's financial advisory business.

Luna works in the Nashville, Tennessee, office focusing on state and local government relations and commercial litigation.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot tapped aviation finance chief Reshma Soni for comptroller and elevated debt manager Jack Brofman to deputy CFO.

Cal Quinn, CEO of Bancroft Capital, joins Jeffery Barrett, a candidate in Bancroft’s veteran training program, to discuss how the firm helps vets develop a career, not just find a job, in the financial services industry. Chip Barnett hosts.

As Stephen Heaney retires from Stifel Financial, Betsy Kiehn is stepping up to a new capital markets position at the firm.

Citi is losing another top-tier employee to retirement, as Ward Marsh announced his intention to call it quits after 45 years,

Gedale B. Horowitz, a Wall Street and muni veteran of more than 60 years, has decided to call it a career at the age of 87.

The law firm is ramping up its infrastructure focus with the hiring of Christopher J. Reitzel and Jeffrey Pohl to expand the law firm’s public finance group.