Career moves

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has promoted 117 employees to managing director in its corporate and investment bank.

The firm hired Michael Barnes in Philadelphia and Andrew Maher in Pittsburgh.

The New England law firm added the former Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate as it seeks to boost its regional public finance footprint.

The White House is interviewing candidates to potentially replace Herman Cain and Stephen Moore as Donald Trump’s picks for the Federal Reserve Board, the president’s top economic adviser said.

Municipal bond industry veteran Mark McGruder has joined BOK Financial as head of municipal bond underwriting and trading.

Ramirez & Co. makes additions in big markets of Texas and New York.

All of Hilliard’s municipal advisors and associates agreed to join Baird, expanding its presence in the public finance sector.

The growth in public-private partnerships increases the need to coordinate the infrastructure and public finance teams.

RBC Capital Markets hired Carlos Pineiro from Goldman Sachs, as a Managing Director in Chicago.

Ila Afsharipour will be based in San Francisco.

After building a client base among Arizona cities and taxing districts at Gust Rosenfeld, Zachary Sakas is looking for new opportunities at Sherman & Howard.

Jason Dudich will join the University of Indianapolis at the end of May as vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer.

Neighbors, who specializes in P3s, is a partner in the firm’s Atlanta office.

After decades of managing risk for investment clients in volatile markets, Thornburg managing director Chris Ryon is preparing to retire at the end of the year.

Longtime muni lobbyist Michael Decker will now have a working relationship with Bond Dealers of America.

Long-time muni lobbyist Michael Decker talks to the Bond Buyer about his next steps and the challenges facing the muni market.

Academy Securities has hired muni vet Bill Laverty as managing director and head of its municipal underwriting department.

Laura Porter has been named head of U.S. Public Finance at Fitch Ratings.

Orrick brings on healthcare finance lawyer Robyn Helmlinger to the firm’s public finance group as a partner, based in San Francisco. She joins the firm from Squire Patton Boggs where she led their healthcare finance initiative.

Scott Mitnick, who was county administrator of Sutter County, California, will be a director at financial advisory firm KNN Public Finance.