Career moves

Gary Hall and Sobani Warner were named co-presidents of Siebert Williams Shank as CEO Suzanne Shank focuses on client relationships and strategic initiatives.

Veteran banker Tim Kelly will give Baird's higher education and non-profit sectors a national reach.

Taylor Raymond has joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a senior counsel in its Austin and Dallas offices, according to the law firm.

Kostas Poulakidas has joined Greenberg Traurig's Chicago office. He builds the firm's public finance and infrastructure and government law and policy practices.

Stephanie Henning will establish a public finance office in Dallas, the bank's third in the state.

The city council voted unanimously to hold a special election on an 11-part GO bond proposition, which will be the largest in the city's history.

The hires "will help us further deepen our relationships," said the firm's head of public finance.

Tim Ruby has joined Wells Fargo as its healthcare, higher education and not-for-profit division executive. He will be based in Chicago.

The Harris School of Public Policy is launching a new course, "Careers in Municipal Finance," designed to grow the public finance talent pipeline.

JP Zaptin has joined Baird where he will establish a municipal trading desk

The addition of Turner-Bond as a partner will deepen Orrick's public finance practice's P3 expertise.

By hiring Silvia Shin, Ballard Spahr became Delaware's appointed bond counsel.

The addition is part of a push to expand the firm's presence in New York public finance, Jonathan Ballan told The Bond Buyer.

Hillman is part of a spate of hirings deepening the firm's presence in certain regions and the transportation sector. 

The longtime muni bond strategist left Wells Fargo earlier this year.

Main Street Natural Gas, a blended component unit of Georgia Gas, issues most of the authority's debt.

UMB hired 13 people from Wilmington Trust, and opened an Orange County office, to expand in municipal and corporate trustee, escrow and paying-agent services.

Denise Canada, appointed by Brad Briner to head state and local government finance, has experience working for the state's local and state governments.

Samantha Funk will step up as new head of public finance at PNC after Rob Dailey retires at the end of July.

Veteran muni banker Debra Saunders is working to help tribal governments access government financing and debt markets for energy projects.