Career moves

Bill Daly, NABL's director of governmental affairs, plans to retire at the end of the year and the group is looking for his replacement.

Tim Sullivan will become research director at the Citizens Budget Commission in New York.

S&P Global Ratings named Ken Gacka to manage analysis of the not-for-profit healthcare sector.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority named Olga Chernat as its executive director. A chartered financial analyst who previously served NYW as treasurer and deputy treasurer, Chernat will start in her new position on Wednesday, the authority said.

RBC Capital Markets hired David Utz, formerly of Goldman Sachs, as its managing director and head of its U.S. infrastructure team.

Chapman and Cutler hired four attorneys to boost its expansion into the Southeast.

Sonia Toledo will head a new specialty area focusing on state, city and county general finance at Frasca & Associates. Toledo joins Frasca from Wells Fargo Securities where she worked for the past seven years.

Jay Clayton became the 32nd chair of the SEC after being sworn into the rule on Thursday.

Cook County is losing Ivan Samstein to the University of Chicago.

Rick Kolman has joined Academy Securities as a managing director.

Advisory firm Umbaugh named Marvin Founds as its first director of Ohio education finance.

Nanette Lawson, at MSRB for more than five years, has become its CFO and treasurer

UBS Wealth Management Americas is looking to revive its capital markets and public finance businesses, hiring Peter Hill from Wells Fargo and Steven Genyk from Janney, and reassigning Chief Risk Officer Mark Sanborn to head capital markets and sales.

The moves are intended to boost the firm's capital markets abilities in a changing interest rate environment.

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP hiring public finance veteran Matt Nichols.

KeyBanc Capital Markets added to its fixed income team with the addition of Chris O’Neil and Jeffrey Tucker to the securitized products sale team.

Wayne County, Mich.’s fiscal chief who played a central role in its financial recovery is leaving to launch a private equity and turnaround firm.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has hired five lead public finance attorneys from Winston & Strawn LLP, expanding Katten’s New York public finance group.

Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co. hired Ateesh Chanda to serve as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.

MarketAxess, operator of an electronic trading platform, hired Nicolle Brescia as its municipal bond sales specialist.