Roosevelt & Cross president and executive director of public finance Elaine Brennan receives the 2025 Freda Johnson Award for the private sector.

Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority executive director Jeanette W. Weldon receives the 2025 Freda Johnson Award for the public sector.

Relive some of the highlights of the 2025 Deal of the Year awards dinner, which also featured the presentation of the Freda Johnson awards.

Melinda White from Sage Memorial Hospital accepts the 2025 Deal of the Year award.

Aaron Heintz from State of Wisconsin accepts the 2025 Deal of the Year award for Innovative Financing.

Steve Thody from JFK Millennium Partners accepts the 2025 Deal of the Year award for Green Financing.

Amy Dozier from Texas' Kerrville Public Utility Board accepts the 2025 Deal of the Year award for Small Issuer Financing.

Veronica Clark from Sage Memorial Hospital accepts the 2025 Deal of the Year award for Healthcare Financing.

Jonathan Dingle from Meridiam accepts the 2025 Deal of the Year award for P3 Financing.

Rodney Oliver from Virginia Port Authority accepts the 2025 Deal of the Year award for the Southeast Region.

Joe Nardone from Columbus Regional Airport Authority accepts the 2025 Deal of the Year award for the Midwest Region.

Michelle Maddox of Alaska Railroad Corp. accepts the 2025 Deal of the Year award for the Far West Region.

Chris Poinsatte from DFW International Airport accepts the 2025 Deal of the Year award for the Southwest Region.

Adam Barksy from the New York Power Authority accepts the 2025 Deal of the Year award for the Northeast Region.

Sage Memorial Hospital's $80 million financing brings a new model to tribal health care. The unrated, tax-exempt bonds recapitalized construction of a replacement hospital, an expanded outpatient clinic, and badly needed workforce housing serving the Navajo community in Ganado, Arizona.

Alaska Railroad Corporation's Cruise Port Revenue Bonds financed a new passenger terminal and dock at the Port of Seward — critical infrastructure for one of the world's top cruise markets.

The Virginia Port Authority executed a landmark financing to reshape control of the Virginia International Gateway terminal.

Columbus Regional Airport Authority returned to market with a $1.207 billion airport-revenue financing to launch a $2 billion capital program at John Glenn Columbus International.

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport advanced a massive capital plan with a nearly $2 billion refunding and improvement financing that reshaped how airports use the market.

New York set a precedent with a $944 million bond deal that prepaid three decades of electricity for the Power Authority.