Awards

The winners of the Freda Johnson Award are Jeanette Weldon of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority and Elaine Brennan of Roosevelt & Cross Inc.

The National Association of Bond Lawyers will give out two separate awards to Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger and longtime muni lawyer David Cholst, for their contributions to the organization and industry over the last four decades.

Recipients included Marjorie Henning, retired deputy comptroller for public finance for the New York City Comptroller's office; Albert Simons, retired partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; and New York City Budget Director Jacques Jiha. 

Megan Kilgore and Virginia Wong talk about how navigating a challenging time in the municipal market has led them to rethink mentoring a younger generation of leaders, and how it is moving the public finance industry forward. Lynne Funk hosts. (39 minutes)

The award will be presented to Chu during Women in Public Finance's national conference in Washington, D.C. in September.

Three public finance veterans and one industry hopeful took the stage Wednesday in Manhattan to accept awards at the forum's 32nd Annual Awards Dinner.

O'Connor was nominated by Treasurer Fiona Ma for her work on a trust fund program for foster kids and another that finances green P3s.

Davis was a key figure in leading Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to its top position in the rankings for bond counsel.

The Forum honored Homer Schaaf of Norton Rose Fulbright, Kym Arnone of Jefferies, and Elizabeth Fine, of counsel to New York's governor, at the first in-person dinner since 2019.

Despite its snowy reputation, the region sees itself as a climate refuge due to cooler temperatures, reliable infrastructure and Lake Erie freshwater.

The pandemic exposed weaknesses in the old ways of doing things, he said during a virtual Citizens Budget Commission awards presentation in New York.

Rachael Eubanks, Suzanne Beitel, and Danielle Scott will receive Founders Awards at the Women in Public Finance conference set for Chicago next month.

Grace Dunlap, Chair of the Board at Bryant Miller Olive P.A., has been honored with the 2020 Ralph A. Marsicano Award presented by the City, County and Local Government Law section of the Florida Bar.

The think tank bestows its highest honor for leadership in the New York metropolitan region to the American Triple I Partners chairman and former HUD secretary.

This year's award recipients are New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, city Deputy Director for Finance Alan Anders and Jefferies banker Kym Arnone.