Public finance

Jered Davidson has been at the forefront of creative and innovative approaches to public financing. 

"Jenna's ability to proactively identify and assess weaknesses and events that have impacted her covered credits has been instrumental in the company's risk managing efforts," said Victor Chu, a managing director with Assured Guaranty. 

Since 2018, Kat Estes has been actively bidding and helping price new issue deals for Fidelity Capital Markets. 

"It's very important to me to give back because I have been very fortunate and have had a lot people guide and mentor me," said Isela Hernandez.

Now a partner at Chapman and Cutler, Kristin Hilson has played a leading role in some of the most significant health care financing in the Midwest.

"Public finance isn't about just numbers or documents," said Charity Karanja. "It's about enabling access, driving development and creating opportunities."

Kitto prioritized education finance work with an emphasis on charter school financing projects across the county, turning a small practice at Ice Miller into a national powerhouse.

Lynch and the IMTC team developed tools that reduce fixed income portfolio construction time from hours to seconds.

"It is easy to see how much economic potential is held back by lack of infrastructure," said Cintia Nazima.

"Municipal finance — especially bond insurance — is pretty niche, so BAM's managment realizes we need to be proactive in introducing the industry to young professionals," said Ben O'Malley.