Rising Stars

Partner and vice-chair of Municipal Finance Group, Ice Miller LLP

Vice President/Senior Analyst, Moody’s Investors Service

Director, Senior Municipal Underwriter, RBC Capital Markets

Assistant Treasurer, Transurban — North America

Deputy finance director, Houston

Vice President and Head of National Higher Education Practice, Public Finance, Western Region, Build America Mutual

Director and Head of the Central Region Public Finance Group, Academy Securities

Partner, Nixon Peabody

Vice President, Public Finance Investment Banking, Wells Fargo Securities

Associate Director, S&P Global Ratings

Executive Director, UBS

Partner-Elect, Ballard Spahr LLP

Debt Program Manager, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

Head of U.S. Public Finance Origination, Rothesay Asset Management

The Bond Buyer's Rising Stars Week continues as three members of the newly minted class -- Moody's Investors Service senior analyst Adebola Kushimo, Stifel director Roberto Ruiz, and Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates senior vice president Rachel Chang-Kwei -- join moderator Andrew Belinfanti-Knight, a managing director at UBS and a member of the inaugural Rising Stars class of 2016, for a discussion on diversity and inclusion in municipal finance.