Rising Stars

Greg Shuman said he favors municipals for being a niche market, its blend of government policy and economics, the quantitative focus of fixed income as an asset class, and the complexity and evolving nature of municipal finance and markets.

"What I've learned is to do my best no matter what and always have internal goals for myself," Brittany Whelan said.

"I've always been interested in the fiscal health of a city or county, it goes to the health of the people really," Rob Widigan said.

Meet this year's Rising Stars of municipal finance.

The 2022 Rising Stars discuss their work, hobbies, interests, and their thoughts about the future of the public finance sector. We also link to all the profiles, in case you missed them.

New York-based Anne Tricerri took a circuitous route to becoming Fitch Rating's director of global infrastructure and project finance.

Thinking creatively in the housing finance world has helped Claire Merritt execute over 200 transactions for a total par amount of approximately $5 billion.

"Continued refinement of state Medicaid managed care programs will remain the cornerstone of driving accessibility for underserved communities," said Brad Henkel.

"There's always a new issue you might not be aware of; with 50 states you are constantly learning something new," Cooper Howard said. "It's not a homogenized market."

Kevin Boomhower believes water infrastructure is a basic necessity and the work EFC does is helping all communities in the state meet that need.