Practice Areas: Municipal Advisory, Capital Markets & Origination
Exams & Licenses: SIE, Series 7, 24, 50, 53, 54, 63
Education: MBA, Pepperdine University; MA, Ball State University; BA, Indiana University.
Don Backstrom
Managing Director & Principal
Practice Areas: Capital Markets & Origination, Municipal Advisory
Experience: Former California Deputy State Treasurer, Executive Director California Industrial Development Financing Advisory Commission, California Education Facilities Authority, and California School Finance Authority
Exams & Licenses: SIE, Series 50, 52
Education: CSU Dominguez Hills
Leonard Berry
Managing Director & Principal
Practice Areas: Capital Markets & Origination, Municipal Advisory
Exams & Licenses: SIE, Series 7, 24, 50, 53, 63
Education: Master of Communications & BA, University of Washington
Brant Smith
Managing Director
Practice Areas: Capital Markets & Origination, Municipal Advisory
Exams & Licenses: SIE, Series 6, 7, 24, 50, 53, 63
Education: BS, San Diego State University
Ron Browning-Smith
Senior Vice President
Practice Areas: Capital Markets & Origination, Municipal Advisory
Experience: US Marine Corps
Exams & Licenses: SIE, Series 7, 50, 63
Education: St. Louis University
Professional Affiliations: US Marine Corps Veteran
Pharris Langston
Senior Vice President
Practice Areas: Municipal Advisory, Capital Markets & Origination
Exams & Licenses: SIE, Series 50, 52, 54, 63, 99
Education: BS, University of San Francisco
Peter Wong
Senior Vice President
Practice Areas: Municipal Advisory & Capital Markets & Origination
Exams & Licenses: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), SIE, Series 7, 50, 63
Education: MBA, Columbia University; BA University of California, Santa Cruz
Dave Olson
Senior Vice President
Practice Areas: Municipal Advisory
Sectors: K-12 & Higher Education
Exams & Licenses: Series 50
Education: BA, Yale University
Andrew Wong
Analyst
Exams & Licenses:
Education: BS, Santa Clara University, Metis - Data Science and Engineering
Joseph Crowley
Vice President
Practice Areas: Municipal Advisory, Capital Markets & Origination
Exams & Licenses:
Education: MPP, University of Southern California; BA, University of Washington
Amelia Threatt
Analyst
Exams & Licenses:
Education: BA, Occidental College