Adrienne Archia
Managing Director - Rice Financial Products Company

Adrienne Archia joined the firm infrom the Chicago office of First Albany Capital where she helped to further and managed that firm’s Chicago and Midwest municipal finance efforts. She is responsible for bringing in and overseeing senior managed business with a number of issuers including the City of Chicago, the City of Milwaukee, Chicago Park District, Chicago Public Schools and the Milwaukee Public Schools among others. She has brought in co-managed and co-senior managed work from virtually every major issuer in the Midwest and has served as an active and involved senior manager, co-senior manager and financial advisor on groundbreaking deals for Midway Airport, O’Hare International Airport, the Chicago Transit Authority, Milwaukee County Airport and the State of Wisconsin.

Prior to her work in public finance, Ms. Archia worked as Assistant to the CFO for the City of Chicago and Executive Assistant to Mayor Richard M. Daley. She served as Chief Financial Officer of the Chicago Housing Authority. Before her stint in the government, Ms. Archia worked in public finance for Drexel Burnham Lambert, Goldman Sachs and Reinoso & Co.

Ms. Archia is an active member of the Chicago community. She serves as a member of numerous boards including the Civic Federation; the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence (executive committee); the Southside YMCA (finance committee chair); and After School Matters.

Ms. Archia is a graduate of Spelman College where she received her B.A. in Economics.

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