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Founded Rice Financial Products Company in 1993.

Oversaw growth of the firm from a derivatives boutique to one of the nation’s fastest growing municipal bond underwriting firms.

Managed the firm’s implementation of $30 billion in municipal derivative transactions.

A founding member of Merrill Lynch and Co.’s Municipal Derivative Products Group.

MBA from Harvard Business School (with distinction), bachelor’s degree in engineering from Kettering University.

Supervises all administrative and operational activities of the firm.

Head of Public Finance at Rice Financial.

26 years of investment banking experience in the United States, Africa and Latin America.

Previously with Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney.

MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, bachelor’s degree in economics from Dartmouth College.

A Partner at Rice Financial and Chief Executive Officer of the firm’s Broker/Dealer Division.

Leads Rice Financial’s derivative efforts.

Previously led the Financial Engineering Group in Merrill Lynch’s Municipal Markets Division.

Bachelor’s degree in computer systems engineering from Howard University.

Formerly co-head of the Investment Banking Department at M. R. Beal & Company.

20 years of municipal finance experience.

Bachelor’s degree in economics from Howard University.

Former co-manager of First Albany Capital’s Chicago and Midwest municipal finance efforts.

Previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the Chicago Housing Authority.

Bachelor’s degree in economics from Spelman College.

Former manager of M.R. Beal & Company.

Currently serves as the Designated Bonding Authority for the U. S. Department of Education Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Capital Financing Program, providing loan servicing services to a billion dollar portfolio.

25 years of experience in municipal investment banking.

Experience with water and sewer, special revenue, occupancy tax, resource recovery, airport, certificate of participation, general obligation, tax increment, special assessment and derivative transactions.

Previously a Managing Director at BB&T Capital Markets and Advest, Inc.

Bachelor’s degree in computer information science from Temple University.

27 years of experience as an investment banker and financial advisor.

Former Director in the Infrastructure Group at Citigroup.

MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College, bachelor’s degree from Yale University.

Responsible for all major quantitative analysis at Rice Financial.

Leads the marketing effort for the structuring, execution and administration of municipal interest rate derivative products.

Formerly a member of Merrill Lynch’s Tax-Exempt Money Markets and Capital Markets groups.

Bachelor’s degree in finance (summa cum laude) from Baruch College CUNY.

15 years of municipal finance experience working with a variety of credits and financing structures.

Bachelor’s degree in economics (highest honors) from Hampton University.

Joined Rice Financial in 2010 from RBC Capital Markets. Previously with First Southwest Company.

Joined Rice Financial in 2010 from MFR Securities where he was a Vice President and a founding member of the firm’s public finance practice.

Provides analytical and client management services to municipal clients and higher education institutions nationwide.

Currently serves as the Designated Bonding Authority for the U. S. Department of Education Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Capital Financing Program, providing loan servicing services to a billion dollar portfolio.

Previously with Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Jackson Securities.

Bachelor’s degree in economics (cum laude) from New York University.

9 years of experience in public finance providing quantitative structuring, analytical recommendations and financial due diligence.

Formerly with Banc of America Securities, Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan.

BBA in finance and accounting from the University of Michigan Business School.

Formerly with Citigroup, where she collaborated with deal teams to structure and execute more than $1 billion of municipal asset-backed financings.

Specializes in quantitative analysis and transaction modeling for state housing agencies and student loan issuers.

Bachelor’s degree in economics (magna cum laude) from Columbia University.

President of the Broker/Dealer Division at Rice Financial and Manager of Underwriting, Sales & Trading.

26 years of experience, including 19 years managing sales, trading and underwriting desks.

Directs a team of seasoned institutional salespeople and underwriters at Rice Financial averaging 25 years of experience.

Former head of the Municipal Bond Sales, Trading and Underwriting Department at M. R. Beal & Company and a Managing Director and Partner with Pryor, McClendon, Counts & Company.

MBA in finance from Columbia University, bachelor’s degree in business finance from Howard University.

40-year sales and trading veteran.

Previously with Standard and Poor’s Pricing Services, Thompson McKinnon, Advest & Co., Banc One and M.R. Beal & Company.

Bachelor’s degree in retail marketing (cum laude) from The New York Technical College.

28 years of experience in municipal bond sales.

Previously with Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Advest.

Bachelor’s degree in economics from Gettysburg College.

32-year industry veteran and manager of Rice Financial ’s Chicago institutional sales desk.

MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, master’s degree in teaching from Northwestern University, bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.

11 years of municipal bond trading experience, including institutional sales and brokering.

Previously with Titus & Donnelly L.L.P.

MBA and bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall University.

27 years of experience in institutional sales.

Bachelor’s degree in business and finance from Southwest Missouri State University.

28 years of experience in the municipal securities market.

Formerly a Director in the municipal department at Wachovia Securities and a Senior Vice President at M. R. Beal & Company.

Bachelor’s degree from Marist College.

19 years of experience in institutional sales.

Previously with M. R. Beal & Company, Kidder Peabody, Fiduciary Trust, Swiss Bank, RD White and Southwest Securities, among others.

Bachelor's degree from Mt. Saint Mary's

26 years of experience selling municipal bonds to institutional accounts.

Previously employed with Liss, Tenner and Goldberg; Glickenhaus; and Belle Haven.

Bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Stonybrook.

28 years of experience selling and trading municipal bonds.

Bachelor’s degree in business administration from Norwich University.