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Greg Pacifico is a senior underwriter in BAM’s Eastern Regional Group. He joined BAM in 2012 from Assured Guaranty, where he was an analyst in the Public Finance Group. He is a graduate of New York University with a B.A. in Economics.

Alexander Vaisman is a senior underwriter in the Public Finance Underwriting Group and covers the Western Region. Prior to joining BAM, he was an Associate Director in the U.S. Public Finance Group at Fitch Ratings. Alexander is a graduate of Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College and earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from … Continued

Michael Weinstein manages municipal surveillance, including systems design and data acquisition to facilitate the credit and surveillance functions. He joined BAM at its inception in July 2012 as a Vice President in Municipal Surveillance. Before joining BAM, he was an equity analyst at CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets. Previously to that, he was an Assistant Vice President … Continued

Alexis Platis is a senior underwriter in BAM’s Eastern Regional Group. She joined BAM in 2012 from Assured Guaranty, where she was an assistant vice president in public finance, and began her career in the municipal bond insurance industry at CIFG. She is a graduate of Vassar College and earned a Master’s Degree in Public … Continued

Juliet Stiehl is a senior underwriter in BAM’s Eastern Region Group. She joins BAM from Assured Guaranty, where she was a Vice President in Public Finance Group. She joined Assured Guaranty after it acquired FSA, where she was an Assistant Vice President and credit analyst, evaluating municipal sectors within the Northeast. She holds an B.A. … Continued

Brian Siper joined BAM from Assured Guaranty, where he held a series of positions, including Counsel in the Public Finance area. Prior to that, Brian was Senior Counsel and Director of Public Finance and Project Finance North America at Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, and before that an Associate at King & Spalding LLP. He earned … Continued

As General Counsel, Jeffrey Fried oversees legal and regulatory affairs and related corporate projects. He joined BAM from the Edwards Wildman Palmer Law Firm, where he was a Partner and the Senior Legal Risk Manager for the firm’s Public Finance Practice. From 2007 to 2011, he was a Partner at Greenberg Traurig, where he helped … Continued

Les Richmond’s role in our credit underwriting group is to evaluate the pension plans and liabilities of the municipal entities BAM guarantees. Prior to joining BAM, he was with Hay Group, where he was a Senior Principal and recently the Project Leader of a four-year engagement to audit the five New York City Retirement Systems. … Continued

Mark Capell is a senior underwriter at BAM, covering the Western Region. Prior to joining BAM, he was a Director of Assured Guaranty, Western States, and, prior to that, he held a similar position at FSA. Earlier, he was a Director a Fitch Ratings 1998 through 2004. He holds a B.A. from U.C. Davis and … Continued

Bryan Baebler is responsible for BAM’s capital markets pricing desk and primary and secondary markets business. He joined BAM in April 2013 from Barclays, where he was a Vice President on the Municipal Primary Syndicate Desk for three years. Prior to that, he was a Short-Term Municipal Securities Trader at Barclays/Lehman Brothers and before that … Continued

Howard Spumberg is a senior underwriter in BAM’s Eastern Regional Group. He comes to BAM from Assured Guaranty, where he was a Director in the Public Finance Group, and, prior to that, held the same position at FSA. Prior to joining FSA in 1998, he was Associate Director of Public Finance Ratings for S&P, where … Continued

Jill Schmidt is a senior underwriter in BAM’s Eastern Regional Group. She joins BAM from Assured Guaranty, where she was a Vice President in Public Finance. Prior to joining Assured Guaranty in June of 2010, she was a Director in the Global Power Group at Fitch Ratings. Before that, she spent five years at FGIC, … Continued