The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and the Municipal Forum of New York is hosting recent high school graduates participating in the 2019 Urban Leadership Fellows program for “Municipal Finance Day” in Washington on Monday.
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“This is our eighth year partnering with the Municipal Forum of New York for this event,” said MSRB President and CEO Lynnette Kelly. “It’s always a great opportunity to engage young people and encourage them to apply their talents and skills to a career in public finance.”
Other featured speakers at this year’s Municipal Finance Day include Andrew Rountree, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; Giedre Ball, Debt Program Manager at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; Bruce Johnson, Deputy Chief Oversight Counsel to the House Committee on Financial Services (Majority); Jeff DeWitt, Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia; Todd Cranford, Head of Government Affairs and External Relations at the Financial Accounting Foundation; Emily Brock, Director of the Federal Liaison Center at the Government Finance Officers Association; and Amena Ross, Managing Director of Federal Government Affairs at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
The Muni Forum has sponsored the Urban Leadership Fellows since 1992 through its youth education fund.
"To date, the ULF program has mentored 730 high school graduates and we are excited to be expanding this year’s class to 45 interns,” according to Marian Zucker, the
