Rising Stars

A mentorship that started during a college internship helped steer Melissa Bennett to a partnership in public finance law.

"I saw public finance as a good intersection of markets and public policy and I've been doing it ever since," said Sam Denton-Schneider.

"Since I started in this industry, it's been a constant series of new issues, new questions of change, new transactions and creative ways to deal with the shifting legal and economic climate," Helen Pennock said.

"Having the team infrastructure and everybody looking to be on the same page and work together, that's something that has been really fun," Christopher Flosi said.

"It's almost like a mission now for me to build better efficiency and better tools for analysts everywhere," Abhishek Lodha said.

"The muni market was a calling for me," Vernon Lewis said. "It was something where I can finally give my expertise and help my city as a whole, as well as the taxpayers."

For Patrice Mitchell it's important to build and have sustainable affordable housing, especially in underserved communities.

A job tip from a former Little League coach helped lead Heather Litzebauer to a fruitful career at municipal underwriting and advisory firm NW Financial Group.

"I always looked up to my dad and was amazed by the amount of time he spent at the office," Russell Feldman said. "I became a lot more intimately aware of the challenges in fixed income when I joined the industry years later."

"I'm proud of how well we adapted as an organization and set ourselves up to hit the ground running on large projects," said David Amdor.