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Contact: Aleis Stokes, Chief External Relations Officer
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MSRB HOSTS MUNI FINANCE DAY WITH CHICAGO SUMMER BUSINESS INSTITUTE 
Chicago high school students meet with member of Congress and industry leaders

 

Washington, DC – The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) today hosted its third Muni Finance Day in partnership with the Chicago Summer Business Institute (CSBI) for Chicago high school students interested in careers in public finance.

“We are honored to collaborate once again with CSBI to showcase potential career paths for the next generation of public finance professionals,” MSRB CEO Mark Kim said. “I am grateful to Congressman Foster and to each of our distinguished speakers for sharing their personal stories and career advice with these promising high school students.” 

Muni Finance Day speakers included:

  • Jack Brofman, Executive Director for Global Treasury Operations, University of Chicago
  • Omar Daghestani, Managing Director & Executive Committee Member, Stifel 
  • Hon. Bill Foster (D-IL), 11th District of Illinois
  • Jill Jaworski, Chief Financial Officer,City of Chicago 
  • Mark Kim, Chief Executive Officer, MSRB
  • Michelle Salomon, Vice President, Chief Treasury Officer, University of Chicago Medical Center
  • Dave Sanchez, Director, Office of Municipal Securities, Securities and Exchange Commission

The Chicago Summer Business Institute was founded in 1991 to provide paid summer internships for Chicago high school students and to introduce them to the financial services sector. CSBI’s mission is to provide participants with an incentive to continue their education while preparing them for the business world.

“We thank MSRB for its continued engagement and support of CSBI’s summer intern program,” CSBI Executive Director Julia King said. “Today’s event included several highlights and valuable perspectives from the many corners of the public finance industry, which helped students gain a broader understanding of how a career in finance could be an impactful and exciting one for them to pursue in the years ahead.” 
 

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) protects and strengthens the municipal bond market, enabling access to capital, economic growth, and societal progress in tens of thousands of communities across the country. The MSRB fulfills this mission by creating trust in our market through informed regulation of dealers and municipal advisors that protects investors, issuers and the public interest; building technology systems that power our market and provide transparency for issuers, institutions, and the investing public; and serving as the steward of market data that empowers better decisions and fuels innovation for the future. The MSRB is a self-regulatory organization governed by a board of directors that has a majority of public members, in addition to representatives of regulated entities. The MSRB is overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Congress.

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