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RITA SALLIS JOINS MSRB BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Washington, DC - The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) announced today that Rita Sallis has joined the Board of Directors for the remainder of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018. The MSRB also announced that Ronald Dieckman, a public representative on the Board, will serve an extended term through September 30, 2020. The 21-member Board of Directors sets the strategic direction of the MSRB, makes policy decisions, authorizes rulemaking and market transparency initiatives, and oversees MSRB operations.

Sallis serves as a senior advisor to Blueprint Capital Advisors, where she supports the firm’s executive leadership in the areas of investment and business development and provides guidance in governance-related matters. Previously, she served as a principal at the Yucaipa Companies, where she was responsible for marketing, client servicing, investor relationship maintenance and deal sourcing. Prior to that role, she was Deputy Comptroller and Chief Investment Officer for the City of New York, and Deputy Comptroller for Public Finance for the City of New York. Sallis has a master’s degree in public health from the University of Pittsburgh and a bachelor’s degree from Central State University.

“Rita has previously served on our Board and brings a diversity of experience from her wide-ranging career in the municipal securities market,” said MSRB Board Chair Lucy Hooper. “We are delighted to have her rejoin the Board in a temporary capacity.”

The changes in MSRB Board membership fill the vacancy created by the resignation of J. Anthony Beard, a public representative on the Board.

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. 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. 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. MSRB is overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Congress.

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