Rick Kolman

Mr. Kolman, Managing Director and Head of the Municipal Securities Group, is a 35 year veteran of the Municipal Securities Industry. Mr. Kolman spent the majority of his career at Goldman Sachs serving as Manager of the New Issue desk (overseeing the pricing of over $100 billion in debt). In his final years at Goldman Sachs, he was Co-Head of the short and long-term sales, trading, underwriting and derivative business for the Municipal Department. He retired from Goldman Sachs in 2008 and worked with Macquarie Bank developing a startup financial guaranty company (called Municipal and Infrastructure Assurance Company) and served as the Vice Chairman. Mr. Kolman then joined US Bancorp in May of 2010 as Head of the Municipal Securities Department and was tasked with building out a full-service Municipal team. Mr. Kolman served on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) as well as the Executive Committee of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) where he was Chairman of the Municipal Division.

Mr. Kolman received the SIFMA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. He received a BS from Villanova University and an MBA from New York University in Finance. He holds his FINRA Series 7, 24, and 53 licenses.