Courtney C. Shea

Courtney C. Shea has over 30 years of professional experience in municipal advisory and investment banking. Ms. Shea recently retired as a managing member of Columbia Capital Management, LLC, which she joined in 2013. She served as the head of the Chicago office and Senior Vice President at Acacia Financial Group, Inc. from 2009 to 2013. She was also the head of the Chicago office and the Managing Director of Siebert Branford Shank & Co, LLC from 2006 to 2008. She served as the national department manager at LaSalle Financial Services from 2001 to 2006.

Ms. Shea has been a member of the Board of Center for Municipal Finance at Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago since 2016 and a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers since 2010. She chaired the Illinois State Securities Advisory Committee from 1995 to 1998 and was a member there from 1991 to 1995. She was also a member of the State of Illinois Banking Board from 2001 to 2002. In addition, Ms. Shea established the National Women in Public Finance as a co-founder in 1996. Ms. Shea received her MBA degree from the University of Chicago in 1985, her Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University Law School in 1983 and her bachelor degree in Economics from University of Notre Dame in 1980. She is recently nominated to the board of Assured Guaranty (NYSE: AGO).