Employee

Steve Larson, CIPFA

Senior Financial Advisor/Executive Vice President

Department: Financial Advisors

Steve has been a Financial Advisor in Illinois since 1980. Previous to joining the Ehlers Illinois office in 1999, he was the President of Associated Municipal Consultants, Inc. and Illinois School Consulting Service. He has assisted hundreds of Illinois school districts, library districts, park districts, cities, counties and special districts, design and implement, financial solutions. As a leader in the National Association of Independent Public Finance Advisors, one of Steve's greatest contributions to Ehlers and our clients is his passion for promoting the role of the independent public finance advisor and the competitive bidding process for municipal bond issues to assure fairness and competitive pricing to our local government clients and their taxpayers.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Debt Planning and Issuance

• Analysis & Presentation of Alternative Financing Options, Plans And Tools
• Refunding Analysis
• Representation to Bond Market & Credit Rating Agencies

School Finance Services

• Building & Operating Referendum Strategies
• Long Range Financial and Capital Planning
• Bond & Debt Issuance
• Enrollment Projections
• Consolidation Studies
• Special Population Studies
• Student Population Yield Table

Strategic and Financial Planning

• Goal Setting & Strategic Planning
• Key Financial Strategies
• Financial Management Planning
• Debt Management
• Capital Improvements Planning
• Fiscal Impact Studies
• Special Service Area Evaluation and Establishment

Public Participation

• Referendum Strategies
• Public Participation Process
• Facilitator for Citizen Advisory Committees
• Strategic Communications Planning
• Community Surveys/Communications/Newsletters/Annual Reports

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Independent Public Finance Advisor

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Illinois Association of School Administrators
• Illinois Association of School Business Officials
• Illinois Association of School Boards and Service Associates Executive Committee
• Illinois Library Association
• Illinois Government Finance Officers Association
• Illinois Park & Recreation Association
• National Association of Independent Public Finance Advisors (NAIPFA)

EDUCATION

• Master of Science (Business Administration), Boston University
• Bachelor of Science (Business Education), Eastern Illinois University