Peter Meidal

Peter is a Municipal Advisor with our Minnesota Municipal Finance team, bringing more than 10 years’ public finance experience to his role with the firm. Prior to joining Ehlers, he worked as a Public Finance Analyst and Investment Banker with a regional broker-dealer and served with the State of Minnesota in the Minnesota Management and […]

Paul Boening

Paul is a Senior Financial Specialist with our Wisconsin Municipal Finance team, where he supports our Municipal Advisors with debt planning and issuance, tax incremental financing, and utility rate studies. Prior to joining Ehlers, he spent more than 20 years years in administration and leadership positions with Wisconsin municipalities. After beginning his career with Waukesha […]

Casey Griffiths

Casey is a Senior Financial Specialist with our Wisconsin Municipal Finance team, supporting our Municipal Advisors with debt planning and issuance, as well as tax incremental financing and utility rate studies. Prior to joining Ehlers, Casey served more than 13 years in administrative positions with Wisconsin municipalities. He was the first City Administrator for the […]

Kayla Thorpe

Kayla is an Associate Municipal Advisor with our Wisconsin Municipal Finance team, helping clients with public debt planning and issuance, project management, long-term financial management planning, economic development and redevelopment, and utility cash flow modeling. Kayla brings nearly 15 years of local and federal government experience to her role with the firm, most recently serving […]

Beth Downes

Beth is a Municipal Advisor with our School Finance team. She brings nearly two decades of public finance experience to her role with the firm, most recently serving as the Director of Business Services for ROCORI school district.  Prior to that, she worked as a Business Manager with Holdingford Public Schools and a governmental audit […]

Ariana Schmidt

Ariana is a Senior Financial Specialist with our Wisconsin Municipal Finance team, supporting our Municipal Advisors with debt planning and issuance, as well as tax incremental financing and utility rate studies. Prior to joining Ehlers in 2023, she gained nearly eight years of progressive experience in healthcare administration, earning advanced responsibilities and promotions along the […]

Schane Rudlang

Schane serves as a Municipal Advisor on our Minnesota Municipal Finance team where he primarily assists Ehlers’ clients with their Economic  Development and Redevelopment initiatives. Prior to joining the firm, Schane spent 11 years as Bloomington’s Port Authority Administrator, leading over $1.3 billion in public and private investment in the South Loop District. His work […]

Harry Allen

Harry is a Municipal Advisor with our Wisconsin Municipal team, helping clients with debt issuance and management, economic development and redevelopment, and financial management and planning. Prior to joining Ehlers, Harry worked for Baker Tilly, assisting counties and municipalities with tax increment creation/amendment, reporting and projections, incentive structuring and reporting, and debt issuance. Before that, […]

Dan Tienter

Dan is a Municipal Advisor with our Minnesota Municipal Finance team. He regularly assists clients with municipal debt transactions, economic development and redevelopment initiatives, long-term financial planning, fiscal studies and utility rate analyses. Dan brings 10 years of direct local government experience to his role with the firm, most recently serving as the Director of […]

Aaron Bushberger

Aaron is a Municipal Advisor with our School Finance team, bringing more than 16 years’ school finance experience to his role with the firm. Prior to joining Ehlers in 2021, he worked for seven years as the Director of Finance for South St. Paul Public Schools and served as the Finance Director for South Washington […]