Stephen Broden

Stephen is a nationally experienced arbitrage and post-issuance compliance specialist who works with school districts, cities, counties, and special districts to manage the full lifecycle of tax-exempt bond compliance. With over 16 years of experience, Stephen helps issuers translate complex IRS regulations into clear, actionable strategies whether navigating spending exceptions, rebate liabilities, or investment decisions. […]

Sara Beecher

Sara joined Ehlers in 2013 and serves as our Operations Manager where she oversees our Public Finance Analysts for offering documents, bonds sales and tax increment financing.  She and her team focus on delivering exceptional value and accuracy to our clients through the bond offering and sales processes. Sara lives in Beaver Dam with her […]

Patrick Rooney

Patrick is a Senior Client Service Advisor supporting Ehlers’ clients with bond market investing, analytics, reporting, and client engagement. Since joining the firm in 2018, he has held a series of analytical roles focused on debt structuring, financial modeling, and quantitative analysis. Prior to working at Ehlers, Patrick served as a legislative policy aide in […]

Brendan Leonard

Brendan currently serves as Ehlers’ Development Manager where he oversees our systems development team. He constantly seeks ways to advance technologies that improve processes and enhance client value. Brendan takes pride in helping local governments and public agencies overcome challenges and making sure their projects are completed accurately and efficiently. Prior to joining Ehlers in […]

Bruce Kimmel

Bruce brings more than 25 years of municipal and financial advisory experience to his clients in Minnesota, Colorado and Kansas. His practice focuses on financing public utility infrastructure and other capital improvements, as well as analyzing and negotiating many forms of public participation in private development projects. His knowledge of capital budgeting and infrastructure finance […]

Brian Reilly, CFA

Brian is a Senior Municipal Advisor and works with local units of government, special districts and authorities, and public agencies in the areas of debt issuance, fiscal planning, special studies, economic development and tax increment. He has advised clients on billions of dollars in debt issuance and also has experience with non-profit and municipally owned […]

Alicia Gage

Alicia is a Senior Financial Analyst with our Minnesota Municipal Finance team. Prior to joining Ehlers in 2011, she served as a Municipal Finance Project Manager working with local governments in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota and Wisconsin. She leverages extensive experience with financial analysis software to develop tailored models that exceed our clients’ […]