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 […]

April Weller

April, a Senior Fiscal Consultant with our Minnesota Municipal Finance team, regularly assists clients with long-term financial management planning, utility rate studies, and tax increment financing administration and reporting. Prior to joining Ehlers, April amassed more than seven years of direct local government experience, most recently serving as the Finance Manager for the City of […]

Matt Tourville, CPFIM

Matt is a Senior Investment Adviser and Portfolio Manager serving Ehlers’ local government and school district clients across Minnesota. He brings more than 15 years of investment and municipal bond trading and market analysis experience to his role, most recently serving as an Analyst and Trader with a Minnesota-based advisory firm. Matt holds bachelor’s degrees […]

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 […]

Pam Ziermann, CSCP

Pam is Ehlers’ Chief Compliance Officer, bringing more than 30 years of progressive responsibilities and achievements in financial services to her role with the firm. Over the course of her career, Pam has created and implemented policies and procedures to help ensure compliance with FINRA, MSRB, SEC, State, NFA, CFTC, Fannie Mae, and HUD for […]

Betty Dagnew

Betty serves as a Public Finance Analyst for all Ehlers’ market areas, assisting our municipal advisor teams with competitive bond marketing and sale coordination, as well as paying agent services. After graduating from the University of Minnesota Duluth with a bachelor’s degree in finance and prior to joining Ehlers, she worked for a regional financial […]

Randy Anderson

Randy is a Product Manager with our School Finance team, bringing nearly 25 years of school finance experience to his role with the firm. Prior to joining Ehlers, he led the Business Services functions for several Minnesota school districts, including New Prague, Elk River, Lakeville and North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale. Since retiring from North St. Paul […]

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 […]

Kyle Sawyer, CPA

Kyle is Ehlers’ Director of Fiscal Consulting where he leads our team of Fiscal Consultants in developing long-term financial management plans, TIF management plans and utility rate studies. He is well known and highly regarded for his ability to communicate the policy implications of project financing and rate setting, helping the clients he serves make […]

Nate Gilger

Nate is a Public Finance Analyst with our Minnesota team where he regularly assists clients with the preparation of offering documents, pre- and post-sale reports, quality control assurance and bond sale closing coordination.  Prior to joining Ehlers, Nate worked as a 401k and Retirement Specialist with two national firms where his primary role was helping […]