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 Senior 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 […]

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 Senior 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 […]

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 […]

Na Lee Lee

Na Lee is a Financial Analyst in our Wisconsin office, where she helps local and regional governmental clients develop and implement long-term debt management strategies. Prior to that, Na Lee was a Senior Public Finance on our Documents team.  She brings direct Wisconsin local government experience to the firm, having served as an accountant for […]

Aaron Bushberger

Aaron is a Senior 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 […]

Nha Nguyen

Nha is a Lead Public Finance Analyst who coordinates all aspects of bond sales to help Ehlers’ clients obtain the best available cost structure. He collaborates with underwriters, receives competitive bids on sale day and completes closing documentation. In addition, Nha supports our Investment team with market research and analysis, fixed-income trading, cash flow and […]

Joy Vander Heiden

Joy brings more than 25 years’ human resources experience to her role as Ehlers’ Director of Human Resources  A valued member of our Leadership Team, Joy oversees all areas of human capital management including recruiting and selection, employee relations and benefits administration. A native of Green Bay, Joy moved to Minnesota after college and currently […]

Joel Melstrom, CFA

Joel joined Ehlers in 2019 as a Senior Arbitrage Consultant. Previously, he held a managerial position with a nationally recognized arbitrage firm in which he provided arbitrage consulting and related bond compliance services to issuers throughout the country. Joel lives in Blaine with his wife and two young daughters. When he’s not working, he enjoys […]