Jessica Cook

Jessica is an Economic Development Advisor on our Minnesota Team and also manages Ehlers’ team of  fiscal planning consultants.  In her economic development role, Jessica assists Minnesota communities with pro forma analysis, developer roundtables, feasibility analyses for small-area plans and developer-fee analyses. She also leads our Fiscal Consultants in developing long-term financial management plans, TIF […]

April Weller

April Weller is a Senior Fiscal Consultant with our Minnesota Municipal Finance Team where she 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 servicing as the Finance Manager […]

Ariana Schmidt

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

Robin Roland

Robin works as a Senior Fiscal Consultant with our Minnesota Municipal Finance Team, providing interim staffing services for local government clients. Prior to joining Ehlers in 2022, she spent more than 32 years in municipal financial management, most recently serving as the Finance Director for the City of Cottage Grove. Robin lives along the Mississippi […]

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 […]

Harry Allen

Harry is an Associate Municipal Advisor on our Wisconsin 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 […]

Kyle Sawyer, CPA

Kyle is a Senior Fiscal Consultant supporting our Municipal Advisors across all Ehlers’ markets with project management and analysis for municipal debt transactions, economic development and redevelopment initiatives, long-term financial planning and fiscal and utility rate studies. Kyle brings more than a decade of direct local government experience to his role with the firm. From […]