BACKGROUND

Doug joined Northland in 2021 as Senior Managing Director and is now Regional Director. He has provided extensive public finance services to states and cities for much of his career. He has managed staff and been directly involved in many debt financings throughout the Midwest and Western U.S.

Doug was most recently National Director of Public Finance with Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley, & Co., where he worked to establish a cohesive, national approach to their public finance functions. He developed successful forays into the large issuer segment, including for the states of Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, California, Nevada, Wisconsin, and Indiana, and the cities of Chicago, Milwaukee, New York, Houston, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, among others. He also co-managed a $1B Kansas Development Finance Authority Pension Obligation Issue, along with various financings for the Chicago Transit Authority and the Illinois Toll Highway Authority.

Previously, he was a Managing Director at Fifth Third Securities, Inc., where he held lead banker functions on bonds in healthcare, senior living, higher education, and other areas utilizing taxable\tax-exempt and variable\fixed rate bond structures. He also served as Senior Vice President at Natcity Investments, Inc. and Mesirow Financial, Inc.

EDUCATION

He graduated from Marquette University with a B.S. degree in Finance and received his Master of Business Administration degree with concentrations in Accounting, Economics, Strategic Management, and International Business from University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES/REGISTRATIONS

FINRA Registrations:
Series 7 – General Securities Representative
Series 24 – General Securities Principal
Series 50 – Municipal Advisor Representative
Series 52 – Municipal Securities Representative
Series 53 – Municipal Securities Principal
Series 63 – Uniform Securities State Law
Series 79 – Investment Banking Registered Representative

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