Mr. Swanson began his municipal bond career with E.F. Hutton, working later with Shearson Lehman Hutton and Kemper Securities, Inc., coordinating West Coast underwriting and trading.A 22-year veteran, Mr. Swanson has a wide range of experience as senior managing underwriter of municipal securities. Between 1996 to 2006, Mr. Swanson coordinated marketing efforts and pricing strategies as senior book-running manager for over $17 billion of long-term municipal securities for transactions ranging in size from $3 million to over $1 billion in par amount. He has "run the books" on major general obligation and revenue issues for municipal issuers across the country, consistently working to increase retail participation levels as well as achieve effective pricing relative to national market, and has been successful in achieving these goals.Mr. Swanson is a graduate of Brown University with a B.A. in Economics and holds NASD securities registrations, Series 7, 52, 53, and 63.