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| Mr. Richard DeProspo |
| Manager, California Public Finance |
| Mr. DeProspo joined Wedbush Securities in 2008 and manages the firm's Public Finance practice in California from the firm's headquarters in Los Angeles. He earned a BA from the State University of New York, New Paltz, and an MBA in Finance from the State University of New York, Albany, before entering public finance in 1980.
Throughout his career, Mr. DeProspo has developed expertise in all sectors of public finance including State and local government financing, municipal water and electricity, redevelopment, higher education and non-profit finance. He is widely recognized as one of California's most respected public sector financing experts.
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| Mr. Richard Clark |
| Managing Director |
Mr. Clark joined Wedbush Securities in June of 2008. He earned a BA in History from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford University. Mr. Clark has been in banking since 1979 and he is a Managing Director in our Los Angeles office.
Mr. Clark specializes in general fund leases, redevelopment finance, utilities (sewer, water and solid waste), electric utilities and land secured finance. His practice includes cities, counties, special districts and redevelopment finance.
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| Mr. Robert Larkins |
| Managing Director |
Mr. Larkins joined Wedbush Securities in Spring of 2008. He graduated from Stanford University with a degree in political Science. Mr. Larkins has completed over $20 billion of financings and has been in banking since 1985. He is a Managing Director in our San Francisco office.
Mr. Larkins places emphasis on "policy banking"-developing customized capital markets solutions to the policy/programmatic challenges faced by local governments in California. His practice primarily includes California counties and cities, with a specialization in Pension Obligation Bonds and OPEB (Other Post Employment Benefits) Bonds.
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| Ms. Robin Thomas |
| Managing Director |
| Ms Thomas joined Wedbush Securities in 2001. She has been in public finance since 1981 and is a Managing Director in our Solana Beach office. Ms. Thomas has completed several hundred financings for more than 50 California issuers including redevelopment (including housing set-aside) financings, cop/lease financings, assessment/mello-roos financings, parcel tax financings, sales and use tax financings, general obligation financings and mobile home park financings. |
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| Mr. Peter Evans |
| Senior Vice President |
Mr. Evans joined Wedbush Securities in 2008. He earned a BA in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a MBA in Finance from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Evans has been in investment banking since 1991 and is a Senior Banker in our San Francisco office.
Mr. Evans specializes in working with 501(c)(3) organizations to finance their capital facilities with tax-exempt and taxable bonds. Mr. Evans has completed over $4 billion of financings for West Coast private colleges and universities, independent schools, cultural institutions, independent research institutes and other nonprofit organizations.
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| Mr. Richard Morales |
| Senior Vice President |
Mr. Morales joined Wedbush Securities in 2005. He is a graduate of New York University with a BA Degree, and a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Business with an MBA in Finance. Mr. Morales has been in banking since 1980 and is a Senior Banker in our San Francisco public finance office.
Mr. Morales has been in public finance since 1980, acting as both underwriter and financial advisor to state and local governments. Since 1984, Mr. Morales has specialized in California public finance, particularly in the sectors of water utility finance, redevelopment finance and land secured finance. He has represented various large agencies throughout the state, as well as having served numerous cities of all sizes.
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| Mr. John Phan |
| Vice President |
| Mr. Phan is a Vice President in the Firm's Los Angeles office, providing client management, transaction oversight and other investment banking services for cities, redevelopment agencies, institutions of higher education, municipal utilities and non-profit corporations. Mr. Phan has been a member of client-centric teams for private education relationships totaling 20 financings for over $500 million since 2001. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
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| Mr. John Nguyen |
| Vice President |
Mr. Nguyen joined Wedbush Securities in 2008. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. Mr. Nguyen has been in banking since 2003 and is a banker in our San Francisco, California Public Finance office.
Mr. Nguyen specializes in working with local governments including 501(c) (3) organizations, higher education, utility districts, cities and counties. In addition, Mr. Nguyen has worked on over 100 financings totaling over $2.3 billion in underwritings for California School Districts including general obligation bonds, certificates of participation, and note financings.
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| Ms. Elena Zaretsky |
| Vice President |
Ms. Zaretsky joined Wedbush Securities in 2005. She is a Vice President in the Firm's Newport Beach Office and provides client management, transaction oversight and various other investment banking services for her clients. Ms. Zaretsky's practice focuses on general city, utility and redevelopment agency financing. Since joining Wedbush, Ms. Zaretsky has completed over $1 billion in debt financings for public agencies through out the state.
Ms. Zaretsky has a Bachelor of Arts in History from UCLA, and a J.D. from Albany Law School (Albany, NY).
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| Ms. Leslie Wienand |
| Assistant Vice President |
| Ms. Wienand joined Wedbush Securities in January of 2007. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Finance. Ms. Wienand has been in finance since 2001 and is an Associate in our Solana Beach office where she provides transaction oversight and other investment banking services for cities (COPs/Lease Revenue), redevelopment, and land based issues
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| Mr. Ken Yoon |
| Analyst |
| Mr. Yoon joined Wedbush Securities in June of 2008 as an Analyst in the Public Finance department. In this capacity, he provides transactional assistance for various aspects of each financing, including quantitative and documentation support. He has been in public finance since 2006. Mr. Yoon is a graduate of the University of California San Diego with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
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