Mr. Stricklin joined Wedbush Securities in October 2008 from Peacock, Hislop, Staley & Given, Inc., when the firm was acquired. He has more than 25 years of experience and has been responsible for public finance innovations, program development and implementation in areas including advance refunding, general obligation and unique revenue bond work. Mr. Stricklin has developed and implemented financings programs for numerous municipal issuers. In addition, Mr. Stricklin worked for Ernst & Whitney (now Ernst & Young) for three years, where his responsibilities included advanced municipal refunding verification, bond issue design and municipal budget formation. He passed the CPA exam and completed the certification requirements in 1984. Mr. Stricklin is a supporter, or member of various professional organizations including the Arizona League of Cities and Towns, the Arizona City Managers Association, GFOA, GFOAz, the Arizona School Boards Association, the Arizona Hispanic School Administrators Association and the Arizona Association of School Business Officials. Mr. Stricklin has a Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting and Real Estate from the University of Arizona. His professional registrations include Series 7, 53 and 63.

Mr. Given joined Wedbush Securities in October 2008 from Peacock, Hislop, Staley & Given, Inc., when the firm was acquired. Mr. Given was one of nine former officers of YSP who established Peacock Hislop. Mr. Given has more than 27 years of extensive experience in all aspects of public finance. He has overseen the development of more than 100 advance refunding programs on behalf of Arizona municipalities and has represented the firm as senior banker in the issuance of more than 250 separate Arizona municipal financing transactions. Mr. Given has represented many high profile and proliferate Arizona issuers such as Phoenix, Tucson, Chandler, Mesa, Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University, as well as numerous school districts which include Scottsdale Unified School District, Tempe Elementary School District, Tempe Union High School District, Paradise Valley Unified School District and Apache Junction Unified School District. A graduate of the American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona with a Masters degree in International Finance and Management, he also holds a Bachelors degree from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. His professional registrations include Series 52.

Ms. Gold joined Wedbush Securities in 2008 from Peacock, Hislop, Staley & Given, Inc. She is an Analyst in the Public Finance department of the Phoenix office. In this capacity, she provides technical support to senior bankers and transactional assistance for various aspects of each financing. She has been in public finance since 2007. Ms. Gold graduate Cum Laude from Knox College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics with a minor Spanish.