Illinois Public Finance Team

 
Our Public Finance professionals have extensive experience serving local governments, school districts, universities, public power companies and hospitals.
 
Managing Director
Naperville

Thomas Gavin manages Baird’s Naperville Public Finance office and has 30 years of public finance experience. Tom works with many Illinois and Midwestern issuers, large and small, playing key roles in financings for the states of Michigan and Nevada, and the cities of Chicago, Detroit and Baltimore. He has structured many state and local government, recreation, transportation, public power, university, housing, hospital and economic development financings. He has spoken before municipal bond industry groups, written for industry publications and served as guest lecturer.  He received his bachelor of science in accounting from Wayne State University.

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Director
Naperville

Stephan Roberts has more than nine years of public finance experience. In his capacity as an investment banker, he has worked closely with many Illinois clients, including the cities of Chicago, East Peoria and Wheaton, the villages of Bedford Park, Lansing and Glen Ellyn, and is a principal staff member on the city of Detroit account. He has structured issues for numerous local government, water and sewer, and tax increment financings. Stephan graduated summa cum laude from North Central College with a BS in Finance.
 
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Managing Director
St. Charles

Bill Hepworth works with school districts, park districts and other local governmental agencies throughout the state of Illinois, assisting clients in recognizing and developing potential financial resources. Prior to joining Baird in 2002, he worked as an auditor for local government and as a financial advisor to school districts for debt management and fiscally prudent expansion plans. Bill received his BS in Accounting from Illinois State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

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Director
St. Charles

Gwen Arndt uses her extensive experience to assist our clients through the complexities of bringing a bond issue to a successful completion. She specializes in the preparation and coordination of closing documents and all details required for the completion of each transaction. Gwen’s other responsibilities include office management and service coordination among various areas of the firm. Gwen joined Baird in 2002 and has worked in legal and municipal finance since 1989.

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Contact a Public Finance Office

    Contact Information
 
    St. Charles Office
    2435 Dean Street, Building 2B
    St. Charles, IL 60175
    877-792-7527

    Naperville Office
    300 E. Fifth Avenue, Suite 200
    Naperville, IL 60563
    800-686-4346

    Analysts
    Naperville

    Dalena Welkomer 
    Vice President 
 

    St. Charles

     Linda J. Bobert
     Director

    Andrew T. Arndt 
    Assistant  Vice President 

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