Mark Ridgely, Senior Vice President

Mark joined Baird as a senior quantitative analyst in June of 2022. Mark is an experienced public finance specialist who has served as lead quantitative analyst and direct support banker on more than 250 senior managed new issue municipal offerings nationally, such deals include Wylie Independent School District’s $92,026,229 Unlimited Tax Refunding Bonds, Series 2020AB, Trustees of the California State University’s $1,383,105,000 Systemwide Revenue Bonds, Series 2016AB1-3 and financial advisor to the City of Royal Oak’s $126,610,000 Taxable Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Series 2017AB. Throughout Mark’s 16 years of municipal experience, his primary focus has been the Midwest region. Before Baird, Mark was a member of Raymond James and Mesirow’s Public Finance Departments, most recently being an associate director at Huntington Securities, who Mark was with for over 10 years. Mark received his B.S. in Business Administration, Finance, and Economics at Wayne State University.