Siebert Williams Shank’s Gary Hall Selected to Bond Buyer Hall of Fame

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, August 24, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Gary Hall, co-president of Siebert Williams Shank & Co. (SWS), the nation’s largest woman- and minority-owned, non-bank financial firm, has been selected into the fifth class of the Bond Buyer Hall of Fame, joining a select group of U.S. finance industry leaders that will be recognized with the distinction.

The Bond Buyer’s newest Muni Hall of Famers will be inducted at an awards gala in Chicago on September 15, 2026.

Hall joined SWS in 2013 as National Head of Public Finance Banking, then he was elevated in 2023 to President of Public Finance & Infrastructure. In 2025, he was promoted to Co-President of the firm.

“It is a great honor to be a part of Siebert Williams Shank, an exceptionally dynamic firm, together with colleagues that I believe to be absolute pillars of the municipal finance industry,” said Hall. “The vital projects that we finance all across the nation create essential jobs, economic development and so much benefit and opportunity all throughout the nation. I am truly grateful for this distinction alongside distinguished industry peers and previous Bond Buyer Hall of Fame inductees.”

Prior to SWS, Hall was an investment banker with JPMorgan Securities LLC, where he assisted state and local governments with accessing capital markets for close to $50 billion of senior-managed municipal bonds issuances, credit facilities and transactions.

Hall has also served on the Board of the Securities Industry and Financial Marketing Association (SIFMA), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) Fixed Income Advisory Committee, Milken Institute Public Finance Advisory Board, and the Corporate Affiliate Board of the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST). He is the former Chairman of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), the self-regulatory organization that safeguards the $4 trillion municipal securities industry.

Prior to his career in investment banking, Hall was appointed a White House Fellowship by President William Clinton to work as a Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance in the U.S. Department of Treasury. Hall received a B.B.A. in Finance from Howard University and J.D. from the University of Notre Dame.

Suzanne Shank, CEO and Co-Founder of Siebert Williams Shank and who was inducted into the inaugural Bond Buyer Hall of Fame 2022 Class, said, “Gary is an exceptional leader and a wonderful colleague, whose decades of contributions to municipal finance are rightfully honored with this distinction.”

For 30 years, Siebert Williams Shank has assisted 876 municipal issuers raise over $2.0 Trillion, assisted over 80 of the Fortune 100 and numerous Fortune 500 companies raise $4.64 Trillion in corporate investment grade/debt capital markets. In 2025, the firm served 328 municipal transactions with $108 billion in par-amount & was Senior Manager on 91 transactions totaling another $25 billion.

Other 2026 Bond Buyer Hall of Famers Include:
• Kym Arnone – Head of Municipal Finance, Jefferies
• Frank Chin – Former Head of Public Finance, Citigroup
• Richard Ciccarone – Credit Risk Expert and Developer of CreditScope
• Lewis Greenbaum – Public Finance Lawyer
• Dan Huge – Former Public Finance Director, State of Indiana
• Rick Kolman – Municipal Finance Executive (formerly of Goldman Sachs, U.S. Bank, and Academy Securities)
• Courtney Shea – Investment Banker, Municipal Advisor, and Co-Founder of National Women in Public Finance

Christian Agredo
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