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2023 Freda Johnson Awards

Posted on Dec. 5, 2023  /  Past Events, 2023, Freda Johnson Awards  /  Subscribe 0

We are thrilled to announce that the 2023 recipients of the Freda Johnson Awards for Trailblazing Women in Public Finance are Megan Kilgore, City Auditor, City of Columbus OH (Public Sector) and Virginia Wong, Partner and Practice Group Leader, Nixon Peabody LLP (Private Sector). Each of these women are highly respected professionals in public finance, and epitomize the best in our industry.

All of these recipients were recognized at The Bond Buyer Deal of the Year Awards Gala on December 5, 2023.

In addition to the Freda Johnson Award recipients, the following women were selected as Trailblazers:

PRIVATE SECTOR Freda Johnson Award: Virginia Wong, Partner and Practice Group Leader, Nixon Peabody LLP

Trailblazers: 
Cabray Haines, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley 
Allegra Ivey, Managing Director, BofA Securities, Inc. 
Rachel Perlman, Director, Municipal Institutional Sales, Stifel Nicolaus & Co. 
Eden Perry, Managing Director, Head of Public Finance, The Americas, S&P Global Ratings 
Bethany Pugh, Managing Director, PFM 
Carol Thompson, Partner, Chapman and Cutler, LLP 

PUBLIC SECTOR Freda Johnson Award: Megan Kilgore, City Auditor, City of Columbus OH

Trailblazers: 
Antoinette Chandler, Chief Financial Officer, Port of Portland 
Maureen Coleman, President-CEO, NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation 
Nicole Conley, Managing Director Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC 
Cynthia Evangelisti, Treasurer, Chicago Park District 
Leslie Norwood, Managing Director & Associate General Counsel, Municipal Securities, SIFMA
Jennifer Wright, Project Finance, Texas Department of Transportation

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