Atlanta CFO named to national securities board
Jim Beard, the city of Atlanta’s chief financial officer, has been named to the board of directors of Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), which regulates securities firms, banks and advisors that engage in municipal securities and advisory activities.
His term will begin on Oct. 1.
“I look forward to adding my voice to the important discussions and work as the industry undertakes several critical initiatives,” Beard said. “The municipal marketplace is critical to cities, counties and states in addressing outstanding capital needs in roads, bridges, sidewalks, water and wastewater, and a host of other infrastructure requirements that make this country work.”
Beard has served as the Atlanta’s CFO since 2011.
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
