Arthur J. Wunder, Managing Partner

Mr. Arthur J. Wunder has held senior management positions at Dillon Read, Tucker Anthony, Axa Financial/The Advest Group, and RBC Dain Rauscher.  Mr. Wunder’s first senior position was at Dillon Read, where he rose to become the head of municipal institutional sales and then manager of the municipal bond department during his 19 years with the firm.  When Dillon Read was sold to UBS, Mr. Wunder joined Tucker Anthony.  As head of the municipal bond department, he was instrumental in changing its focus from traditional high-grade bonds to one of high-yield.  He was subsequently asked to assume the role of fixed income division manager where he served until the firm was acquired by RBC Dain Rauscher. Mr. Wunder remained as institutional sales manager for high-yield muni products at RBC, interacting daily with investment bankers and sales personnel in the creation, structuring and distribution of municipal bond products.  He was also asked to serve on the firm's underwriting committee.  Mr. Wunder was recruited by the Chairman of the Advest Group, and managed the firm's fixed income division until it was acquired by Merrill Lynch.  He is a graduate of St. John's University in New York, and holds Series 7, Series 63, Series 53 Municipal Principal, and Series 24 Securities Principal licenses. 

Gayl Mileszko, Partner and Chief Operating Officer

Ms. Gayl Mileszko is the former Director of the Massachusetts Department of Labor and a former officer and member of the board of the Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority.  She was appointed to both positions by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney after two years in the executive office on his senior staff.  Ms. Mileszko was previously associated for twelve years with the regional investment bank Tucker Anthony in Boston and New York.  She was a vice president in public finance involved with more than $2 billion of originations for tax-exempt issuers in the Northeast and Midwest.  Later, she was named senior vice president in the fixed income capital markets division, where she was the chief of staff to four successive managers supervising bond trading, sales, research and investment banking staff in 60 profit centers.   Ms. Mileszko was a member of the staff of the Committee on Appropriations for the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1988, serving as minority staff counsel for three Subcommittees.  She began her career as a staff assistant to U.S. Representative Silvio O. Conte (R-MA) and in the White House Liaison Office of the Republican National Committee.  She holds a B.A. from Yale College.