Brian supports the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Market’s work on public finance. Brian has over thirty years experience in public finance at the international, federal and regional level. He served as CFO at both the University of Washington and Sound Transit. At Sound Transit, he initiated the agency’s $2.4 billion award winning green bond program. He also worked at the City of Seattle, managing debt issuance and capital project financing for the City and its power and water and wastewater utilities. Additionally, Brian worked as an International Economist at the U.S .Treasury. He has issued over $4 billion in municipal debt, funding clean energy and low carbon transportation projects. Brian has provided consulting services to United Nations agencies, including the International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Civil Aviation Organization and World Health Organization.
Brian holds a B.A. from the University of Washington and an M.A. from Yale University.