Message from the President

Welcome to the Municipal Forum of New York. This is a special year for the forum – it’s the first time since 2020 we have a full ULF alumnus in every year in college. That means we have 120 or so students who have interned with our partners and are taking their experience with them to college and beyond.

To date, more than 800 students have completed the program, and the Forum has awarded well over $1.5 million in scholarships and book stipends to help with the cost of higher education. This would not be possible without the leadership of the Forum’s Board, Associate Board and our partners throughout the industry and their efforts. We’re looking forward to the continuation and expansion of the program and following through on our promise of developing the next generation of professionals in our industry.

Through this program and other efforts, the Forum actively supports diversity, equity and inclusion in the recruitment of professionals in our industry and we are dedicated to supporting the communities we serve. We are especially proud that a number of our summer interns are now working in the municipal securities industry and that some of our interns are now employed in other areas of financial services.

If you are a participant in the municipal securities industry, a government or not-for-profit official or are simply interested in the financing of our country’s infrastructure, we encourage you to learn more about the Forum and consider membership in our organization. Please feel free to reach out to me or anyone of our Board or Associate Board members, we’d love to get you involved.

- Tim Martin, President