HEATHER I. LITZEBAUER, VICE PRESIDENT

Heather I. Litzebauer joined NW Financial in August 2005. Ms. Litzebauer serves as VP for the firm and provides various financial analysis services for clients.

Ms. Litzebauer works closely with clients entering into the bond market conducting market research and financial analyses, procuring credit enhancement and securities ratings, providing support through the bond sales and the pricing process, and tracking refunding and restructuring opportunities. Ms. Litzebauer also works with municipalities and authorities tracking projects and providing cash management services as well as detailed cash flow modeling. During her time with the firm she has provided financial services to the Union County Improvement Authority, Monmouth County Improvement Authority, Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility, Mercer County, Passaic County Improvement Authority, Borough of Essex Fells, Township of Hillsborough and various other authorities and municipalities.

In June of 2006, Ms. Litzebauer participated in the restructuring and issuance of new money debt, approximately $2.8 billion, for the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority’s Transportation System Bonds. In particular, Ms. Litzebauer assisted in the preparation and documentation of the financing, ran simultaneous pricing models with comparative spreads to MMD benchmarks, and orchestrated two open market Treasury purchases, confirming the winning bid interest rates.

As a licensed Municipal Securities Representative, Ms. Litzebauer provides various underwriting services for the firm, including financial modeling and analysis for municipal issuers, while working with the project team to ensure accurate and timely execution of pricing transactions. Ms. Litzebauer has worked with clients such as the Union County Improvement Authority, Middlesex County Improvement Authority and the Township of Fairfield.

In 2010, Ms. Litzebauer has been assisting the City of Newark’s Brick City Development Corporation and the Township of Fort Lee in undertaking financial analysis of redevelopment projects including economic impact studies and the effect of new legislative options to enhance redevelopment projects.

Most recently, Ms. Litzebauer assisted the Monmouth County Improvement Authority in issuing $40,325,000 in Governmental Pooled Loan Revenue Bonds in 2011. The financing consisted of financing general improvement for nine various participants from Monmouth County. One of Ms. Litzebauer tasks in the transaction was to act as the main contact between the Improvement Authority and the participants in order to assist in coordinating the sale.

Education

Susquehanna University
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

FINRA License
52 (Municipal Securities Representative)
63 (Uniform Securities Agent)