Scott Balice Strategies Expands Financial Advisory Services With Opening of New York Office

CHICAGO, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Scott Balice Strategies, a woman-owned, full-service financial advisory firm with one of the largest public finance operations in the Midwest, today announced it has expanded its presence on the east coast with the official opening of its New York City office. The firm also appointed two new team members, Managing Director Tim Carden and Associate Natasha Holiday, to lead its east coast public sector efforts, a market segment with rising demand for financial advisory services.

"Scott Balice Strategies currently provides financial advisory and strategy services to numerous New York area governments, and with the addition of our New York office, we are poised for continued growth," said Lois Scott, President of Scott Balice Strategies. "Carden and Holiday will provide the leadership necessary to grow our east coast presence, both in the public and private sectors, as they share our tremendous passion for helping make government financially stronger through service, creativity and hard work."

Carden joins Scott Balice Strategies with more than 30 years of experience in the public finance field. After serving as Commissioner of Human Services, New Jersey's largest agency, and as Cabinet Secretary to the Governor, he spent 10 years as a public finance investment banker, specializing in transportation, infrastructure and general government finance. Since 1995, Carden has been a partner with the Public Private Strategy Group, a consulting firm dedicated to expanding the capacity of government services through public-private partnerships (P3) around the country. He has remained active in civic and governmental affairs throughout his career and currently serves on the board of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, where he chairs the Audit and Finance committee. Carden also serves on the boards of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation and the Association for Children of New Jersey.

"The needs of state and local governments are far greater than the resources available to meet them," said Carden. "Scott Balice has the analytic resources, the intellect and the work ethic to help address those needs. Private sector appetite for investing in public enterprise is growing. Our goal is to increase government's capacity to finance and build infrastructure by creating strategic partnerships that protect the public interest while providing opportunity for investment and innovation."

Holiday joins Scott Balice Strategies from the Public Sector and Infrastructure Group at Goldman Sachs, where she was involved with financing numerous transportation and infrastructure projects. Prior to that, she served on economic development and revitalization projects and has previously held positions at Centre City Development Corporation and the City of New York as an Urban Fellow.

Scott Balice Strategies, based in Chicago, has a portfolio of business that includes public and private projects in 14 states and on three continents, spanning a wide range of projects. Since it inception six years ago, the firm has advised more than 200 assignments, representing projects with total value topping $35 billion. For more information about Scott Balice Strategies, please visit http://www.scottbalice.com.

About Scott Balice Strategies

Scott Balice Strategies, founded in 2003, is a woman-owned firm formed to provide best in class financial advisory and strategy services. Comprised of some of the most experienced finance experts in the industry, the firm offers expertise in corporate and public finance, derivative and swap market, transportation finance and privatization transaction, long-range capital planning and quantitative analysis. Scott Balice Strategies is ranked the number one financial advisory firm in its home state of Illinois, as well as one of the top financial advisory firms in the Midwest, and ranked in the top 20 such firms in the nation.