Experience
As a Managing Director, Rob Kanzer oversees client relationships to create alignment between financial and strategic plans. His work includes capital planning, rating strategy, and financing strategy execution. Rob also has extensive experience with central bank frameworks including policy development, modeling, and implementation.
Rob is a frequent presenter at industry conferences including EACUBO, OACUBO, and the Treasury Institute for Higher Education’s Annual Symposium on topics ranging from academic medical centers to shared services for higher education.
Rob’s career in public finance started in 2001 with Bear, Stearns & Co. where he worked on bond issues for the City of New York and tobacco securitization issues throughout the country. His background also includes municipal derivatives experience at Citi with a primary focus on healthcare. Most recently, Rob worked for six years at Prager & Co., LLC, providing financial advisory services to higher education and not-for-profit clients throughout the country, including University of Chicago, University of Cincinnati, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rob is a graduate of Boston University with a B.S. in Business Administration and a concentration in finance. He is a FINRA registered representative and municipal advisor.