Bethany Pugh

Bethany Pugh
Bethany Pugh
Managing Director of Ohio
PFM

Bethany Pugh has provided municipal financial advisory services to state and local governments, higher education institutions and cultural not-for-profit entities for over 15 years. As a Managing Director at Public Financial Management, Inc., Ms. Pugh leads the firm’s Ohio practice, which advised on nineteen publicly offered bond issues totaling over $2.4 billion in 2014 alone. In her capacity as financial advisor, Ms. Pugh has helped manage some of the largest debt transactions in the state of Ohio and has assisted in the competitive and negotiated sale of numerous general receipts, general obligation, economic development and utility revenue credits. Ms. Pugh’s clients include the State of Ohio, Kent State University, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, to name a few. Ms. Pugh is a founding member of the Ohio Chapter of Women in Public Finance and served as an Executive Board Member of the national organization from 2003-2005. In 2013, Ms. Pugh was recognized as a Woman of Note by Crain’s Cleveland Business. Ms. Pugh graduated with Honors from Harvard University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics.