Principal
Baker Tilly
As a public finance leader and registered municipal advisor, Belvia focuses on helping communities and school districts thrive through strategic financial planning and innovative solutions. Specializing in municipal bond issuance, capital planning, budgeting, legislative analysis, and advising municipalities, school districts, and libraries on their financial strategies, Belvia supports community development and infrastructure projects. She also has extensive experience in leadership, project management, strategic planning and communication.
The Southeast is Ground Zero for managing the pullback of private insurers. How is the Southeast approaching resilience in the face of more frequent severe weather events? How are issuers meeting the growing needs for upgrades of existing infrastructure along with investments in new projects amid a higher-cost environment? What is this all doing to the overall credit picture for the market?