Thomas Bishop

Mr. Bishop joined the Public Finance Department of Kirkpatrick Pettis, now operating as D.A.
Davidson & Co., in 1991 and has extensive experience in Colorado local government debt management.
He has been engaged to structure, market, and refund debt to finance capital improvements.
This experience has provided a broad range of knowledge to draw upon for financial advice and underwriting services so often required of local governments seeking cash and debt management services.
During his career, Mr. Bishop has created financing techniques that are still accepted throughout the region as standards in public finance.
Today Mr. Bishop focus is on the creation, structuring and marketing of property tax based bonds for new communities in the metro Denver growth areas through Title 32 Metropolitan Districts.
He is often called upon to negotiate the restructure of debt agreements between bondholders and issuers.
In the last ten years, Mr. Bishop has served as investment banker on over 200 Colorado Special District financings totaling 2 billion dollars.
Mr. Bishop has served on the Goshen College Board of Overseers and has served as past president of the alumni board of Goshen College and the governing board of the First Mennonite Church.
Mr. Bishop was appointed by the Governor and remains an active member of the Colorado Municipal Bond Supervision Advisory Board representing the bond dealer community.
In addition, he has been a board member and President of the Colorado Municipal Bond Dealers Association and is Past President of the Denver Southeast Rotary Club.
Mr. Bishop holds a Masters of Science Degree in Health Finance from the University of Colorado and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Goshen College.