Staff

Ms. Becker joined Lewis Young Robertson & Burningham, Inc., in 2005 as a Senior Consultant/Vice President. For the past 12 years, Ms. Becker has specialized in economic consulting and planning including fiscal impacts analysis, economic development, strategic planning, real estate development, redevelopment, facilities assessment/space utilization, NEPA documents, transportation and land use planning, and feasibility/market studies. She has worked with some of the largest development transactions in the State of Utah, including the Kennecott Daybreak development and Geneva. For the past ten years, Ms. Becker has served as economic development advisor to the Utah Main Street program. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University and a Master's of Business Administration, with an emphasis in Finance, from the University of Utah.

Jason W. Burningham, Principal. Prior to his association with LYRB, Mr. Burningham was a lead analyst of municipal securities at Kemper Securities Inc. He was responsible for the financial structuring and coordination of tax-exempt financings. He provided analysis of economic and financial options and cost analysis of each. He joined LYRB as an officer in 1995. Since that time, Mr. Burningham has structured and coordinated over 50 municipal transactions including general obligation, revenue, lease revenue, equipment lease purchase and special service district bonds. Mr. Burningham is a Registered General Securities Representative. He received his Bachelors Degree in Finance from the University of Utah.

Justin T. Carlton, Analyst. Mr. Carlton joined LYRB in July of 2002. His primary responsibilities include assisting in the collection of data for impact fee analyses and user rate studies, creating interactive spreadsheet models, collecting information and drafting and editing the written portions of the analyses and studies. Mr. Carlton will graduate from the University of Utah in December 2002 with a Bachelors Degree in English.

Elise Christensen, Analyst. Ms. Christensen joined the firm in August of 2001 as a quantitative analyst, supporting the financing and consulting efforts of LYRB. She has worked primarily in the areas of impact fee studies, debt service calculations, and cash flow analysis, while also assisting in the preparation of ratings presentations and various other support roles as necessary. During her time at LYRB she has worked on nearly twenty consulting projects. Ms. Christensen received a Bachelors Degree in Finance from the University of Utah in May, 2001.

Naomi J. Coons, SID Administrator. Mrs. Coons joined LYRB in August of 1998 as Administrative Assistant. Her duties involved providing administrative support to the principals as well as preparing various documents and presentations for a number of municipal bond issues. Since early 2000, Mrs. Coons has worked in the capacity of SID (Special Improvement District) Administrator. As SID Administrator she works closely with the respective municipality, developer and title companies as well as various other involved parties to oversee the payment and collection of SID assessments, calculation of SID prepayments, calculation of annual SID installments, and other necessary functions. She currently administers eleven separate Special Improvement Districts varying in size and representing among others; Eagle Mountain City, Tooele City, Bluffdale City and Lindon City. Mrs. Coons received her bachelor's degree in History from Utah State University in June 1998.

Cody Deeter, Analyst / SID/RDA Administrator. Mr. Deeter joined LYRB in July 2005. His primary focus has been fiscal impact modeling and feasibility studies. Mr. Deeter has created interactive fiscal impact models for Logan City and Alpine School District as well as an Annexation Feasibility study for Holladay City. Mr. Deeter will also transition into the SID/RDA Administrator. Mr. Deeter has interned for the US House Resource Committee, the Utah House of Representatives, and the Utah State Tax Commission. He graduated with a B.S. in Political Science from Utah State University in 2002 and an MPA from the Romney Institute of Public Management at BYU in 2005.

Marc R. Edminster, Vice President. Mr. Edminster joined LYRB in 1999. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Vice President in the Corporate Trust Department of Zions First National Bank for over 12 years. He served as Trustee on over $150 million of municipal bond issues. His responsibilities included investing bond proceeds and administering the terms and conditions of the bond documents throughout the life of the bonds.

Since joining LYRB, Mr. Edminster has worked with many of the municipal bond issuers in Utah and has experience with a wide variety of bond structures, including sales tax revenue bonds, lease revenue bonds and special assessment bonds. Additionally, he has successfully worked on numerous bond elections. Mr. Edminster is a graduate of the University of Utah holding both a bachelors Degree in Economics and an MBA. Mr. Edminster is a Registered General Securities Representative.

Stephanie Gibson, Administrative Assistant. Ms. Gibson joined LYRB in September, 2004 as Administrative Assistant to the office staff doing general office duties and projects.

Molly Hickcox, Administrative Assistant. Ms. Hickcox joined LYRB in September 2005 as an Administrative Assistant to the Consulting Group. Prior to joining LYRB, she was the account manager/billing manager for CirclePix.com, a busy Internet company. At CirclePix.com, she maintained procedures for managing all contracted accounts, executed monthly billing for clients, and was responsible for all daily financial processes. Ms. Hickcox received her Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Brigham Young University.

Lisa Johansen, Executive Assistant. Ms. Johansen joined LYRB in April, 2002 as Executive Assistant to the three Principals. Her main duties are to provide support to Laura, Scott and Jason in their management and client-based functions. Prior to LYRB she was with the Utah division of UnitedHealthCare where she directed marketing and sales support, including all new and renewal sales activities and productions flow, was involved in development of relationships between company and divisions, and oversaw development of promotional programs and presentations.

Laura D. Lewis, Principal. Since founding LYRB in 1995, Ms. Lewis has served in the capacity of Financial Advisor on over $400 million in tax-exempt and taxable municipal bond transactions for numerous local governments in the State of Utah. Of the largest twenty-five cities in the state, she serves as financial advisor to West Valley, Orem, St. George, Layton, South Jordan, American Fork and Cedar City. She has successfully structured some of the most creative transactions involving multiple local governments and recreation-related issues including the Washington County - St. George Interlocal Agency transaction to fund the Dixie Convention Center and Museum, the 'E' Center in West Valley and the West Valley Family Fitness Center.

Prior to founding LYRB, Ms. Lewis was Vice President of Public Finance at Kemper Securities from 1989 through 1995. She also managed the Utah Public Finance Department from August 1992 through June 1995. While at Kemper she was instrumental in the initial structuring of the $262 million Utah Municipal Pooled Loan Financing Program (MFA) and served as either lead banker or co-lead banker on all seventy-three financings completed through the program.

Ms. Lewis is a native of Utah. She earned a Bachelors Degree in Business with an emphasis in Finance from Westminster College. Ms. Lewis is a Registered General Securities Principal and Registered Representative.

Matthew T. Millis, Analyst. Mr. Millis joined LYRB in February of 2000 in the capacity of quantitative analyst and to date has contributed to over forty-five projects including tax increment analysis, user rate studies, debt service calculations, financial model creation, database management, impact fee studies and cash-flow analysis. Mr. Millis has worked primarily in a quantitative support role for Mr. Burningham and has assisted in several impact fee studies by creating quantitative models and analysis used to derive impact fees for a full range of areas of capital improvements including Transportation, Fire, Police, and Parks and Recreation projects. Mr. Millis received a Bachelors Degree in Economics from the University of Iowa in December 1999. Mr. Millis is a Registered General Securities Representative.

David Robertson, Analyst. Mr. Robertson began his experience in the bond business in 2000 when he started working for Lewis Young Robertson & Burningham, Inc., helping on general office projects. To gain a broader base of experience, he worked at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP in the Public Finance sector for just under a year beginning in July 2001. He left Ballard Spahr for Washington D.C. where he worked as an intern in the office of Congressman Chris Cannon, 3rd District, Utah. Upon returning from Washington DC, he again joined LYRB as a quantitative analyst. Mr. Robertson's responsibilities include running debt service calculations, creating interactive spreadsheets, and collecting data for projects, while also assisting in support roles as needed. He earned a Bachelors Degree in Russian with a Minor in Business at the University of Utah. Mr. Robertson is a Registered General Securities Representative.

Scott J. Robertson, Principal. Mr. Robertson began his investment banking career in Denver, Colorado in 1971 at Coughlin & Company, where he became manager of Municipal Finance. At Coughlin, he originated general obligation, utility revenue and refunding transactions. In 1982, he joined Kirchner Moore & Co., Denver. He subsequently opened and managed public finance offices for Kirchner and Dougherty Dawkins, Inc. in Salt Lake City. At Dougherty, he was a member of the Board of Directors. He has underwritten approximately one billion in general obligation, revenue and refunding bond issues during the past ten years. Mr. Robertson has previously served on the Board of Trustees for the State and Institutional Trust Lands Administration and as Chairman of the Utah Public Education Foundation. He currently serves on the State and Institutional Trust Lands Permanent Fund Advisory Committee. He holds several securities licenses including Registered General Securities Principal.