About Kraig Consulting.

Kraig Consulting is a full service financial consulting firm specializing in public-private partnerships and general public finance support for colleges, universities, foundations and other not-for-profits. Kirstin Kraig founded the firm in 2008 after more than 10 years as a senior investment banker in the Eductation and Non Profit Finance Group of George K. Baum and Company. While at GKB, Ms. Kraig structured over $1 billion of tax-exempt and taxable bond issues. Prior to joining GKB, Ms. Kraig worked on the buy-side at Fidelity Investments in Boston, and in corporate finance at a Wall-Street investment banking firm. She has held series 7, 53 and 63 securities licenses.

Ms. Kraig is a frequent speaker at NACUBO, NACAS, Academic Impressions and other higher education workshops. She is a graduate of Denver's inaugural Emerging Leaders program and holds a B.A. in economics from Claremont McKenna College.

• Capital markets education
• Public-private partnership evaluations
• Debt capacity analysis
• Rating agency presentations and formulation of credit rating strategy
• Project finance structuring and evaluation of alternatives
• Working with bond insurers and letter of credit providers
• Collaborating with underwriters and derivatives providers
• New project evaluations, with special attention to current market conditions, including financial modeling
• Capital planning
• New bond issue and refinancing support
• Request for proposal (RFP) development for developers and underwriters
• Counsel clients throughout RFP process including evaluating vender responses and conducting interviews
• Evaluation of refunding and restructuring opportunities
• Pro forma financial projections based on industry benchmarking
• Project feasibility studies
• Board education and development