Leadership
Michael Busch
Chief Executive and Strategy Officer
Mike currently serves as the Chief Executive and Strategy Officer of the firm and manages day-to-day operations.
Jon Isom
Managing Principal
Jon is one of the founding members of Isom Advisors and has worked with California school and community college districts since he began his career.
Greg Isom
Managing Principal
Greg has become the leader in California K-12 bond measures and has worked on over 100 successful bond measures.
Team
Urban Futures
Wing-See Fox
Managing Director
Wing-See provides municipal advisory services to cities, special districts, and water districts. She has many years of experience serving municipalities and local communities.
Doug Anderson
Managing Director
Doug specializes in tax increment and revenue financings, and has provided financial advisory services on over $2 billion of tax exempt and taxable bond financings.
Jim Morris
Managing Director
Jim specializes in long-term forecasting, financial modeling and fiscal sustainability planning for cities and special districts in California.
Julio Morales
Managing Director
Julio specializes in assisting public agencies with complex/structured financial transactions and solutions for pension, OPEB and other long-term liabilities.
John Phan
Managing Director
John provides expert financial advisory services to schools, colleges/ universities, cities, non-profits and water districts.
William Reynolds
Director
William provides municipal advisory services to cities, special districts, and water districts. He has 49 years of municipal financing experience.
Branden Kfoury
Senior Associate
Branden provides great financing and execution support for bond transactions.
Russell Sager
Senior Analyst
Russell manages the Analytics & Compliance Group which specializes in post-issuance compliance.
Timothy Fryndendall
Analyst
Tim is an analyst in the firm’s Southern California office and provides support to the Finance Department.
Isom Advisors
Rex Despain
Managing Principal
Rex has helped many districts obtain needed capital for many years and has participated in a variety of financings.
Jason List
Principal
Jason has worked primarily with school districts for many years and has managed over 100 financings for numerous California School Districts.
Bryan Moore
Principal
Jason has worked primarily with school districts for many years and has managed over 100 financings for numerous California School Districts.
Janice Peters
Principal
Janice has worked primarily with California school districts since the 2000’s developing bond programs and facilitating the issuance of bonds.
Jeff Pickett
Principal
Jeff has worked with California school and college districts by developing bond programs and analyzing financial opportunities for many districts.
Makiko Sato
Principal
Makiko has been working with California school districts since 2003 with a focus on planning and implementing responsible and sustainable bond programs.
Nate McAllister
Associate
Nate has worked with numerous school districts in assisting with passing school bonds and parcel tax measures.
Nathan Despain
Analyst
Nathan is an analyst for Isom Advisors and focuses on research and analysis relating to bond issuance for school districts