Russell L. Goings, III is a 27 year veteran of the securities industry, with 25 of those years being spent in California public finance. Mr. Goings has transaction experience with a wide range of financing vehicles, including taxable general obligation bonds, benefit assessment bonds, special tax obligations, certificates of participation, industrial development bonds, tax allocation bonds and tax-exempt commercial paper. Mr. Goings’ investment banking clients have included: the State of California, the cities of Los Angeles, Stockton, Fresno, Compton, Oakland, Richmond, Long Beach, Inglewood and Carson; the counties of Sacramento, San Diego, Contra Costa, and Los Angeles; and political subdivisions such as the San Diego Unified Port District, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and World Port of Los Angeles.

Mr. Goings is the former president of I.C. Rideau Securities as well as LP Charles & Goings, Inc. In addition, Mr. Goings has also worked as an investment banker for Lazard Freres & Co., First Southwest Company, First Albany Capital and Cabrera Capital Markets.

Mr. Goings attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he majored in hotel & restaurant management and has completed finance course work with the New York Institute of Finance. Mr. Goings served on the Mayor’s World Port of Los Angeles Futures Commercial Task Force and is the former Chairman of the Public Finance Subcommittee for Rebuild L.A. He presently serves as a Board Member for the Inner City Education Foundation which operates several charter schools in the City of Los Angeles and is the former Board President of the Watts-Willowbrook Boys and Girls Club.