"I am confident that Ms. Sallis will be a valuable asset to the Public Finance bureau," said Thompson. "She brings a tremendous amount of experience and commitment to her field which will have a positive impact on our office. I look forward to working with her. In these difficult fiscal times, the Comptroller's office needs people of great experience like Ms. Sallis who can make a real difference."

In her new position, Ms. Sallis will be leading efforts to review the city's current debt policies and will be the Comptroller's representative on the New York City Transitional Finance Authority, the New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority and the New York City Housing Development Corporation. She will also represent the Comptroller in debt issuance for the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, the Trust for Cultural Resources of the City of New York and TSASC, Inc. (Tobacco Settlement Asset Securitization Corporation).

"I am very excited about assuming this very challenging position and I look forward to working with Bill Thompson and his staff in these difficult times," Ms. Sallis said about her appointment.

Prior to this position, Ms. Sallis served as Managing Director at Artemis Capital Group, a firm managed solely by women. During her tenure with the firm, Artemis became one of the top ten underwriters in Capital bonds in the country. After Artemis was bought out by Dain Rausher, Ms. Sallis became a senior co-manager and was responsible for new business development and account maintenance for bond issuers across the Northeast and Midwest regions. In addition, Ms. Sallis managed all of the firm's accounts within New York State.

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