Michael Babcock

Michael Babcock is the Assistant Director of Capital Markets for the Illinois Housing Development Authority where he oversees all debt financing for the Authority. In his role, he has overseen over $6 Billion in bond issuances over the last 5-years for both Multifamily and Single Family Programs. During his tenure, Illinois has implemented a Volume Cap Recycling program, as well as dynamically structured best execution for leveraging MBS through taxable and tax-exempt bond issuances. Michael has worked in a variety of roles at the Authority over the last 8 years, with 5 years in Capital Markets. Michael has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a master’s degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

AC24 Session: Designing Custom Blends of Taxable and Tax-Exempt Bonds