Financial Advisory Investment Management Group

At Strategic Solutions Center, we have assembled a veteran group of former high-ranking government officials and public finance investment bankers with well over ninety (90) years of professional experience, collectively to form the Financial Advisory Investment Management Group. We offer consulting services to agencies responsible for managing or seeking to manage public funds and, as well, public and private organizations seeking to leverage public debt. Our expertise spans all facets of public finance and institutional investment advisory services, including (but not limited to):

Areas of Expertise

Budget Formulation

  • Capital and Operating Budget Planning
  • Revenue Evaluation and Allocation
  • Revenue Enhancement
  • Deficit Management and Eradication
  • Budget Benchmarking
  • Budget Documentation

Pension Fund Management

  • Investment Expense Ratios
  • “Best-in-class” Asset Managers
  • Equity Execution Providers
  • Plan Fiduciary Safeguards
  • Plan Investment Options
  • Returns vs. Benchmarks

Public and Public-Private Debt Transactions

  • Housing and Community Development
  • Higher and Public Education Facilities
  • Public Destination-type Facilities (i.e., Hotels, Convention Centers)
  • Tax Increment and Special Assessment Bonds
  • General Government and Water & Wastewater Bonds
  • Derivative Hedge Products (i.e., Interest Rate Swaps)

Key Professionals

Let us work with your organization to achieve the goals, objectives and vision for the future you seek. We are confident our team of senior advisors Financial Advisory Investment Management Group possesses the in-depth public finance and investment management knowledge and experience required to devise a successful, tailor-made strategic approach!

Major F. Riddick, Jr., President & CEO

  • Former Chief of Staff to Maryland Governor Parris N. Glendening
  • Former Chief Administrative Officer, Budget & Management Director and Director of Housing & Community Development for Prince George’s County, Md
  • Completed Senior Executive Program for State and Local Government at Harvard University
  • Holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and B.A. in Political Science from Virginia Tech

Katrina R. Riddick, Senior Advisor and Managing Director

  • 17 Years Corporate and Municipal Finance Investment Banking Experience
  • Former Public Finance Investment Banker At M.R. Beal & Company As Regional Vice President and Legg Mason as Vice President
  • Former Corporate Finance Officer At Wachovia Corporate Services
  • Holds Securities Licenses Series 26, 7 and 63
  • Holds Juris Doctorate and MBA from Tulane University and B.A. From University of Virginia