Eric focuses on client relationship management and business development initiatives for MacKay Municipal Managers team. Eric joined MacKay Shields in October 2021. Prior to joining the firm, Eric was a Product Manager at New York Life Investments covering the MainStay/IndexIQ municipal bond product suite. From 2011 to 2018, Eric worked at PGIM Investments most recently as a product manager covering their public real estate and municipal fixed income products. He started his career at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in 2007, serving most recently as a Merrill Edge Financial Solutions Advisor. Eric earned a B.S. in finance from the University of Rhode Island. He is a CFA Charterholder and holds FINRA 7 and 66 securities registrations and has been in the investment industry since 2007.