Key Professionals, First Credit

R. Strand Kramer, Jr.

Mr. Kramer joined First Kentucky Securities Corporation in 1985 as Vice President, becoming President in 1995. He is presently involved in the Public Finance Department as well as directing the Trading and Underwriting Department. Mr. Kramer has worked with numerous Kentucky state and local issuers, both as fiscal agent and as managing underwriter. Prior to joining First Kentucky Securities, he was associated with Dupree & Company, Inc. as a fiscal agent/financial advisor and institutional salesperson. Mr. Kramer has a Masters degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kentucky. Email

Rodney E. Knox

Mr. Knox began his career in the municipal bond market with Bacon, Whipple & Co., Chicago, Illinois in 1968. From then until 1989 Rod participated in municipal bond originations, private placements, and both negotiated and competitive municipal bond underwritings with several Chicago municipal bond dealers. From 1990 until 1996, Rod had his own investment advisory firm in Tucson, Arizona. In 1996, he became a Senior Underwriter and Trader for First Security Bank (now Wells Fargo Bank) in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2001, after the merger of First Security Bank and Wells Fargo, Rod assumed the position of Senior Underwriter and Municipal Product Manager for Commerce Bank in St. Louis, Missouri. Currently, Rod is the Director of Research for First Credit Advisors, LLC and a municipal market strategist for First Kentucky Securities Corp., as well as an independent consultant. Rod has a BSBA in accounting from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Email

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Investment Banking, Securities, and Brokerage
State National Bank Building
P. O. Box 554
Frankfort, KY 40602-0554
636-329-1876
800-383-4237