Stephen E. Shogren
Senior Vice President

Steve Shogren joined George K. Baum & Company's Kansas public finance group in 2002 and is based in the firm's Wichita office. In previous positions he was a senior vice president with Claymore Securities and the head of public finance at Ranson & Associates, Inc., prior to its acquisition by Claymore in the fall of 2001.

Mr. Shogren's professional focus is on districts and other issuers of municipal bonds in the state of Kansas. He is one of the top investment bankers in the state, providing advice and underwriting services on $1.5 billion in bonds for capital improvements in the last decade and helping more than 100 Kansas school districts stage successful bond elections. In 1999, Mr. Shogren was co-financial advisor to Wichita Unified School District No. 259 on a $284.5 million bond issue, the largest such financing ever completed in the state of Kansas.

Mr. Shogren is a native Kansan and graduated from Wichita State University in 1973. His is an NASD General Securities Representative and General Principal.