W. Todd Snidow is a senior vice president and manager of George K. Baum & Company's Colorado Primary & Secondary Education Finance Group. Mr. Snidow serves a wide variety of tax-exempt bond issuers in Colorado, Montana and Wyoming. In Colorado, Mr. Snidow currently serves more than two dozen school districts, encompassing districts in urban, suburban, resort/mountain communities and rural areas. Examples of clients served include Eagle County Schools, Telluride R-1, Garfield 16, St. Vrain Valley and Denver Public Schools.

Mr. Snidow has been involved with a significant number of successful bond and mill levy override initiatives, including the successful passage of measures in school districts with a very fiscally conservative voter base. Mr. Snidow has been involved with a variety of innovative financing structures during his investment banking career. For example, he was an early advocate of the Qualified Zone Academy (QZAB) Program. To date, he has assisted Colorado school districts with five QZAB transactions.

Prior to joining George K. Baum & Company, Mr. Snidow was employed with RBC Dain Rauscher, where he also focused on K-12 education finance. He was also previously employed with Bigelow & Company. In addition to his experience in the public finance arena, Mr. Snidow worked for a Denver-based money manager that provided institutional clientele with access to global futures and options markets.

Mr. Snidow holds a B.A. in Economics and Russian History from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He previously served as president of the Colorado Municipal Bond Dealers Association and is a director and member of the investment committee of the Aspen-based General Service Foundation.