Ms. Suzanne Downing, Vice President and Client Portfolio Manager, Nuveen Investments, Chicago IL

Topic: “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Municipal Bonds* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)”

Date:  March 13, 2024

Suzanne is a Client Portfolio Manager for Municipal Fixed Income Strategies at Nuveen Asset Management. She supports sales and marketing activity related to all of the firm’s municipal managed money products, including open-end mutual funds, closed-end funds, and privately managed accounts. In this role, she works with portfolio managers to develop and communicate information about the products’ investment teams, process, and performance to institutional and retail audiences. She also helps explain the complexities of the municipal bond market and the benefits of professional municipal bond management to clients. Suzanne began her career at Nuveen in 1990, working in Municipal Underwriting and Trading; Closed End Fund Product Development; and the Global Private Client Group; prior to joining Nuveen Asset Management in 2015. Ms. Downing’s educational background includes Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification from DePaul University; and an MBA in Global Economics and Marketing from the University of Liverpool, U.K., where she earned the Student of the Year award. Suzanne is an elected Cook County Board Member for her local library; and serves on several community committees. She is also named as a Cambridge “Who’s Who” Among Executive and Professional Women; and a member of the 100 Women in Hedge Funds; and National Association of Professional Women.