Executive Director, Center on Municipal Capital Markets
Tripp Kaiser began at The University of Texas at Austin in January 2026 and serves as the executive director of the Center on Municipal Capital Markets (CMCM) at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. His responsibilities include engaging in the center’s strategic plan and vision; providing content-area expertise in developing a suite of curricular programs for CMCM tailored to undergraduate, graduate, and non-degree-seeking students; managing partnerships with organizations in the public and private sectors in support of experiential training and professional development for LBJ students; participating in the drafting of commentaries, technical reports, and other research related to specialized municipal capital market topics; serving as a resource to the municipal industry, faculty, and policymakers on municipal market issues; and overseeing the day-to-day administrative and financial management activities of the center. Tripp will also develop and teach two public finance courses per academic year at LBJ beginning in 2027.
Prior to UT, Tripp was a managing director at Municipal Market Analytics (MMA), a leading independent research and consulting firm, where he regularly published research on the municipal bond market. He has spent much of his career advising institutional investors, banks, broker-dealers, government agencies, regulators, issuers, and advisers in the municipal industry and is recognized for innovative research on market strategy, risk management, portfolio analytics, and liquidity. Prior to joining MMA, Tripp worked at Bloomberg, J.P. Morgan, and Dillon Read Capital Management in fixed-income strategy, analyst, operations, and development roles. Tripp received his Bachelor of Business Administration from The George Washington University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®).