Michelle V. Hallam, CFA, managing director, is a member of the Global Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities (GFICC) Group. Based in New York, Michelle is a senior portfolio manager for the Municipal Strategies Team and manages mutual funds, as well as fixed income portfolios for institutional clients, insurance companies and private clients. In addition to her tax-exempt portfolio management responsibilities, Michelle is the taxable muni lead PM, where she and her team provide advisory and execution for GFICC broad market strategies as it relates to taxable munis.  An employee since 1999, she previously worked as an analyst in the U.S. Institutional Fixed Income Group. She began her career as an analyst in the Internal Consulting Services program, where she worked on projects in Investment Management and Financial Risk Management. Michelle holds a B.S. in economics from Cornell University and is a CFA charterholder.