Meet the team at Blitch Associates, Inc.
Bill has been in the business for over 50 years. He served the Association of Water Board Directors (Texas) as a Trustee, and has helped shaped the financing of Utility Districts in Texas.
Mr. Blitch, who is also a Registered Texas Assessor/Collector, is president of Blitch Associates, Inc., specializing in financial advisory services for water districts and cities.
Mr. Blitch holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin, along with over four years of post-graduate work. He has attended the South Texas School of Law as well as a public finance graduate program at the University of Michigan. Among his past and present professional affiliations are the following:
Mr. Blitch, who is also a Registered Texas Assessor/Collector, is president of Blitch Associates, Inc., specializing in financial advisory services for water districts and cities.
Mr. Blitch holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin, along with over four years of post-graduate work. He has attended the South Texas School of Law as well as a public finance graduate program at the University of Michigan. Among his past and present professional affiliations are the following:
- Past Member--Research Committee of the Securities Industry Association (two years)
- Past Trustee--Association of Water Board Directors--Texas (fifteen years)
- Past Board Member--Utility District Advisory Council
- Current Board Member--Grand Mission MUD No. 1 (twenty years)
Don has been in the Public Finance profession for over forty years serving as financial advisor, underwriter or portfolio buyer. For the ten years prior to joining Blitch Associates in 2010, he was manager of Wells Fargo’s Public Finance Private Placements and Municipal Leasing Division in Texas. While at broker dealer firms prior to Wells Fargo, he served as financial advisor to several large and many smaller municipalities, as well as state agencies for the States of Texas (Turnpike Authority, Housing Agency, Public Finance Authority and others) , Alaska (Power Authority, later Energy Authority), New Mexico (State Board of Finance) and Oklahoma (Turnpike Authority). Prior to entering the field of Public Finance, Don was a practicing Certified Public Accountant with KPMG and his own firm.
Mr. Grimes has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Texas since 1966 and is a graduate of Lamar State University in Beaumont with a degree in business administration and accounting.
Mr. Grimes serves as Financial Advisor to the City of Seward, Alaska and has for the past thirty years. Over this period, financings completed for the City include a $45 million state prison lease and refinancing, numerous port facilities, the Alaska Sea Life Center, electric, water and sewer projects, small boat harbor improvements, equipment leases and a new $30 million long-term care facility.
One of Don’s specialties has been providing affordable lease-purchase financing for Emergency Service Districts in Texas for fire stations, fire trucks, ambulances and other capital needs and was a frequent speaker on this subject. He has provided expert testimony for various capital projects and served as lecturer for public finance continuing education courses. He has served as financial advisor to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska in the issuance of school bonds and a major financing ($244 million) for the State of Alaska’s lease of the Borough’s prison facility.
Mr. Grimes has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Texas since 1966 and is a graduate of Lamar State University in Beaumont with a degree in business administration and accounting.
Mr. Grimes serves as Financial Advisor to the City of Seward, Alaska and has for the past thirty years. Over this period, financings completed for the City include a $45 million state prison lease and refinancing, numerous port facilities, the Alaska Sea Life Center, electric, water and sewer projects, small boat harbor improvements, equipment leases and a new $30 million long-term care facility.
One of Don’s specialties has been providing affordable lease-purchase financing for Emergency Service Districts in Texas for fire stations, fire trucks, ambulances and other capital needs and was a frequent speaker on this subject. He has provided expert testimony for various capital projects and served as lecturer for public finance continuing education courses. He has served as financial advisor to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska in the issuance of school bonds and a major financing ($244 million) for the State of Alaska’s lease of the Borough’s prison facility.
George previously worked in public finance from 2005 to 2017, on behalf of the clients of Blitch Associates, Inc. He is Executive Vice President and co-owner of Blitch Associates, Inc., acting as a non-municipal advisor representative performing executive administrative functions. He previously worked as a Multimedia Manager in a marketing firm and has run a few of his own companies with great success in the last decade.
George holds a Bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University in Boston, where he graduated Cum Laude.
Among his past and present professional affiliations are the following:
Past Member—AWBD Program Committee (eight years)
Current Board Member—Fort Bend MUD 134A (seven years)
George holds a Bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University in Boston, where he graduated Cum Laude.
Among his past and present professional affiliations are the following:
Past Member—AWBD Program Committee (eight years)
Current Board Member—Fort Bend MUD 134A (seven years)