Valesa S. Johnson Wells
Senior Managing Consultant

Email:

wellsv@pfm.com

Business Specialty:

Financial Management

Office:

Memphis
530 Oak Court Drive
Suite 160
Memphis, TN 38117
Phone: 901-682-8356
Fax: 901-682-8386

Valesa S. Johnson has been employed with PFM since 1995.  As a Senior Managing Consultant in the Memphis office, Ms. Johnson Wells serves cities and counties and their governmental entities.  Ms. Johnson wells' service to clients includes: quantitative and technical analysis, including sizing and structuring, for both competitive and negotiated bond transactions; preparation of disclosure documents; preparation of debt management and fund balance policies; developing debt profiles that incorporate statistical data for all outstanding debt of issuers; performing maturity-by-maturity savings and option value refunding analysis, and performing bond-pricing analysis including pricing of comparable transactions, issuer’s historical transactions  and analysis of appropriate market indices.

Ms. Johnson Wells also works closely with clients to develop comprehensive credit presentations which demonstrate the client’s historical financial performance relative to industry benchmarks, management practices, and provides a detailed look into the client’s long-term strategy for capital investment, economic development and debt management.

Ms. Johnson Wells' financial advisory experience has included serving the City of Memphis, TN; Shelby County, TN., the Town of Collierville, TN; the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, TN; the City of Bartlett, TN; the City of Chattanooga, TN; Hamilton County, TN; the City of Knoxville, TN; and the Metro Government of Louisville/Jefferson County, KY.

Ms. Johnson Wells received a Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude) in Professional and Technical Writing from the University of Memphis and is currently pursuing an MBA in Finance from the University of Memphis.