Geoffrey Buswick

Geoffrey Buswick

Managing Director - State Sector Lead

S&P Global Ratings

Geoffrey Buswick is a Managing Director and State Government Sector Leader in the Americas Public Finance department at S&P Global Ratings. He’s interested in credit conditions, market changes, evolving technologies, and Ratings’ views on evolving risks in the public finance sector. He chairs state, local government, utility, and transportation committees and is an active primary analyst in the sectors, as well. Along with credit work, Geoff focuses on market outreach, developing research, and analytical education about S&P Global’s approach to rating government entities. Geoff has held various senior analytical and management roles in Ratings. From October 2010 to February 2015, Geoff was the Lead Analytical Manager for the Public Finance Infrastructure Group. From 2005 to September 2010, he served as the Boston office head for S&P Global Ratings. Prior to joining Ratings, Geoff served as the Finance Director for the City of Gloucester, Mass., and previous to that was the Administrative Officer for the City of North Adams, Mass. Geoff currently sits on the Corporate Affiliates Board of the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST). He served two stints on the board of governors of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts (NFMA) (2020-2022 & 2010-2013) and was the co-chair for the 2012 and 2013 NFMA Annual Conferences. In 2017, he received the “Award for Excellence” from the NFMA for his work to improve market-wide disclosure of alternative financings.

Featured Sessions

Thursday, February 6, 2025
10:15 am

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expire at the end of 2025, and taxes will rise automatically if Congress does not act. As the Trump administration and a new Congress take over, we will examine:

  • How real is the threat to the tax exemption?
  • What other scenarios may play out, such as the elimination of tax-exempt PABs or bonds for certain sectors like housing and healthcare, where Republicans look to the muni market for revenue to offset TCJA provisions?
  • What effect will potential tariffs have on the industry?
  • Will changes to immigration have an effect on state and local tax revenues?