Gardner, Underwood & Bacon (“GUB”) was founded in 1995 by Henry Gardner, the former City Manager of Oakland, California and specializes in providing comprehensive financial advisory services to municipalities throughout the nation. 

As an independent financial advisory firm with no outside investors, GUB works solely for the benefit of the firm’s clients, which range from small cities, to large, nationally recognized utilities and everything in between.  GUB is headquartered in Los Angeles and also operates offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Oakland and St. Louis.

GUB has been instrumental in financing thousands of successful projects for cities, counties, school districts, special service districts, states, state agencies, regional governments and utilities.  In fact, since 2002, GUB has served as financial advisor on more than 150 transactions, totaling over $20 billion.

To get a copy of GUB’s Statement of Qualifications, a list of references or to see how our team can help you, please contact us.