Jim Manire specializes in providing independent financial advisory services to local governments, primarily in Colorado. He has handled over 300 tax-exempt and taxable governmental finance transactions valued at over $4 billion, and has successfully represented dozens of municipalities, counties and school districts as a financial advisor in both competitive and negotiated bond sales. For eleven years, Mr. Manire worked as an investment banker in the Colorado public finance market, first with Boettcher & Company and then with Piper Jaffray. In 1996 Mr. Manire founded James Capital Advisors to meet the need in the Colorado bond market for an independent financial advisor.

Mr. Manire is a frequent presenter at workshops on governmental finance for organizations including the Colorado Municipal League, the Colorado GFOA, and the National Association of Bond Lawyers. Mr. Manire holds a bachelors degree from Yale University and a masters in business administration from the University of Colorado.