H Sidney Holmes III

H. Sidney Holmes III was appointed to the Board of Commissioners in May 2008 by Governor Paterson. Mr. Holmes is a Corporate Partner of Winston & Strawn LLP and works in the area of public finance. Mr. Holmes has served as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, and bank counsel in virtually every type of municipal bond financing throughout the United States and its territories. He has extensive experience in industrial and economic development revenue bond financing. He has served as counsel on hospital facilities financings, solid waste disposal facilities financings, electric generating facilities financings, cogeneration facilities financings, transportation facilities financings, and sports facilities financings. Mr. Holmes also has represented a number of foreign and domestic banks as credit and liquidity providers of municipal debt. His representative clients include state and local governmental agencies and major financial institutions. Mr. Holmes is a Vietnam-era veteran and served in the U.S. Army Finance Corps. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Holmes co-founded a chain of health and beauty aid discount stores. Mr. Holmes is a Commissioner of the New York State Insurance Fund and is a board member of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation. Mr. Holmes received a B.A. from Columbia University and a J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law.