BLOOMINGTON, MINN. — HJ Sims has hired Jay Hromatka, a leading banker to run the company’s education sector. Hromatka will be working in the Bloomington, Minnesota office and brings over 30 years of experience in banking and fixed income investment to the HJ Sims team.
For the past 19 years, Hromatka has worked exclusively in the education sector, structuring and underwriting charter school transactions. Hromatka has been the lead banker and has underwritten an excess of $1 billion of facility financing for more than 100 charter schools across the country.
In addition to his banking experience, Hromatka serves as a board member for a national, non-profit community development financial institution (CDFI), which focuses on helping charter schools finance, build and expand their school facilities.