William C. Elliot

Bill Elliott retired from Blue Rose Capital Advisors after more than 35 years of assisting colleges and universities with their capital financing. As an investment banker or financial advisor, he completed bond issues and loans in excess of $5 billion with a focus on higher education. His financing work has included new money issues, refundings, direct credit transactions, and fixed and variable rate capital lending. Elliott provides expertise in bond structuring and credit rating presentations, as well as particular insight into bank credit approval processes and current investor markets. During his career, he served a variety of public and private university clients across the country. He retired as the managing director of Blue Rose Advisors. Prior to joining Blue Rose, Elliott served as a higher education investment banker with PNC Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets, and Banc One Capital Markets.

Elliott holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Miami University, and a master of business administration degree from the University of Dayton.