Following the SIFMA Annual Meeting and fall Board Meeting, the Association’s Board of Directors announced it has elected the following principal officers to leadership positions on the Board for 2025-2026:
Chair: Ronald J. Kruszewski, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Stifel
Chair-Elect: David Lefkowitz, Managing Director, Global Head ABS Origination, JPMorganChase
Vice Chair: Lawrence Martinez, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, D.A. Davidson Companies
Chair Emeritus: Laura Chepucavage, Head of Global Financing and Futures, Global Rates and Counterparty Portfolio Management, Bank of America
Treasurer: Lisa Kidd Hunt, Managing Director, Head of International Services, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
SIFMA is also pleased to welcome the new members of the Board of Directors:
- Joseph Mecane, Citadel Securities
- Miles Stephens, Stephens
And congratulates the following directors re-elected to a new term:
- Libby Cantrill, PIMCO
- Samara Cohen, Blackrock
- Michael Durbin, Cetera
- Sol Gindi, Wells Fargo Advisors
- David Lefkowitz, JPMorganChase
- Shawn Quant, Piper Sandler
- Darren Shames, Nomura
- Joseph E. Sweeney, Ameriprise Financial
- Ryan Taylor, RBC Capital Markets
- Thomas Wipf, UBS