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Board & Officers

SIFMA’s Board of Directors manages the business and affairs of the Association. Board members are either the chief executive officer of a SIFMA member firm, or a designee of such chief executive officer. All Board members have the authority to represent the views of their firms and are elected on a staggered basis by the SIFMA membership.

Officers

Ken CellaKen Cella
Chair
Principal, Head of External Affairs
Edward Jones
Laura Peters ChepucavageLaura Peters Chepucavage
Chair-Elect
Head of Global Financing and Futures
Bank of America
Ronald J. Kruszewski
Vice-Chair
Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO
Stifel
Jim ReynoldsJim Reynolds
Chair-Emeritus
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Loop Capital Markets LLC
Lisa Kidd Hunt
Treasurer
Executive Vice President, International Services
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Kenneth E. Bentsen, JrKenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.
President and CEO
SIFMA

Board at Large

Kevin Bailey
Global Head of Regulatory Affairs
Citi
Matt BenchenerMatt Benchener
Managing Director of Vanguard Personal Investor
Vanguard
Libby Cantrill
Managing Director & Head of Public Policy
PIMCO
Samara CohenSamara Cohen
Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer of ETF and Index Investments
BlackRock
Michael DurbinMichael Durbin
Chief Executive Officer
Cetera Holdings
Katie FallonKatie Fallon
Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Affairs
Fidelity
Ann FogartyAnn Fogarty
Executive Vice President and Head of Global Delivery
State Street
Sol Gindi
Head of Client Relationship Group
Wells Fargo Advisors
Brent GledhillBrent Gledhill
President and CEO
William Blair
Gary Hall
President, Head of Infrastructure & Public Finance
Siebert Williams Shank & Co.
Robert Hawley
Chief Executive Officer of CIB Americas
BNP Paribas
Gary Kane
Co-Head of ICG Americas & Head of Securitized Products Sales in the Americas
Deutsche Bank
Michael E. Kisber
President
FHN Financial
David Lefkowitz
Managing Director, Securitised Products Group
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Jacqueline LiCalziJacqueline LiCalzi
Global Head of Regulatory Relations
Morgan Stanley
Larry MartinezLarry Martinez
CEO
D.A. Davidson
Craig Messinger
Vice Chairman
Virtu Financial
Chance MimsChance Mims
Founder and CEO
Academy Securities
Tom PlutaTom Pluta
President
Tradeweb
Douglas W. Preiser
Chief Operating Officer
KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
Shawn QuantShawn Quant
Chief Information and Operations Officer
Piper Sandler
Samuel A. Ramirez Jr.
President & CEO, Ramirez Asset Management, Senior Managing Director
Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.
Gary RappGary Rapp
Head of Fixed Income
Truist Securities
Brendan T. Reilly
Managing Director
Head of Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy, Americas
Barclays
Paul Reilly
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Raymond James Financial
John F. W. Rogers
Executive Vice President
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Claire
Santaniello
Managing Director, Head of Operations
BNY Mellon / Pershing
Kabir SethiKabir Sethi
Managing Director, Chief Product Officer
LPL Financial
Mark Steffensen
Senior Executive Vice President & General Counsel
HSBC
Joseph E. Sweeney
President, Advice & Wealth Management, Products and Service Delivery
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
John Taft
Vice Chair
Baird
Ryan Taylor
Managing Director, U.S. Head of Capital Markets Compliance
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
John VaccaroJohn Vaccaro
Head of MassMutual Financial Advisors
Chairman & CEO, MML Investors Services, LLC
MassMutual
Thomas WipfTom Wipf
CEO of Credit Suisse US and Americas Integration Lead
UBS
Kashif Zafar
Head of the Global Markets Division for the Americas
Credit Agricole

Board Subcommittees

Six subcommittees of the Board of Directors oversee SIFMA’s standing committee agendas and functions. These Board
subcommittees review committee priorities with committee leadership, enhancing the Board’s engagement with priority
setting and committee operations.