SIFMA’s Board of Directors Announces Newly Elected Officers for 2023-2024

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November 7, 2023

Washington, D.C., November 7, 2023 – Following the fall Board Meeting and the SIFMA Annual Meeting, the Association’s Board of Directors announced it has elected the following principal officers to leadership positions on the Board for 2023-2024:

Chair: Ken Cella, Principal, Head of External Affairs and Community Engagement, Edward Jones

Chair-Elect: Laura Peters Chepucavage, Head of Global Financing and Futures, Bank of America

Vice Chair: Ron Kruszewski, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO, Stifel Financial Corp.

Chair-Emeritus: James Reynolds, Jr. Chairman and CEO, Loop Capital

Treasurer: Lisa Kidd Hunt, Managing Director, Head of International Services, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

SIFMA is also pleased to welcome the new members of its Board of Directors:

  • Matt Benchener, Managing Director of Vanguard Personal Investor, Vanguard
  • Ann Fogarty, Executive Vice President, Head of Global Delivery, State Street
  • Brent Gledhill, President and CEO, William Blair
  • Chance Mims, Founder and CEO, Academy Securities
  • Thomas Pluta, President, Tradeweb
  • Gary Rapp, Head of Credit Sales, Trading and Research, Truist Securities

And congratulates the following directors re-elected to a new term:

  • Laura Peters Chepucavage, Bank of America
  • Gary Hall, Siebert Williams Shank & Co.
  • Larry Martinez, D.A. Davidson
  • Sam Ramirez, Jr., Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.
  • Brendan Reilly, Barclays
  • Claire Santaniello, BNY Mellon | Pershing
  • Kabir Sethi, LPL Financial
  • John Taft, Baird

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SIFMA is the leading trade association for broker-dealers, investment banks and asset managers operating in the U.S. and global capital markets. On behalf of our industry’s one million employees, we advocate on legislation, regulation and business policy affecting retail and institutional investors, equity and fixed income markets and related products and services. We serve as an industry coordinating body to promote fair and orderly markets, informed regulatory compliance, and efficient market operations and resiliency. We also provide a forum for industry policy and professional development.

SIFMA, with offices in New York and Washington, D.C., is the U.S. regional member of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA).

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