SIFMA is a member-driven organization. Our senior management reports to SIFMA’s Board of Directors. Through member committees, SIFMA staff advisors engage with policymakers and regulators through comment letters, testimony, research and more.

Senior Management

Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.
President and CEO
Joseph L. Seidel
Chief Operating Officer
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Sal Chiarelli
Executive Vice President, Head of Conferences and Events
Cheryl Crispen
Executive Vice President, Communications and Marketing
David Krasner
Chief Financial and Chief Administrative Officer
Josh Wilsusen
Executive Vice President, Advocacy

Staff Advisors

PJ Austin
Vice President, Tax
Lisa Bleir
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Head – Wealth Management, Retirement and State Government Relations
Kyle Brandon
Managing Director, Head of Derivatives Policy
Managing Director, Head of Technology, Operations and Business Continuity
Managing Director & Associate General Counsel – Office of General Counsel
Kevin Carroll
Deputy General Counsel, Litigation and Private Client (Legal)
Kevin Carson
Managing Director, Federal Government Affairs and Associate General Counsel
Kim Chamberlain
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel
Joe Corcoran
Managing Director, Capital Markets & Associate General Counsel
Charles DeSimone
Managing Director, Deputy Head of Technology, Operations, and BCP
Bradley Edgell
Managing Director, Federal Government Relations
Kevin Ehrlich
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Asset Management Group
Tracy Eichler
Managing Director, Private Client Services
Marin Gibson
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel
Ellen Greene
Managing Director, Equity and Options Market Structure
Mathew Grinney
Managing Director, Federal Advocacy
Andrew Guggenheim
Managing Director, Associate General Counsel, State Government Affairs
Kyle Innes
Managing Director & Associate General Counsel, State Government Affairs
Lindsey Keljo
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Head of Asset Management Group
Assistant Vice President, Federal Government Affairs
Chris Killian
Managing Director, Corporate Credit and Securitization
Anthony Macchiarulo
Assistant Vice President, Financial Services Operations & Assistant General Counsel
Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Peter Matheson
Managing Director, International Policy & Advocacy
John Maurello
Managing Director, Private Client Services
Carter K. McDowell
Managing Director, Associate General Counsel
Ray Mosca
Senior Associate, Asset Management Group
Leslie Norwood
Managing Director & Associate General Counsel, Municipal Securities
Elisa Nuottajarvi
Vice President, Asset Management Group
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel
Tom Price
Senior Advisor, Technology, Operations, and Business Continuity
Vice President, Federal Government Affairs
Managing Director and Head of International Capital Markets and Strategic Initiatives
William C. Thum
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Asset Management Group
Robert Toomey
Head of Capital Markets/Managing Director and Associate General Counsel
Thomas M. Wagner
Managing Director, Financial Services Operations
Lucas West
Vice President, Federal Government Affairs
Kevin Zambrowicz
Deputy General Counsel, Accounting and Institutional – Legal
Guowei Zhang
Managing Director and Head of Capital Policy

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