Margaret “Peg” Henry

Peg Henry is Head of Municipal Securities Group Legal of Stifel Financial Corp, where she is responsible for all legal matters concerning the Municipal Securities Group. Ms. Henry has worked in the municipal bond industry since 1981 in private practice, federal and local government, and investment banking. She has served as General Counsel for Market Regulation of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, Attorney-Adviser for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Municipal Securities, Tax Counsel to the Majority Tax Staff of the Ways and Means Committee of the U. S. House of Representatives, Attorney-Adviser to the U.S. Treasury Department, and Tax Counsel to New York City’s Office of Management and Budget. She was also in-house counsel for the municipal securities groups of Jefferies LLC and UBS Securities. Ms. Henry received a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and a J.D. and LLM in Taxation from George Washington University. In 2023, Ms. Henry was inducted into the Bond Buyer Hall of Fame for her contributions to the development of the municipal securities industry, including:

• Member and Former Chair, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Municipal Legal Advisory Committee.
• Advisor, Debt Management Committee of Government Finance Officers Association (2012-2018).
• Member, Fixed Income Committee of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (2014-2017).
• Board of Governors, The Municipal Forum of New York (2005).
• Citizens Budget Commission (1996-1998).
• Co-Author of the Securities Law of Public Finance, along with Robert Fippinger and Ernesto Lanza.
• Author, “Reissuance Revisited,” Tax Notes (January 2, 1989).