Title: Managing Director
Firm: Raymond James
Age: 38
Stephanie Lom grew up with a mother who worked in government for the city of Stamford, Connecticut, and as a result, she's always had an idea of how it all works.
After graduating with a degree in finance from Lehigh University, she began her career as an analyst at Raymond James and has been with the firm for 17 years, eventually earning her way up to managing director, her current position.
"The teams are pretty small, so I got exposure to things very early and that's helped me along the way," Lom said. "I was going to client meetings a couple months in, when I had no idea what I was doing. I think that has helped me stay here."
Her work includes assisting the needs of general government clients, focusing mostly on governments throughout the Northeast, as well as Washington, D.C.
This meant managing and executing pooled financings for, among others, the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, as well as eight other separate New Jersey County Improvement Authorities. Her work with issuers has also included state- and county-level issuers, local governments, municipalities, school districts and nonprofits.
"Stephanie is clear-headed, even keeled and solution oriented," said Erin Law, associate general counsel and chief counsel for public finance and economics development in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer at the Government of the District of Columbia. "She is incredibly adept at explaining complex transactions to people with different levels of public finance exposure."
