Jose Vera
Jose Vera is a finance professional with over 14 years in the investment banking industry. He currently serves as Managing Director at Stifel’s, Nicolaus & Company. Vera serves on Stifel’s internal Credit Review Committee and is tasked with reviewing all non-rated and below investment grade municipal bond issues prior to sale. Throughout his career Vera has negotiated the sales of over 4.5 billion in municipal bonds for public agencies in California and Nevada. His public financing experience includes; land secured/ development finance, utility enterprise, revenue finance, general obligation bonds and lease revenue financings for cities, counties and special districts. Jose is a Paul Harris Fellow, a member of the Municipal Management Association of Southern California, and the FY 2013-14 Vice President and Program Chair of the Rotary Club of Los Angeles, one of the largest community service clubs in the U.S. Jose earned his B.S. Degree in Economics and a Minor in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and maintains FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses.