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Suzanne Shank named Acting CEO of Siebert Financial Corporation
Suzanne Shank. PHOTO/Siebert Financial Corporation
(Business Wire) – New York – Siebert Financial Corporation on Thursday announced the appointment of Suzanne Shank as Acting CEO of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, the discount broker/dealer and institutional investment bank, Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., effective September 16, 2013.
The Company was founded by Muriel F. “Mickie” Siebert, who died on August 24, 2013. The board of directors named current board members Jane H. Macon as chairwoman, and Robert Mazzarella as vice chairman.
A 25 year veteran of the industry, Ms. Shank will also continue in her role as President and CEO of the municipal finance firm Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., L.L.C., which she co-founded with Muriel F. Siebert and Napoleon Brandford in 1996.
Siebert Brandford Shank, which is 49 percent owned by Muriel Siebert & Co., has had aggressive growth since its inception, managing deals for state and local governments across the United States totaling over US$1 trillion in municipal transactions.
The firm is the top-ranked minority- and women-owned municipal bond underwriting firm in the country and is the only minority and women-owned firm ever nationally ranked in the top 10 among all such firms in the country.
Ms. Shank has received numerous awards and honors throughout her years in the finance industry, including being voted one of the “Top 50 Women in Wealth Management for 2010” by WealthManagerWeb.com and by US Banker magazine as one of the “Top 25 Nonbank Women in Finance”October 2009 and 2010.
Ms. Shank was also recognized by Essence magazine in its “2008 Power List;” by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the “50 Most Influential Black Women in Business” and as one of the “75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street.”
