George E. Stephenson, Vice Chairman
George Stephenson has over 30 years of experience as former Managing Director at Merrill Lynch in Institutional Sales. Prior to Merrill Lynch, George served in various positions at White, Weld & Co. Incorporated and G.H. Walker, Laird Incorporated. George has a B.A. degree from Colgate University and an M.B.A. from New York University Graduate School of Business Administration.
george@griffinsecurities.com | office 212.509.9500 | cell 908.256.5139
Donna Izzo, Director of Trading
Donna Izzo has been on Wall Street for over 30 years. She began her career working at Merrill Lynch Asset Management while attending Pace University, where she studied Economics and Finance. She spent nearly 20 years on the buy side working for such firms as Century Capital Associates, Martin B Perlman Associates, Zweig Dimenna Associates, and Spear Leeds Kellogg. After working on the buy side, Donna began a career on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange that included an NYSE seat with Mogavero Lee & Co. Inc., where she worked for six years. She worked with Doreen Mogavero and Jennifer Lee at a female-owned brokerage firm helping to develop a successful direct access business. Her floor trading career spanned 14 years in total. Her professional skills include trading of Equities, Options, and Derivative Programs.
dizzo@griffinsecurities.com| direct 646.442.1443 | cell 347.444.5860
Warren P. Meyers, Senior sales
Warren P. Meyers has over 30 years of Wall Street experience in his position of Senior Sales Trader at Griffin. Prior to joining Griffin in 2015, for most of his career Warren was a floor broker at the New York Stock Exchange in various positions. He started as a wire clerk for N.B. Camerman on the American Stock Exchange, moving to the NYSE where he was a wire clerk for H.J. Meyers & Co. He then became a floor broker for Atalanta Sosnoff Management Corp., a floor broker and partner at Walter J. Dowd, Inc., and a Managing Director at Illustro Trading, LLC. During his career at the NYSE, Warren handled the trading for many of the largest sell-side firms on The Street. In addition to his trading duties, Warren was also in charge of on-floor compliance at his last three positions. He has been a representative for the NYSE through many media outlets and has been quoted in many publications including Traders Monthly, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He is currently a contributor for CNBC and has appeared many times on various segments of CNBC broadcasts including Squawk on the Street, the Lunch Time Report, The Final Hour Wrap Up, and The Larry Kudlow show. Warren graduated from Deerfield Academy and received a B.S. in Business Administration from Pepperdine University.
wmeyers@griffinsecurities.com | direct 646.442.4255 | cell 917.825.3617