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Lizzie Phillips Sanford
Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice President
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We provide investment banking, research, sales and trading, asset and wealth management, public finance, insurance, private capital, and family office services.
We are a family-owned financial services firm that values client relationships, long-term stability, and supporting the communities where we live and work.
The idea of family defines our culture, because each of us knows that our reputation is on the line as if our own name was on the door.
Our reputation as a leading independent financial services firm is built on the stability of our longstanding and highly experienced senior executives.
We are committed to corporate philanthropy; economic and financial literacy advocacy; and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Stephens is proud to sponsor the PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour, and PGA TOUR Champions careers, as well as applaud the philanthropic endeavors, of our Brand Ambassadors.
Stephens is the official investment banking partner of Williams Racing, one of the most winning teams in F1 history. We share that tradition of success.
We host many highly informative meetings each year with clients, industry decision makers, and thought leaders across the U.S. and in Europe.
Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice President
Lizzie Phillips Sanford is the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President for Stephens Insurance. In this role, she manages the firm’s technology, data analytics, and information management strategy.
Prior to joining Stephens, Sanford started Rock Analytics LLC, where she deployed her expertise in visual and data analytics to help companies build reporting systems. Her background in analytics was shaped by seven years of service to Keybridge, an economic and public policy consulting firm in Washington, D.C., where she was a Director. Before D.C., she worked for micro-finance organizations in India and the Philippines and completed a Fulbright research study.
Sanford holds a master’s degree in Public Affairs from Princeton University and a bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Studies from Rhodes College.