John Archuleta

John D. Archuleta is a Director in Stifel's New Mexico Public Finance office in Albuquerque. Mr. Archuleta joined Stifel in 2019 through its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of George K. Baum & Company (GKB). He joined GKB in 1998 and has been involved in public finance in New Mexico since 1973.

Mr. Archuleta is responsible for municipal advisory and underwriting services for educational institutions, municipal and county general obligation bonds, and structured revenue debt issues. He has specialized in New Mexico financing and has performed underwriting and/or financial advisory services for counties, cities, school districts, state universities, special authorities and the state. In the last five years, he has structured and managed more than $2 billion of municipal obligations for a variety of issuers throughout the state of New Mexico.

Additionally, Mr. Archuleta has extensive experience in legislative matters and was instrumental in the drafting and passage of legislation affecting the issuance of revenue bonds for counties and the Education Technology Equipment Act. He continues to work closely with the state legislature.

Mr. Archuleta holds a BBA from New Mexico State University.