Sara Oberlies Brown

Sara Oberlies Brown has worked in municipal finance since 1996, beginning her career in Washington, D.C., lobbying for publicly financed affordable housing and moving into investment banking in 1997. Sara specializes in land-secured, tax increment, water/wastewater, and general government financings.

Since joining Stone & Youngberg in 2000, which was acquired by Stifel in 2011, she has helped structure and bring to market more than 350 financings totaling nearly $8 billion. Sara graduated from Syracuse with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics.

She received a Master’s degree in Public Management from the University of Maryland. She serves as the co-branch manager of the San Francisco office and is a member of the Public Finance Department’s Executive Committee. Sara maintains Series 50, 52, 53, and 63 licenses.