Our Experience

Staci D. Smith-Lantagne, AAMSTM
First Vice President/Investments

Education

  • Associate of Science, Business, Community College of Vermont

Licenses and Certifications

  • Series 7, General Securities Representative
  • Series 63, Uniform Securities State Agent
  • Series 66, Investment Advisor Representative
  • Life, Health, and Variable Insurance (including annuities)
  • Accredited Asset Management SpecialistTM 

Experience
Staci began her financial services career in 1992 with A.G. Edwards (a predecessor firm of Wells Fargo Advisors), serving as a Registered Sales Associate until 1999 and continuing on as a financial advisor in 2002.  

In 2009, she joined Stifel’s St. Johnsbury branch as First Vice President/Investments. 

Memberships

  • Town of St. Johnsbury Pension Committee – Committee Member 
  • St. Johnsbury History & Heritage Museum – Board Chair

Personal
Staci values her volunteer work and feels it a blessing to be able to give back to a community that has supported her both personally and professionally over the years.  Staci enjoys spending time with family and friends.  She and her husband, John, enjoy camping, off-roading, snow machining, and finding plausible excuses to take more road trips.  Their family is completed by Staci’s children:  Maeghan, Remington, and Tanner; John’s children:  Cooper and Gwendolyn; and their furry, four-legged puppy, Zoey. 

 

Deborah A. Williams, AAMSTM
Registered Client Service Associate

Education

  • Associate of Applied Science, Business Management, Delaware County Community College

Licenses and Certifications

  • Series 7, General Securities Representative
  • Series 63, Uniform Securities State Agent
  • Series 66, Investment Advisor Representative
  • Accredited Asset Management SpecialistTM Designation

Experience
Deborah began her financial services career in 1980 as an administrative assistant with regional brokerage firm Butcher & Singer, Inc. in Philadelphia.  She became a registered representative in 1981.  In 1988, she joined the investment firm of Rutherford, Brown & Catherwood, LLC and its affiliated company, Walnut Asset Management, LLC, in Philadelphia, where she was employed as a Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer. 

After relocating to Vermont with her late husband, Leigh, Deborah joined A.G. Edwards (a predecessor firm of Wells Fargo Advisors).  Deborah joined Stifel in 2009 as a Registered Client Service Associate.

Personal
In her free time, Deborah enjoys baking, quilting, crocheting, kayaking, and snowshoeing.  She treasures hosting her family and friends and sharing the region’s many offerings.  Her love of the beach will often find her visiting her brother at the Jersey Shore and in Florida.  Deborah’s home is ruled by each of her three feline children:  Emma, Molly, and Leigha.