About Us

Learn More About Us and Our Team

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The Security Traders Association of Florida serves as the local affiliate dedicated to professionals within the securities industry. Its primary objective is to enhance the ethical standards, business practices, and overall working environments of its members through its collaboration with the Security Traders Association.

STA is comprised of 26 Affiliate organizations, nationally and internationally, with a total of 4,200 professional trade industry members who are engaged in the buying, selling and trading of securities.

The Security Traders Association is committed to promoting the interests of its members throughout the global financial markets, providing representation of these interests in the legislative, regulatory and technological processes, while fostering goodwill and high standards of integrity in accord with the Association’s founding principle, Dictum Meum Pactum – “My word is my bond.

The Security Traders Association of Florida strives to provide the following:

Regulatory and Industry Updates

Keep members informed about pending rules, regulations and legislation and improve the standards and operations of the world’s securities markets

Career Networking

Help its members thrive in their careers by providing networking opportunities through meetings with other professionals with common goals and interests

Member Representation

Represent members by regularly communicating with STA, which collaborates with government, regulatory bodies, stock exchanges, and market participants.

Educational Opportunities

Offer members educational opportunities, including seminars, conferences with Continuing Education Credits, and training sessions via the STA Foundation.

Market Enhancement

Foster open and free markets to create mutual benefits for both members and investors, ensuring a fair and thriving trading environment.

Meet Our 2024 Officers

The Security Traders Association of Florida (STAF) is proud to introduce our officers for 2024. Leading us as President is Janice Morgan Hilsman from Raymond James and Associates. Serving as Vice President is Byron Mitson, also from Raymond James and Associates. Ted Barry from MCAP LLC takes on the role of Secretary, while James Augustyn from S3 serves as Treasurer. Together, they bring a wealth of experience and dedication to guiding our association towards continued success.

Byron Mitson

Vice President

Raymond James and Associates

Ted Barry

Secretary

MCAP LLC.

James Augustyn

Treasurer

S3

Meet Our Board of Directors

Scot Galvin

Robinhood Securities

Daniel Seidenstein

MCAP LLC

Brett Macleod

Spacetime.io

Michael Post

BXS

Liza Serro

Matrix Executions

Our Consultants

Ryan Kwiatkowski

StoneX Financial Inc.

Frances Proctor

Truist Bank

Allen Spence

Alpaca

Past Presidents

1980 – 1981

James Holoway

1982 – 1983

Dick Newberg

1984 – 1985

Mark Parnass

1986 – 1987

David Ginsberg

1988 – 1989

Mattew Padurano

1990 – 1991

Kim Rima

1992

Antonio Varela

1993

Reilly Rentschler

1994

Steve Bronson & Warren Shore

1995

Barbara Hoops

1996 – 1997

Jay Skolnick

1998 – 1999

Charlie McBride

2000 – 2001

Coletta Dorado

2002 – 2003

John Kelly

2004 – 2005

Gerard Mastrianni

2006 – 2007

Genemarie B. Eguilior

2008 – 2009

Joann Farrell Quinn

2010 – 2011

Peter Stark

2012

David Lewis

2013

Janice Morgan Hilsman

2014

Janice Morgan Hilsman

2015

Jacob Rappaport

2016

Jacob Rappaport

2017 – 2018

Ryan Kwiatkowski

2019 – 2023

Byron Mitson