Scott Stevenson

Scott Stevenson

Managing Director, Public Finance Banker

Scott Stevenson began his career with Ruan Securities in 2006 as an analyst and has been promoted over the years to his current role of Managing Director at D.A. Davidson. His experience and background working on the underpinnings of a transaction from process management to quantitative debt structuring and revenue cash flow modeling give him an in-depth understanding of how to tailor a transaction to suit his clients’ needs. Scott’s extensive background working with various credit structures and market environments gives him a unique understanding of how to best model coupon structures, call features, security and amortization structures to match investor demand to his clients’ financing goals.

Scott works with a variety of municipal borrowers including cities, counties, school districts, health care institutions, colleges—both public and private—and rural water districts. He has experience with tax-backed debt structures as well as revenue cash flow financing and various collateral packages. His general market knowledge positions him well for a broad range of client types and debt structures.

Scott is very active in the Iowa market and leads D.A. Davidson’s public finance activity in Illinois. He has served as lead underwriter on an average of more than $100 million in debt issuance annually over the past five years.

Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance from Monmouth College.


Fixed Income Capital Markets of D.A. Davidson & Co.
515 E. Locust St., Suite 200
Des Moines, IA 50309
Office: (515) 471-2721
Toll Free: (800) 642-5082
Email: [email protected]