Our Professionals

Lee White is a Managing Director and Co-Manager of the Higher Education & Nonprofit Finance Group of D.A. Davidson & Co. at its Denver Public Finance Headquarters. He has been in the investment banking business for 40 years and is responsible for underwriting over $11 billion of municipal bonds. Lee focuses on providing investment-banking services to higher education, independent school, and not-for-profit organizations as well as public power and renewable energy clients. He is a member of NACUBO and its regional affiliates. He was a Commissioner of the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education. He has developed an in-house computer model to evaluate both public and private college creditworthiness. Lee is a frequent speaker and seminar leader for NACUBO, WACUBO, CLE and NACAS. He previously served as Cabinet Officer and Executive Director of both the Colorado Office of State Planning and Budgeting (1981-82) and the Colorado Department of Administration (1979-80) and served as Executive Director for the City of Santa Fe Model Cities Agency during 1970 and 1971.

Lee participates in numerous professional and civic organizations, and has served as a Trustee of the Colorado Historical Society, the Greater Denver Corporation and is a member of the Colorado Forum and the Mile High Club. He was elected to the Denver Board of Education in 1996 and served for four years. He received a Master’s of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, a Master’s of City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.