Jim Cervantes

Jim rejoined the TNDC Board in 2019 following six years of service on the board in the late 1990s. Jim is a Managing Director with Stifel Nicholas in the firm’s Public Finance Department and has worked in the municipal finance field for nearly 34 years. He was an associate and partner with Stone & Youngberg for 25 years and served on that company’s board of directors until the firm’s sale to Stifel Nicholas. Prior to his work in investment banking, he earned his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Before attending Stanford, he worked with the Mission Housing Development Corporation as Property Manager and Finance Director.

In addition to Jim’s prior board service with TNDC, he served on the boards of the California Public Securities Association as board chair, the Coro Center for Civic Leadership-Northern California, and the College Preparatory School in Oakland as board chair. Jim is the 2007 recipient of the Jerry 1. Porras Latino Leadership Award from the Stanford Business School Hispanic Students Association. He received his Bachelor's degree from Harvard College and was a Coro Fellow in San Francisco after his graduation.