Deborah Stavis is Chief Executive Officer and a pioneer in the wealth management advisory business with more than 35 years of experience. In 2009, Deborah founded Stavis & Cohen Financial (SCF), a Houston-based financial planning boutique with Eddie Cohen, a longstanding colleague, and the firm’s Chief Investment Officer. They currently serve over 200 families nationwide. Stavis & Cohen Financial has been featured in the Houston Business Journal, as well as a featured business in the Growth Strategies section of the newspaper.

SCF was selected in 2012 and 2013 as one of the best places to work by the Houston Business Journal, a distinction of which Deborah is proud. Deborah was a finalist for the 2014 Outstanding Women in Banking and Financial Services Award.

She has been featured in numerous publications including Forbes, Bloomberg, Houston Chronicle, Oil & Gas Investor and Investment News. Deborah has taught investment, retirement and estate planning at the Rice University Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies since 1984.She is also a member of Stavis & Cohen Financial Investment Committee and of the Greater Houston Community Foundation Council. Deborah is active in the Houston Women’s Energy Network. She serves the community as an Advisory Board member for the Rice University Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, Committee Member for the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, Member of the Board of Visitors for the University Of Oklahoma Weitzenhoffer Family College Of Arts.