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Mark

Stephany

VP, EQUIPMENT FINANCE SPECIALIST

Email | 585.643.3230 | LinkedIn

Mark provides customized financing solutions for RBC Wealth Management clients.

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Mark’s mission is to guide RBC Wealth Management financial advisors and their clients and prospects through the benefits of using equipment financing as a tool to increase liquidity and strengthen their personal or corporate financial position. Every day he is excited to meet new people and collaborate on customized solutions that will help them thrive.

He has been in domestic and global financial services for over 20 years and has been at First American since 2015. Previously, he spent time as a financial advisor and also has held his Series 6, 7, 63, and 65 licenses. His experience makes it easy for him to understand a financial advisor’s perspective and the priorities and challenges that their clients face. Being referred from a financial advisor to a client is the highest honor for him, as they trust him enough to “let him into their book.”

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Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and K-12 Spanish from the State University of New York College at Cortland

Outside of Work:

He currently resides in Fairport, NY with his wife, Jen, 4 active kids, and a rescue pitbull named Tatum. He has been considered the "Kindergarten Soccer Coach" for the Fairport Soccer Club for his time running the Micro soccer program. He also ocassionally hosts pop-up concerts in his backyard with the Fairport Music Festival to raise money for the Golisano Children's Hospital.

Mark Stephany

VP, EQUIPMENT FINANCE SPECIALIST

Email | 585.643.3230 | LinkedIn

Mark provides customized financing solutions for RBC Wealth Management clients.

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Mark’s mission is to guide RBC Wealth Management financial advisors and their clients and prospects through the benefits of using equipment financing as a tool to increase liquidity and strengthen their personal or corporate financial position. Every day he is excited to meet new people and collaborate on customized solutions that will help them thrive.

He has been in domestic and global financial services for over 20 years and has been at First American since 2015. Previously, he spent time as a financial advisor and also has held his Series 6, 7, 63, and 65 licenses. His experience makes it easy for him to understand a financial advisor’s perspective and the priorities and challenges that their clients face. Being referred from a financial advisor to a client is the highest honor for him, as they trust him enough to “let him into their book.”

WHAT CLIENTS SAY...

MORE ABOUT MARK

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and K-12 Spanish from the State University of New York College at Cortland

 

Outside of Work:

He currently resides in Fairport, NY with his wife, Jen, 4 active kids, and a rescue pitbull named Tatum. He has been considered the "Kindergarten Soccer Coach" for the Fairport Soccer Club for his time running the Micro soccer program. He also ocassionally hosts pop-up concerts in his backyard with the Fairport Music Festival to raise money for the Golisano Children's Hospital.