President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At
His Trump Tower Residence In New York
Arizona State Treasurer Jeff DeWitt, and chief operating
officer for the Trump campaign, speaks to press as he arrives in the lobby at
Trump Tower, November 15, 2016 in New York City. President-elect Donald Trump
is in the process of choosing his presidential cabinet as he transitions from a
candidate to the president-elect.
JEFF DeWIT QUALIFICATIONS
Jeff
DeWit was elected to his first term as Arizona State Treasurer on November 4,
2014. He took office January 5, 2015 as Arizona’s 33rd State Treasurer.
As Arizona’s Chief Banker and Investment Officer, Treasurer DeWit
oversees more than $13 Billion in state assets and serves as an investment
manager for local governments. Treasurer DeWit also serves as the Chairman of
Arizona’s State Board of Investment, and State Loan Commission. He also serves
as the State’s Surveyor General and is a member of the State Land Selection
Board.
Treasurer Jeff DeWit is a successful Financial Professional with
over 22 years of experience. He started his career in finance in 1992 at
one of the largest brokerage firms in the country, moving up quickly to become
one of Smith Barney’s youngest fully licensed Investment Professionals. In the
mid-90s Jeff became a Market Maker in financial futures contracts as one of the
youngest Full Members of the CME as well as a Full Member of the Chicago Board
of Trade.
In 1999, Treasurer DeWit started a company called ECHOtrade.
During his 14 years as CEO of their Phoenix headquarters, Treasurer DeWit
grew the company to over 500 licensed professional traders worldwide. Under
leadership of Treasurer DeWit, the company had a total volume in excess of a
billion shares traded a month. He developed/pioneered one of the first
software platforms that enabled market makers to trade off the exchange floor
reducing costs and creating efficiency, while producing some of the best
real-time financial risk management software and algorithms.
In the 2014 general election, Treasurer DeWit received the most
votes of any state-wide elected official in the history of Arizona with
1,063,472.
Treasurer DeWit has a degree in Business Administration with a
minor in Finance, and also has an accounting degree. He is married to
Marina, they have three daughters and reside in the Northwest Valley of
Phoenix.
