Derek Alexander has been an adjunct professor of law at Cardozo since 2016, where he teaches contract drafting to small groups through classroom discussion and detailed individual responses to weekly student writing.

Derek is head of legal for Stifel Financial’s Institutional Group, one of Stifel’s two divisions. Stifel offers individuals and institutions financial services, with annual revenues of five billion dollars and half a trillion dollars in client assets under management. Over more than a decade at Stifel, Derek has also been responsible for Stifel’s public reporting, acquisitions and major initiatives, such as Stifel’s commercial lending partnership with Korea Investment & Securities.

Derek is a member of the board of St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland and Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Sometimes referred to as the “Great Books” school, St. John’s offers a rigorous education in the liberal arts, mathematics and sciences through an all required curriculum of primary texts.

Derek lives in White Plains, New York. He received a Juris Doctor degree in 2008 from Harvard Law School, where he was an Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1999 from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland.