Eric Van Standifer is a Chief Executive Officer and founder of Blaylock Van LLC, one of the nation's premier minority-owned investment banks and financial firms that has served for over 30 years. As a financial services industry veteran, he has led the firm's growth from an equity research platform to one of the largest, longest-tenured, and most diversified financial firms on Wall Street.Under Eric’s leadership, Blaylock Van LLC has been able to work with Fortune 500 and reputable companies such as Apple, Citi, Alphabet, AT&T, Bristol Myers, Comcast, Ford, General Dynamics, IBM, Nasdaq, Qualcomm, T-Mobile, Toyota Motor Credit, Wells Fargo and many more.With over 40 years of experience in this industry, Eric combines proven market wisdom and precise execution throughout the firm's diversified banking solutions. He has helped clients achieve their financial, diversity, and inclusion goals. His firm helps increase diversity.Eric Standifer is also a Certified Public Accountant, a General Securities Principal, Registered Municipal Principal, and a Registered Options Principal.As a mentor, he guides the African-American youth and minority communities interested in the financial industry.Career highlights:- Provided a diversified platform of financial services, including global electronic equity and fixed-income sales and trading, quantitative and qualitative research, and capital markets platform that services some of the largest corporations and governments worldwide.- Under his lead, Blaylock Van has served as single, senior, co-senior, or co-manager on over 409 municipal financings totaling over $168 billion.- With his lead, Blaylock Van covered debt and equity underwriting, fixed income sales and trading, and financial advisory services, with over $1 trillion in debt issuance in 2021.- Worked as a broker for Merrill Lynch and Sutro & Co. for over a decade.- Served as President of the National Association of Midnight League, a non-profit organization designed to help youth identify and embrace positive opportunities. He also has a long-standing involvement with the CORO Foundation, which trains ethical, diverse civic leaders through his participation as a Program Manager.