Brian Richman is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Finance and the Director of the Hawkinson Institute, Iowa's undergraduate investment banking program. Mr. Richman spent more than a dozen years in banking, beginning his career at Lehman Brothers in New York and ultimately becoming a Partner and Managing Director at De La Rosa & Co., a California-based firm since acquired by Stifel. Mr. Richman's teaching interests focus on investment banking, private equity, public finance and related sectors.