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Donna Locascio

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At a glance

Full Name
Donna LoCascio
Title
Managing Director; public and project finance professional
Firm
Stern Brothers & Co.; DJL Advisors
Firm Type
Independent, privately held investment bank / underwriter and broker-dealer
Target Company Profile
Public-sector issuers, municipalities, private companies, corporations, and nonprofit organizations seeking long-term financing for capital projects
Sector Focus
Municipal finance, project finance, infrastructure, industrial development, housing, healthcare, higher education, real estate, utilities, corporate finance, and equity capital markets
Geographic Focus
United States
Location
Huntington, New York

Background

Donna LoCascio is a public and project finance professional based in Huntington, New York. Her LinkedIn profile describes her as having experience analyzing, structuring, and executing public and project finance transactions, and lists DJL Advisors as her current affiliation.

Stern Brothers & Co.-related public listings identify Donna LoCascio as a Managing Director in Huntington, New York. The Bond Buyer reported that Stern Brothers opened a New York City office in 2013 and hired investment banker Donna LoCascio that year.

Stern Brothers & Co. is a certified woman-owned business enterprise and one of the few remaining independent private underwriters and broker-dealers in the United States. The firm says it has advised public and private decision makers on capital-project funding since 1917 and works across fixed-rate, variable-rate, tax-exempt, taxable, private placement, underwriting, advisory, and remarketing transactions.

Investment Thesis & Focus

  • No public source found verifies Donna LoCascio as an angel investor, seed investor, or venture-capital investor.
  • Her verifiable professional focus is public and project finance rather than startup equity investing.
  • Stern Brothers describes its approach as providing long-term financing solutions to “corporations, municipalities, private companies and non-profit organizations across America,” especially for infrastructure and industrial projects based on project cash flows.
  • Stern Brothers’ stated sector expertise includes housing, healthcare, higher education, infrastructure, real estate, and industrial development finance.
  • Stern Brothers’ corporate finance platform covers underwriting and distribution of corporate bonds, agency securities, preferred stock and hybrids, asset-backed securities, and sectors including agencies, autos, financials, healthcare, industrials, TMT, and utilities.

Notable Investments

  • No Donna LoCascio-specific angel investments or startup portfolio companies were found in public sources.
  • Stern Brothers transaction examples include serving as Senior Manager to the City of St. Louis, Missouri on $20.3 million General Obligation Bonds, Series 2023A.
  • Stern Brothers transaction examples include serving as Co-Senior Manager to Miami-Dade County, Florida on $448.64 million Seaport Revenue, Series 2023.
  • Stern Brothers transaction examples include serving as Co-Senior Manager to the Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority on $1.65 billion Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2024A.
  • Stern Brothers transaction examples include serving as Co-Senior Manager to the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas on a $631.305 million Series 2023B transaction for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
  • Stern Brothers transaction examples include serving as Co-Senior Manager to the State of Connecticut on General Obligation Bonds, Series 2023A&B.

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