Stacey Cunningham

Stacey Cunningham (born 1974 or 1975) is an American banker who served as the 67th president of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) from 2018 to 2022. She was the second female president of the NYSE, but the first to hold full leadership of the exchange. After interning with the NYSE during the 1990s, Cunningham became a trading floor clerk, continuing to work at the exchange until 2005. She took time off to complete a culinary training course, then working at the Nasdaq stock exchange as director of capital markets and head of sales for U. S. transaction services. In 2012, Cunningham rejoined the NYSE, and became the exchange's chief operating officer in 2015. On May 22, 2018, Cunningham was appointed president of the NYSE. In November 2018, she was listed in 100 Women. In December 2021, she announced that she would be stepping down from her role as NYSE president and joining the NYSE board of directors.