Stefanie M. Adams
Senior Vice President
Client Service & Marketing
Stefanie joined Peregrine in 2003 and is responsible for client service and marketing of Peregrine’s specialty equity strategies, with a primary focus on clients, consultants, and institutional investors in the Midwest and New England states.
Prior to joining Peregrine, Stefanie served as Director of Marketing for NorthShore Advisors. Previously she was a Principal of RBC Dain Rauscher Wessels responsible for advising management teams as to appropriate trading, asset management and hedging strategies.
Before joining RBC Dain Rauscher Wessels, Stefanie served as Vice President for Insight Investment Management (now Voyager Asset Management), Dain Rauscher’s asset management arm. While at Insight, she was responsible for developing and managing several of the firm’s institutional client relationships in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest regions. Stefanie began her career in the investment industry at Piper Capital Management, where she served as Manager of consultant relations.
Stefanie holds a BS degree from Georgetown University.
RuthAnn DeFrang
Senior Vice President
Client Service & Marketing
RuthAnn joined Peregrine in 2007 and is responsible for client service and marketing of Peregrine’s specialty equity strategies, with a primary focus on clients, consultants and institutional investors in the Western United States.
Prior to joining Peregrine, RuthAnn spent ten years at Piper Jaffray in an institutional sales role. Previously, she was a Regional and International Sales Manager for Varitronic Systems, a division of W.H. Brady where she was responsible for developing distribution networks both domestically and throughout Eastern Europe, Latin America and South Africa. RuthAnn has also been in a sales/client service role at GE Capital, W.W. Grainger and began her career with the ARA Refreshment Services, a division of ARAMARK.
RuthAnn holds a BBA from the University of Minnesota, Duluth and an MBA from the University of Minnesota – Carlson School of Management.
