John S. Spagnola
Managing Director

Email:

spagnolaj@pfm.com

Business Specialty:

Asset Management
PFM Advisor

Office:

Philadelphia
Two Logan Square
18th & Arch Streets Suite 1600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-567-6100
Fax: 215-567-4180

John Spagnola brings over twenty-three years of investment experience to PFM Advisors. In 1984 he began his career in the financial services industry working for the First Boston Corporation in New York and Philadelphia.  During this time, Mr. Spagnola worked in institutional sales and trading where he developed an in-depth knowledge of the capital markets, proprietary trading and corporate underwriting.

In 1992, with Michael Cosack, he co-founded Spagnola-Cosack, Inc., an independent investment consulting firm that serviced Public, Taft-Hartley, Corporate, Hospital, Endowment, and Foundation Funds.  Over a ten year period the assets grew to over $3.5 billion and in 2003 Spagnola-Cosack, Inc. was acquired by PFM, a financial advisory firm located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Spagnola’s duties include serving on the investment committee, overseeing marketing and client service and consulting with Public, Hospital, Endowment, and Taft-Hartley Fund Trustees.

A graduate of Yale University, Mr. Spagnola played professional football for eleven seasons, including nine with the Philadelphia Eagles and one year each with the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks. He also served as a player representative and executive vice president of the NFL Players Association.

Mr. Spagnola has taught a course on managing public funds for the Fels Institute of Government, at the University of Pennsylvania.