Elyssa J. Kupferberg
Elyssa Kupferberg is a Director/Investments with the Private Client Group of Stifel. Elyssa previously worked with Barclays Wealth and Investment Management, Americas, as a Director/Investments in 2013 until Stifel acquired the unit in 2015. Prior to Barclays, she worked at BNY Mellon for 14 years, serving as Senior Sales Director and Senior Vice President/Investments. Before joining BNY Mellon in 1999, she was Vice President and South Palm Beach County Market Manager at Chase Manhattan Private Bank and a Regional Manager in the commercial/middle market lending division of Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. She began her career in the financial services industry in 1985.
Elyssa earned dual degrees in 1985 from the University of Pennsylvania – a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School and a B.A. in Communications from the Annenberg School of Communications. She also earned an MBA in Banking and Finance from Hofstra University in 1991. Elyssa holds her Series 7, 63, and 65 licenses.
Elyssa was named to
Forbes’ Best-in-State Women Wealth Advisors list in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and 2026;
Forbes’ Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and 2026; and
AdvisorHub’s Advisors to Watch list in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Active in the community, Elyssa is the past chair and campaign chair for Women’s Philanthropy, as well as executive board, board member, and foundation board member, for the Jewish Federation of SPBC. Elyssa is on the advisory board for Phyllis & Harvey Sandler School of Social Work, FAU, and a board member for the Israel Cancer Association. She is a member for the Greater Boca Raton Estate Planning Council, a committee member for JAFCO (Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options) “In My Shoes” Luncheon, and a committee member for Baptist Hospital “Go Pink” Luncheon.
Additionally, Elyssa is the recipient of the 2009 Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options Woman of the Year Award, 2010 ADL Community Service Award, the 2012 JCC Hanadiv President’s Award, the 2013 JFNA National Endowment Achievement Award, the AJC 2013 Woman of Valor, the 2016 Mitzvah Society Honoree for the Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation for the Federation, and 2018 Israel Bonds’ Businessperson of the Year Award.
Forbes’ Best-in-State Women Wealth Advisors and Best-in-State Wealth Advisors rankings are based on the 12-month period ending September 30 and June 30, respectively, of the year prior to publication and selected by SHOOK Research, LLC. AdvisorHub’s Advisors to Watch are based on the 12-month period ending December 31 of the year prior to publication. Each is selected from a pool of nominations as indicated in the methodology. The rankings may not be representative of any one client’s experience and are not indicative of the financial advisor’s future performance. For more information, see stifel.info/award-disclosures.