Dalena Welkomer

Dalena joined Raymond James in September 2025, as Managing Director in the firm’s newly established Naperville public finance office. She brings over two decades of expertise in public finance as a banker, advisor and analyst. She has assisted many Illinois issuers with their bond transactions such as the cities of Aurora, Champaign, Decatur, DeKalb, Peoria and St. Charles; the villages of Bedford Park, Downers Grove, East Dundee, Oswego, and Plainfield; the Forest Preserve District of DuPage; the counties of Edgar and Peoria, and the park districts of Champaign, Frankfort Square, Kewanee, Oswegoland and Waukegan. Her experience cuts across many types of financings including general obligation, special revenue, special district, water and sewer, tax increment, and pension bonds. She served on the Women in Public Finance Chicago Chapter Board of Directors 2022-2024, and is serving as Chair of the IGFOA Partner’s Forum and as a Regional Coordinator for the Downstate IGFOA Central Region. Prior to Raymond James, Dalena had a 21-year tenure at Baird. Dalena graduated magna cum laude from Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois where she received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with a minor in International Business and Economics. She holds Series 50, 52, 53, 54, and 63 licenses.