Edye Sifonte was born and raised in New York City. She began her career at the New York Stock Exchange in 1980 as an Administrative Assistant in their Regulation & Surveillance Department. During her tenure there, she married and had a son. She then relocated with her family to Wilmington, Delaware in 1986 where she acquired a position at E.F. Hutton as a New Account’s Processor in their Consulting Services Division. After a year she was promoted to Supervisor of the Dept. wherein she managed the Operations/New Accounts Dept. In 1994 she was then promoted to spearhead a new department within that division – The Marketing Help/Service Desk. As a Marketing Liaison Representative when she was not manning the 800 number, she would travel across the country visiting retail branches and holding training seminars and symposiums for their Sales Assistants, Financial Advisors and Branch Managers to help familiarize the field on the variety of services and products offered through the Consulting Group. She helped set the precedence for how the department would function, including assisting in setting up the policies and procedures the department would follow. After 10 years with the Consulting Services Division, she again relocated her family to Orlando, FL to follow her son who would be attending College in Florida. She was able to retain her employment with the now Smith Barney and was recruited to work at a retail branch based out of Winter Park, FL as a Sr. Sales Assistant. She remained there for another 14 ½ years until Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley merged. In January 2012 after 24 ½ years with the firm she was laid off due to nationwide staff reductions throughout the firm. While looking for permanent employment she accepted a temporary position at Ameriprise Financial as a Sales Assistant/Para Planner for a Platinum Level Advisor in June of 2012 at which time she was recommended to a Branch Manager/Sr. Financial Advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network in Orlando, FL where she has been for the last 10 ½ year as the Operations/Administrative Manager specializing in handling all the Estate processing for the branch. She brings with her extensive operations, sales and marketing background. She is a dynamic and focused leader with a strong record in initiating and maintaining client relationships, developer/trainer and as an event planner.

Edye loves spending time with her family and in her spare time she enjoys ballroom dancing, interior decorating and gardening.