Jeffrey Stafford, CFA, is director of equity research, North America, for Morningstar Research Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. Previously, he was a sector director for energy and utilities equity research. He has also covered agriculture, chemical, mining and healthcare companies at Morningstar.
Before joining Morningstar in 2007, Stafford was a financial analyst for an asset-management firm.
Stafford holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.