Richard Shuma

Dick Shuma joined Prairie Capital Advisors in 2016 and is a shareholder in the firm. He co-leads Prairie’s Capital Markets Practice. Dick’s work focuses on advising boards of directors, shareholders and management teams on capital structure strategy, financing solutions and ownership transition planning, including employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) transactions.

Dick is actively involved in the employee ownership community and frequently speaks at conferences and industry events including programs hosted by The ESOP Association (“TEA”), universities and other business organizations. Thought leadership topics include capital structure strategy, corporate finance, valuation, mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) and ESOP transactions. In addition, Dick serves on the Programming Committee of the Illinois ESOP Chapter.