Supporters
Foundation’s 2025 Campaign welcomes Individual Donations as well as Corporate Contributions
Thank you to the below 2024 supporters of the Secured Finance Foundation, where your contribution helped our Secured Finance community realize its positive economic impact and continue to educate and train aspiring individuals to become effective practitioners in the field of secured lending.
Individual Supporters
Individual - Foundation Fellow: $10,000 - $19,999
Robert Katz, CTP, CPA, MBA, EisnerAmper, in Honor & Memory of Martin I. Katz
Foundation Benefactor: $5,000 - $9,999
Barry Bobrow,
Regions Business Capital
Lawrence F. Flick, II,
Blank Rome LLP
Jeffrey K. Goldrich,
SLR Business Credit
Richard Gumbrecht,
Secured Finance Network
Stewart W. Hayes,
Wells Fargo Capital Finance
Jonathan N. Helfat,
Otterbourg P.C.
Wade M. Kennedy,
Holland & Knight LLP
Richard M. Kohn,
Goldberg Kohn Ltd.
Robert Meyers,
Republic Business Credit
Michael Monk,
Amerisource Business Capital
David W. Morse,
Otterbourg P.C.
Bobbi Acord Noland,
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP
Bethani R. Oppenheimer,
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jennifer Palmer,
JPalmer Collective
Andrea L. Petro,
Carob Financial, LLC
Foundation Patron $2,500-$4,999
Joe Accardi
William D. Brewer,
Winston & Strawn LLP
Tina Capobianco,
J D Factors LLC
John M. DePledge,
Valley National Business Capital
C. Edward Dobbs,
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP
Ian Fredericks,
Hilco Global
Betty Hernandez,
SLR Business Credit
Charles & Jane Johnson,
Secured Finance Foundation
Doug Jung,
Hilco Global
Jordan M. Klein,
Winston & Strawn LLP
Lawrence A. Marsiello
Michael W. Scolaro,
BMO Commercial Bank ABL
Michael D. Sharkey,
The Sharkey Family Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
Friend of the Foundation: $1,500-$2,499
Kelechi Adibe,
Sidley Austin LLP
Raffi Azadian,
Change Capital
William R. Bence,
Wingspire Capital
Bruce Denby,
CIBC
Leonard Lee Podair,
Thompson Coburn LLP
Peter York,
Ohio State University
Member of the Foundation $500-$1,499
Amy Barrentine,
Regions Business Capital
Elizabeth Buckley,
Alston & Bird LLP
Miin Chen,
Siena Lending Group
Lawrence Chua,
Ares Management LLC
Supremna Cole,
Wells Fargo Capital Finance
Ellen T. Cook,
Alter Domus
Daniel Ennis,
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP
Robert P. Grbic,
White Oak Commercial Finance, LLC
Kevin Harbour,
Oxford Finance LLC
Janet Z. Jarrett
Matthew Johnson,
J D Factors LLC
Terry M. Keating,
Access Capital, Inc.
Aliah Lalani,
Hilco Global
Donald B. Lewis,
Eastern Bank
Nneoma A. Maduike,
Holland & Knight LLP
Lauren Nadeau,
Gordon Brothers
Hamid R. Namazie,
Holland & Knight LLP
Kathleen Parker,
HYPERAMS, LLC
Greg Slowik,
Secured Finance Network
Henry Sosa,
CIT Northbridge
William A. Stapel,
Fifth Third Bank
Foundation Donor Up to $499
Seth Benefield,
Bank of America Business Capital
Tom Boniface,
Hilco Global
Bryan Courcier,
Hilco Global
Joe Creel,
Truist
Laura Kemper Glass,
Bank of America, N.A.
Dan Goll,
CIT
Siham Haddad,
J D Factors LLC
Ezra Hedaya,
Hedaya Capital
Betty Hernandez,
SLR Business Credit,
In Honor of Valerie Mason, Esq.
David and Sandra Kagen,
Kagen Family Charitable Fund
Tammy Kemp,
Garrington Financial Corp.
Jonathan Leopold,
Single Point Capital
Alexander McKeown,
Hilco Global
Adam Moss,
Bank of America Business Capital
Michael Parisi,
Alston & Bird LLP
David Phillips,
Far West Capital
Jason Schumacher,
Valley National Business Capital
Mignon Winston,
Great Rock Capital
Corporate Supporters
Platinum Members: $20,000-$24,999
Goldberg Kohn Ltd.,
Richard M. Kohn
Greenberg Traurig, LLP,
David B. Kurzweil & Bethani R. Oppenheimer
Holland & Knight LLP,
James C. Chadwick & Wade M. Kennedy
Otterbourg P.C.,
Jon Helfat & David W. Morse
Gold Members: $12,500-$19,999
Blank Rome LLP,
Lawrence F. Flick, II
McGuireWoods LLP,
Penny Zacharias
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP,
Marshall C. Stoddard, Jr.
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP,
C. Edward Dobbs & Bobbi Acord Noland
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP,
Seth E. Jacobson
Thompson Coburn LLP,
Leonard Lee Podair
Winston & Strawn LLP,
William D. Brewer
Silver Members: $7,500-$12,499
BMO Commercial Bank ABL,
Michael W. Scolaro
Buchalter,
Robert S. Gillison
eCapital Corp.,
Marius Silvasan & Steve McDonald
JPMorgan Chase Bank,
Jim Wells
Wells Fargo Capital Finance,
Stewart W. Hayes
White Oak Commercial Finance, LLC,
Thomas K. Otte
Bronze Members: $5,000-$7,499
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP,
John Ventola
CIT,
Michael G. Hudgens
Gordon Brothers,
Frank Grimaldi
Hilco Global,
Gary C. Epstein
MidCap Business Credit, LLC,
Steven Samson & William J. Black
PKF Clear Thinking,
Stuart Kessler
SLR Business Credit,
Jeffrey K. Goldrich
Truist Securities,
Ricardo Simon
Benefactors: $2,500-$4,999
Apple Bank,
Burt M. Feinberg
BDO USA, P.A,
Baker A. Smith
Chapman and Cutler LLP,
Daniel Baker
CIBC,
Bruce Denby
Dwight Funding,
Daniel Basloe
Encore Funding, LLC,
Joel Adelman
FTI Consulting,
Sean Harding
J D Factors LLC,
Matthew Johnson
Knight & Associates, LLC,
Tim Knight
KPMG LLP,
Andrea Pipitone Beirne
Latham & Watkins, LLP,
Jennifer B. Ezring
MidCap Financial Services, LLC,
Bradley S. Kastner
Phoenix Management a part of J. S. Held,
Michael Jacoby
Regions Business Capital,
Courtney Jeans & Amy Barrentine
SG Credit Partners,
Charlie Perer
Siena Lending Group,
David Grende
Southeastern Commercial Finance, a Renasant Bank Company,
Patrick B. Trammell
The Sharkey Family Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation,
Michael D. Sharkey
Valley National Business Capital,
John M. DePledge
Webster Business Credit,
Abby Parsonnet
Patrons: $1,000-$2,499
1STWEST Background Due Diligence,
Sue Bury
Access Capital, Inc.,
Terry M. Keating
AeroFund Financial, Inc.,
Stephen K. Troy
Amerisource Business Capital,
Michael Monk
Ares Management LLC,
Ryan Cascade
Axiom Bank, N.A.,
Michael D. Haddad
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC,
Sean M. Girdwood
Capital Foundry, LLC,
John Fox
Celtic Capital Corporation,
Mark A. Hafner
Cost Reduction Solutions,
Denise Albanese
Eclipse Business Capital,
Martin Battaglia
Edge Capital,
Meredith Leigh Carter
EisnerAmper,
Robert Katz and Craig Mann
Entrepreneur Growth Capital, LLC,
Dean I. Landis
Focus Management Group,
J. Tim Pruban
Haversine Funding LLC,
Stan Vukmer
Hovde Group, LLC,
Tim Stute
Legacy Corporate Lending LLC,
Clark Dexter Griffith
M&T Bank,
Albert Spada
McMillan LLP,
Jeff Rogers
Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP,
Marc Hamroff
Mountain Ridge Capital,
Craig Winslow
Oxford Commercial Finance,
Robyn Barrett
SFNet Atlanta Chapter,
Joe Massaroni
TD Bank,
Joseph F. Nemia
The Keystone Group,
Danielle Miller
Tiger Capital Group,
Michael McGrail
United Community Bank,
Caleb McFaddin
Vion Investments,
Stacey Schacter
Members: Up To $999
ALSoft Inc.,
Nancy Lee
Bank of America Business Capital,
Seth Benefield
Bank of America Business Capital,
Laura Glass
Cash Flow Resources, LLC,
Kevin Laborde
Jabez Group, LLC,
Kevin Adams
King Trade Capital,
Edward P. King
RSS Robert S. Sandler, LLC,
Robert S. Sandler
SLR Credit Solutions,
Cheryl Carner
Stewart Hayes, Managing Director, Wells Fargo Capital Finance
Prior SFFound Chair, current member of the SFNet Management Committee
"The Secured Finance Foundation is a great way to give back to our wonderful industry. SFFound supports so many things that positively impact the future of our industry: key industry data, recognition and leadership/growth opportunities for our rising stars, peer education, and many other meaningful initiatives."
Doug Jung, CEO/Sr. Managing Director, Hilco Diligence Services & Performance Solutions
"I support the Foundation because it promotes the growth and vitality of the ABL industry through education and other initiatives, ensuring that the industry grows and remains relevant, dynamic, vibrant and attractive to its members and market participants."
Betty Hernandez, Executive Vice President-Chief Credit Officer, SLR Business Credit
"I donate to the SFNet Foundation to ensure that programs such as the Emerging Leaders Summit and the 40 Under 40 Awards continue to recognize and promote our younger talent. These programs did not exist when I began my career and I want to make sure that they continue."