Foundation’s 2026 Campaign welcomes Individual Donations as well as Corporate Contributions

Thank you to the below 2025 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.

Betty Hernandez,
SLR Business Credit

Wade M. Kennedy,
Holland & Knight LLP

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

Tina Capobianco,
J D Factors LLC

Michael Coiley,
First Citizens Bank

John M. DePledge,
Valley National Business Capital

Ian Fredericks,
Hilco Global

Jason Hoefler,
BMO Commercial Bank ABL

Laura Lynn Jakubowski,
Goldberg Kohn

Charles & Jane Johnson,
Secured Finance Foundation

Doug Jung,
Hilco Global

Jordan M. Klein,
Winston & Strawn LLP

Guelay Mese,
BNP Paribas

Michael D. Sharkey,
The Sharkey Family Fund 
at The Chicago Community Foundation

Tim Stute,
Hovde Group, LLC

Patrick B. Trammell,
Southeastern Commercial Finance, 
a Renasant Bank Company

Jennifer Bernice Wallace,
Wells Fargo Capital Finance

Friend of the Foundation: $1,500-$2,499

Raffi Azadian,
Change Capital

William R. Bence,
Wingspire Capital

Bruce Denby,
CIBC

C. Edward Dobbs,
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP

Peter York,
Ohio State University

Mignon Winston,
Great Rock Capital

Member of the Foundation $500-$1,499

Joe Accardi

Amy Barrentine,
Regions Business Capital

Alister Bazaz,
Bank of America

William D. Brewer

Miin Chen,
Siena Lending Group

Daniel Ennis,
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP

Robert P. Grbic,
Bearbrook Corporate Advisors LLC

Frank Grimaldi,
Gordon Brothers

Janet Z. Jarrett

Janalee Johnson,
J D Factors LLC

Matthew Johnson,
J D Factors LLC

Terry M. Keating,
Donald J. Keating & Sons

Stuart Kessler,
PKF O’Connor Davies

Robert Love,
Flagstar Bank

Nneoma A. Maduike,
Holland & Knight LLP

Kurt R. Marsden,
Wells Fargo Capital Finance

Lauren Nadeau,
Gordon Brothers

Christopher Nommensen,
Camel Financial, Inc.

Kathleen Parker,
HYPERAMS, LLC

Rhett Bartley Rowe,
Bridge Business Credit

Paul D. Schuldiner,
Rosenthal Capital Group

Paul H. Shur, Esq.,
Becker & Poliakoff

Greg Slowik,
Secured Finance Network

James A. Snyder,
Sidley Austin LLP

William A. Stapel,
Fifth Third Bank

Christina Zielinski,
Great Rock Capital

Foundation Donor Up to $499

Stephen Beriau,
Eclipse Business Capital

Tom Boniface,
Hilco Global

Mike Bucha,
Hilco Global

Edward Chang

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Dolgow,
The Dolgow Family Charitable Account

Florence Kranitz 

Richard Edward Mount,
Rapid Re-Fi, LLC

Erin Simmons,
Haynes and Boone, LLP

Sandi Sorkin,
The Sandi Sorkin Charitable Fund

Henry Sosa,
CIT Northbridge Creditl


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

Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP, 
C. Edward Dobbs & Bobbi Acord Noland

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.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP,
Seth E. Jacobson

Winston & Strawn LLP,
Jordan M. Klein

Silver Members: $7,500-$12,499

BMO Commercial Bank ABL,
Michael W. Scolaro

Buchalter,
Robert S. Gillison

eCapital Corp.,
Marius Silvasan & Steve McDonald

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

GA Group,
David Seiden

Gordon Brothers,
Frank Grimaldi

Hilco Global,
Gary C. Epstein

JPalmer Collective,
Jennifer Palmer

Knight & Associates, LLC,
Tim Knight

Legacy Corporate Lending LLC,
Clark Dexter Griffith

MidCap Business Credit, LLC,
Steven Samson & William J. Black

PKF Clear Thinking,
Stuart Kessler & Joseph Marchese

SLR Business Credit,
Jeffrey K. Goldrich

Thompson Coburn LLP,
Leonard Lee Podair

Truist,
Chris Curtis

WhiteHawk Capital Partners, LP,
John Ahn, Robert Louzan & Harry Chung

Benefactors: $2,500-$4,999

1STWEST Background Due Diligence,
Sue Bury

Apple Bank,
Burt M. Feinberg

Assembled Brands,
Michael Lipkin

BDO USA, P.A.,
Baker A. Smith

Chapman and Cutler LLP,
Daniel Baker

CIBC,
Bruce Denby

Dwight Funding,
Daniel Basloe & Ben Brachot

Encore Funding, LLC,
Joel Adelman

FTI Consulting,
Sean Harding

J D Factors LLC,
Matthew Johnson

KPMG LLP,
Andrea Pipitone Beirne

Latham & Watkins, LLP,
Jennifer B. Ezring

McMillan LLP,
Jeff Rogers

MidCap Financial Services, LLC,
Bradley S. Kastner & David Moore

Phoenix Management a part of J. S. Held,
Michael Jacoby

Regions Business Capital,
Courtney Jeans & Amy Barrentine

Republic Business Credit,
Robert Meyers & Stewart Chesters

SG Credit Partners,
Charlie Perer

Siena Lending Group,
Miin Chen

SLR Healthcare ABL,
Thomas Schneider

Valley National Business Capital,
John M. DePledge

Webster Business Credit,
Abby Parsonnet

Wingspire Capital,
William R. Bence

Patrons: $1,000-$2,499

Access Business Finance, LLC,
Douglas L. McDonald

Access Capital, Inc.,
John Belling

Aequum Capital Financial LLC,
John Stanfield

AeroFund Financial, Inc.,
Stephen K. Troy

Alleon Healthcare Capital,
Leon Chernyavsky

Alston & Bird LLP,
Michael Parisi

Alterna Capital Solutions LLC,
Stan Carpenter

Amerisource Business Capital,
Michael Monk

Ares Management LLC,
Ryan Cascade

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC,
Sean M. Girdwood

Burr & Forman LLP,
Ed Snow

Capital Foundry, LLC,
John Fox

Carob Financial,
Aharon Tarnavsky & Andrea Petro

Celtic Capital Corporation,
Mark A. Hafner

Cost Reduction Solutions,
Denise Albanese

Eclipse Business Capital,
Martin Battaglia

Edge Capital,
Meredith Leigh Carter

Entrepreneur Growth Capital, LLC,
Dean I. Landis

First Bank,
Michael Maiorino

Focus Management Group,
J. Tim Pruban

Great Rock Capital,
Jenn Cronin

Haversine Funding LLC,
Genevieve Merritt-Parikh

Hovde Group, LLC,
Tim Stute

M&T Bank,
Albert Spada

Monroe Capital LLC,
Ted L. Koenig

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP,
Marc Hamroff

Mountain Ridge Capital,
Craig Winslow

nFusion Capital Finance,
Jason Lippman

Quasar Capital Partners Inc.,
Rob Hydeman

Rosenthal Capital Group,
Paul D. Schuldiner

SFNet Atlanta Chapter,
Joe Massaroni

SLR Credit Solutions,
Joshua B. Franklin

Solifi,
Michelle Lansdowne

TD Bank,
Joseph F. Nemia

The Keystone Group,
Danielle Miller

Tiger Capital Group,
Michael McGrail

United Community Bank,
Caleb McFaddin

Utica Leaseco, LLC,
Renate LaCroix 

Vion Investments,
Stacey Schacter

Members: Up To $999

ABLSoft Inc.,
Nancy Lee

Bank of America,
Alister Bazaz

Cash Flow Resources, LLC,
Kevin Laborde

Jabez Group, LLC,
Kevin Adams

Pasadena Private Lending,
Michael McAdams

RSS Robert S. Sandler, LLC,
Robert S. Sandler



 

 

Stewart-Hayes

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

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."


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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."