Supporters
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, 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."
