As a partner in Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP’s (MHH) secured lending, equipment and transportation finance group, Julia Gavrilov concentrates her practice on both the litigation and transactional sides of secured lending and equipment finance, a combined skill set seldomly found within the industry. Gavrilov has exemplified leadership both within MHH and in the equipment […]
Lisa Freeman is an exceptional leader who can motivate her team to be as productive as possible while earning their admiration and respect. At U.S. Bank, Freeman leads a group of strong performers with a keen focus on partnering with colleagues to exceed goals and drive results. She and her team continually go above and […]
Laquanda Franklin is a senior vice president of underwriting in asset-based lending and factoring with White Oak Commercial Finance, where she has worked for more than 13 years. Franklin’s primary focus is managing client relationships and servicing White Oak portfolio loans. She has built an impressive career at White Oak, starting from a training program […]
Melissa Forman is driving change in the transportation sector in multiple ways. First, as president at TriumphPay, she is bringing the trucking industry into the modern era by spearheading the company’s open payments network. The system integrates both the payor and payee into the same network and frees back-office professionals from repetitive processes so they […]
Tracy Foohey is a director with B. Riley Advisory Services and assists with leading the company’s consumer inventory appraisal group. In addition to client service responsibilities, Foohey has taken leadership of the firm’s internal learning and development, training and hiring initiatives. Her long tenure with B. Riley and experience enables her to provide insight and […]
Keri Findley demonstrated true leadership by pursuing and implementing her idea for a differentiated asset-based lender to venture-backed businesses. Launching Tacora Capital publicly in 2022 required a strong sense of conviction and determination, which allowed her to secure the capital needed to begin operations. Findley also recruited and staffed the emerging firm with the necessary […]
Qing Fan boasts more than 15 years of experience in global trade finance and asset-based lending. Since joining Raistone in 2021, she has contributed to the company’s 100% year-over-year revenue growth, which it expects to match in 2023. Prior to Raistone, Fan spent more than a decade at BNP Paribas, where she served as deputy […]
Kristi Faherty is a managing director and part of B. Riley Advisory Services’ senior leadership team. Faherty has played a critical role in the firm’s growth over the past several years and currently leads the food industry vertical within its appraisal division, its largest vertical in terms of volume. Regularly demonstrating excellence in her daily […]
Jennifer Buczek Ezring has led a key trend in asset-based lending during her more than a decade-long career with Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP. As private equity sponsors increasingly utilize asset-based loans as a key component of their financing packages for leveraged buyouts, Ezring’s experience in leveraged finance and private equity has uniquely positioned her […]
What intrigued Irene Eddy about joining Accord Financial was the company’s commitment to growth and client service. With the company focused on continually improving its products and processes, Eddy felt at home with the organization’s high expectations and lofty goals, joining the firm in 2019. From her start as senior vice president of capital markets, […]