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Janette Bankston
Vertex Financial
8750 N. Central Expwy.
Ste. 900
Dallas, TX 75231
214-750-2354
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PRESIDENT.
Janette has worked as a Business Development Officer with Vertex
Financial for the past 15 years. Her experience in sales and
marketing spans 29 years with more than half in the factoring
arena. Her breadth of knowledge covers all aspects of factoring
transactions including operations, marketing, and business
development. In addition to the board of The Finance Forum,
Janette's past memberships have included the
Garland and Richardson Chambers, IFA, CFA and the Women's Finance Exchange.
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Genevieve Merritt
FACTOR SOURCE
4347 W. Northwest Hwy.
Ste. 12-332
Dallas, TX 75220
214-351-2882
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VICE PRESIDENT /
MEMBERSHIP.
Gen Merritt is a
consultant for the factoring and ABL industry. FACTOR
SOURCE emerged to meet the growing demands and needs of the
specialty finance industry, providing cost effective solutions
as an independent, strategic resource for factoring and ABL
companies nationwide. Gen graduated from the University of Texas at
Dallas with an Economics and Business degree and has worked in
factoring, asset-based lending, traditional banking, and
franchise factoring advising 45+ offices in the U.S. She has
been in the commercial finance industry for over 12 years.
In addition to the
board of The Finance Forum, she
is a board member of Women’s Finance Exchange.
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Charles Dowden
Comerica Bank
8828 Stemmons Frwy., Ste. 428
Dallas, TX 75247
214-589-4496
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TREASURER. Charles is currently a Vice President and business lender in the
Business Banking group of Comerica. Prior to coming to
Comerica, he was with Wells Fargo Bank for almost 5 years.
Charles has also worked in Asset Based and Factoring operations
with Allied Capital and evergreen for over 6 years. Prior to
this, he was a Corporate Controller for 15 years working for two
different manufacturing companies in the Fort Worth area.
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Frank Bonet
PNC Business Credit
2100 Ross Ave.
Suite 1850
Dallas, TX 75201
9214-871-1275
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EMERITUS. Frank is the Vice President, Business
Development Officer for PNC Business Credit.
Mr. Bonet has over 16 years of success and diversified experience
in commercial lending. Prior to PNC Business Credit,
Mr. Bonet held business development positions with Briar Capital
L.P., First Community
Financial, Spectrum
Commercial Services, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank. Mr. Bonet earned a Bachelor’s degree from Stephen F. Austin State
University. Mr. Bonet is a member of the Association For
Corporate Growth, Turnaround Management Association, Commercial
Finance Association and serves on the board of The Finance Forum.
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Paul Howell
Texas Capital Bank
2100 McKinney Ave.
Suite # 900
Dallas, TX 75201
214-932-6663
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EMERITUS.
Paul is a
Senior Vice President in the Southwest Corporate Banking
Division of Texas Capital Bank, a Dallas-based bank focused on
delivering financial solutions to middle-market companies and
high net worth individuals in Texas. He has nearly ten years
of experience in lending primarily to owner-managed and private
equity owned businesses.
Prior to joining Texas Capital, Paul served for four years in
the Dallas-Corporate Banking Group of Compass Bank. He earned a
bachelor of business administration in finance from Abilene
Christian University.
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Jo Ann Rogers
Ridium Capital, LLC
8213 Westwind Lane
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
817-320-1252
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E-COMMERCE / MARKETING.
Jo Ann Rogers is a free-lance
website developer. She has 10 years experience in website
and graphics development. In addition, she serves as
financial manager for Ridium Capital, a company owned and
operated by her husband, Kevin Rogers. Jo Ann earned a
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Scott Simmons
First Capital Corporation
10201 East Bankhead Hwy.
Aledo, TX 76008
817-441-2447
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GOLF TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN.
Scott is the Vice President of Business Development in Texas for
First Capital. Mr. Simmons is approaching 20 years of
non-bank commercial lending experience with companies such as
Chrysler Financial, ITT Commercial Finance and TEXTRON
Financial. As well as serving on The Finance Forum Board,
Scott is active in the D-FW and Houston chapters of The
Association for Corporate Growth, Commercial Finance Association
and Turnaround Management Association. A native Texas,
raised in the Panhandle, Scott obtained a B.B.A. in Finance and
Marketing from North Texas State University.
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Lindsay Barnes
American Factors Corporation
2323 Bryan Street, Ste. 2121
Dallas, TX 75201
214-969-9090
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MEMBERSHIP.
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Josh Steele
Euler Hermes
15301 Dallas Pkwy, Ste. 1060
Addison, TX 75001
972-581-0514
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SECRETARY.
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