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.

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.
 

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.
 

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.
 

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 Bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University. 

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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