Celebrating our future, honoring our past

Inductees consist of our Lifetime Achievement Award winners, individuals who have made unique, significant, or lasting contributions to the secured finance industry throughout his or her career. Winners are inducted into the SFNet Hall of Fame during our Annual Convention. To learn more about the awards and the nomination process, visit our Hall of Fame-Lifetime Achievement Awards webpage.

 

2023 Inductees

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Patricia Burns
2023 Inductee, Primary Funding

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John Daly
2023 Inductee, CIT Trade Services

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William Drake
2023 Inductee, National Commercial Finance Conference (SFNet)

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C. Edward Dobbs
2023 Inductee, Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP

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David Grende
2023 Inductee, Siena Lending Group

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David Morse
2023 Inductee, Otterbourg P.C.

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2022 Inductees

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William Brewer
2022 Inductee, Winston & Strawn LLP

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Jack Butler
2022 Inductee, Birch Lake Holdings, L.P.

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Michael Coiley
2022 Inductee, CIT Healthcare Finance

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Mark Fagnani
2022 Inductee, PKF Clear Thinking

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Richard Jay “Dick” Goldstein
2022 Inductee, Buchalter

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Doug Jung
2022 Inductee, Hilco Diligence Services

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Stewart Hayes
2022 Inductee, Wells Fargo Capital Finance

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Marc Heller
2022 Inductee, CIT Commercial Services

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Dennis Levine
2022 Inductee, Bantry Bay

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Frank Medeiros
2022 Inductee, Sunrock Capital

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Joyce White
2022 Inductee, Bank of America Business Capital

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2021 Inductees

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Barry Bobrow
2021 Inductee, Regions Business Capital

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Bert Goldberg
2021 Inductee, International Factoring Association

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Bruce A. Sprenger
2021 Inductee, Fifth Third Business Capital

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Burton Abrahams
2021 Inductee, Walter E. Heller Company/Heller International

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David Kantes
2021 Inductee, Heller Business Credit

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Donald Clarke
2021 Inductee, Asset Based Lending Consultants

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Jerome S. Oldham
2021 Inductee, 1stWest Financial Corporation

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John Fox
2021 Inductee, Capital Foundry Funding, LLC

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Kathleen Z. Lepak
2021 Inductee, People’s United Bank

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Lawrence A. Marsiello
2021 Inductee, The CIT Group

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Mark Hafner
2021 Inductee, Celtic Capital

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Marshall Stoddard
2021 Inductee, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

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Michael Haddad
Michael Haddad
2021 Inductee, Sterling National Bank

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Michael Maiorino
2021 Inductee, People’s United Bank

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Richard “Dick” S. Gilbert, Jr.
2021 Inductee, Business Finance Group (Capital Source)

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Richard Madresh
2021 Inductee, Bank of America Business Credit

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Richard Mount
2021 Inductee, R&C Business Finance

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Robert Weisberg
2021 Inductee, Fleet Bank

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Ted Ettershank
2021 Inductee, Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance

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Theodore L. Koenig
2021 Inductee, Monroe Capital LLC

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William Kosis
William A. Kosis
2021 Inductee, PNC Business Credit

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William Stucky
2021 Inductee, William Stucky & Associates

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2019 Inductees
 

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A. Bruce Schimberg
2019 Inductee, Sidley Austin, LLP

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Andrea L. Petro
2019 Inductee, Waterfall Asset Management, LLC

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Bron D. Hafner
2019 Inductee, Celtic Capital

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Bruce H. Jones
2019 Inductee, Secured Finance Network

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C. Edward Dobbs
2023 Inductee, Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP

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Charles G. Johnson
2019 Inductee, Secured Finance Foundation

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David Grende
2023 Inductee, Siena Lending Group

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David H. Pendley
2019 Inductee, First Capital/American Business Finance

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David Morse
2023 Inductee, Otterbourg P.C.

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Deborah J. Monosson
2019 Inductee, Boston Financial & Equity Corporation

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Francis X. Basile
2019 Inductee, CIT Group

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Frank J. Donahue
2019 Inductee, Bank of New York

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Gail K. Bernstein
2019 Inductee, PNC Business Credit

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Gerald Blum
2019 Inductee, Trefoil Capital and Fidelcor

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H. Bruce Bernstein
2019 Inductee, Sidley Austin LLP

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Imre J. Rosenthal
2019 Inductee, Rosenthal & Rosenthal

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Irwin Teich
2019 Inductee, Fleet Capital

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Jack Hoekstra
2019 Inductee, Capital One Leveraged Finance

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James Talcott
2019 Inductee, James Talcott, Inc.

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Jerry Sandak
2019 Inductee, Rosenthal & Rosenthal

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John Daly
2023 Inductee, CIT Trade Services

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John Nickoll
John F. Nickoll
2019 Inductee, The Foothill Group, Inc.

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Jonathan N. Helfat
2019 Inductee, Otterbourg P.C.

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Joseph F. Nemia
2019 Inductee, TD Bank

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Leonard Machlis
2019 Inductee, Secured Finance Network

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LeRoy L. Kohn
2019 Inductee, Mercantile Financial Corporation

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Michael D. Sharkey
2019 Inductee, Fifth Third Business Capital

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Monroe R. Lazere
2019 Inductee, Lazere Financial

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Patricia Burns
2023 Inductee, Primary Funding

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Paul Goldstein
2019 Inductee, Allied Financial Corp.

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Peter Schwab
2019 Inductee, Wells Fargo Capital Finance

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Richard M. Kohn
2019 Inductee, Goldberg Kohn Ltd.

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Robert Miller
Robert A. Miller
2019 Inductee, Congress Financial Corporation

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Robert I. Goldman
2019 Inductee, Congress Financial Corporation

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Robert Sandler
2019 Inductee, Republic Factors/Accord Financial Corp.

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Scott Diehl
2019 Inductee, Wells Fargo Capital Finance

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Scott Mitchell, CFE, CIRA
2019 Inductee, RedRidge Diligence Services

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Sonny Monosson
2019 Inductee, Boston Financial & Equity Corporation

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Stephen C. Diamond
2019 Inductee, American National Bank

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Stephen L. Bakke
2019 Inductee, Manchester Commercial Finance

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Terrence Ullrich
2019 Inductee, J.P. Morgan Business Credit Corp.

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Theodore J. Kompa, Sr.
2019 Inductee, Agenta, LLC

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Walter E. Heller
2019 Inductee, Walter E. Heller & Company, Inc.

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Walter M. Einhorn
2019 Inductee, Sunrock Capital Corp.

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Ward Mooney
2019 Inductee, Crystal Financial

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William Drake
2023 Inductee, National Commercial Finance Conference (SFNet)

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William R. Davis
2019 Inductee, Congress Financial Corporation

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