MEET THE BOARD
Elliot Ganz - Head of Advocacy at LSTA
Linda Filardi - Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel-Lending: Commerical and Private Banking - Flagstar Bank
Elliot Ganz - Head of Advocacy at LSTA
Elliot Ganz is the Executive Director of the Business Loans Coalition and the Head of Advocacy at the LSTA.
Lee Shaiman
Linda Filardi - Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel-Lending: Commerical and Private Banking - Flagstar Bank
Elliot Ganz - Head of Advocacy at LSTA
Lee Shaiman has had 40 years of experience in the financial services industry as an investment banker, financial analyst, debt syndicate manager, portfolio manager and, for the past six years, the Executive Director of the LSTA. Prior to joining the LSTA, Mr. Shaiman was the CIO and Portfolio Manager for the liquid-credit business at Arro
Lee Shaiman has had 40 years of experience in the financial services industry as an investment banker, financial analyst, debt syndicate manager, portfolio manager and, for the past six years, the Executive Director of the LSTA. Prior to joining the LSTA, Mr. Shaiman was the CIO and Portfolio Manager for the liquid-credit business at ArrowMark Colorado Holdings, LLC, and Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager and Chairman of the Debt Funds investment committee at GSO Capital Partners, (renamed Blackstone Credit).
Linda Filardi - Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel-Lending: Commerical and Private Banking - Flagstar Bank
Linda Filardi - Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel-Lending: Commerical and Private Banking - Flagstar Bank
Linda Filardi - Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel-Lending: Commerical and Private Banking - Flagstar Bank
Lead legal coverage of the Commercial and Private Banking Groups, including Healthcare, Asset-Based Lending, Sponsor and Franchise Finance, Lender Finance, Fund Finance, Specialty Finance, Municipal Finance, and Private Banking.
Matthew Miller - Former Managing Director - Crescent Capital
Matthew Miller - Former Managing Director - Crescent Capital
Linda Filardi - Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel-Lending: Commerical and Private Banking - Flagstar Bank
Matthew was responsible for the $5B CLO business at Crescent Capital for 10 years. During part of that time, he was also the Chairman of the LSTA’s CLO Committee and was heavily involved in the LSTA’s ultimately successful efforts to overturn the CLO Risk Retention legislation, as well as other matters important to the Bank Loan and CLO communities.
Barbara Sherman
Matthew Miller - Former Managing Director - Crescent Capital
Barbara Sherman
Barbara Sherman has decades of experience as a leading lawyer in the corporate loan market with stints at Cahill, Citi, JPM and Goldman Sachs. Barbara previously served as Special Counsel to the LSTA.
Jeff Bakalar
Matthew Miller - Former Managing Director - Crescent Capital
Barbara Sherman
Jeff Bakalar spent over 35 years in the loan and banking industries. He was most recently the co-head, senior managing director and chief investment officer of the Voya Investment Management senior loan group. Jeff also served for many years on the executive board of the of the LSTA, including a stint as Chairman.