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TARIFF REBATES: FROM REFUND CLAIMS
TO REAL CASH
MODERATOR:
Harvey Gross - Executive Director, Northeast Chapter of IFA
SPEAKERS:
Peter Diakovasilis - Tax Principal, BDO USA
Neil Seiden - Managing Director, Asset Enhancement Solutions, LLC
Alex Sutton - Managing Director, Head of Research, Gordon Brothers
Lindsay Wardlaw - Founder & Principal Attorney, Wardlaw Trade Law
MAY 19, 2026 NETWORKING BREAKFAST PRESENTATION ON DEALING WITH
SETTLEMENTS WITH MCA
SPEAKER:
Michael Petrecca - CEO and Co-Founder, Rise Alliance
NYIC & NORTHEAST CHAPTER OF IFA
2026 ANNUAL FACTORING PROGRAM
PANEL 1: FACTORING EXECUTIVE PANEL
MODERATOR:
Bob Grbic, Bearbrook Corporate Advisors LLC
PANELISTS:
Martin Efron, White Oak Commercial Finance
Paul Schuldiner, Rosenthal Capital Group
Mark J. Simshauser, SLR Business Credit
Jeff Sirchio, Aurous Financial Services LLC
NYIC & NORTHEAST CHAPTER OF IFA
2026 ANNUAL FACTORING PROGRAM
PANEL 2: FINTECH, AI, AND E-COMMERCE
MODERATOR:
Denise Albanese, Cost Reduction Solutions
PANELISTS:
Alexander Kayfetz-Gaum, XEN
Jeffrey Knopman, Profit Solutions Group, Inc.
Robert Martucci, Rosenthal Capital Group
NYIC & NORTHEAST CHAPTER OF IFA
2026 ANNUAL FACTORING PROGRAM
PANEL 3: LEGAL PANEL
MODERATOR:
Paul H. Shur, Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.
PANELISTS:
Morgan Luchs, Goetz Platzer LLP
Jason Medley, Spencer Fane LLP
Michael Petrecca, Rise Alliance
JULY 23, 2024 NETWORKING BREAKFAST PRESENTATION ON THE ART OF NEW BUSINESS IN FACTORING AND ABL
SPEAKER:
Anne Roslin - VP of Accounts Receivable Financing, First Business Bank
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 NETWORKING BREAKFAST PRESENTATION ON DUE DILIGENCE FOR LENDERS
SPEAKER:
Denise Albanese - Business Development, Cost Reduction Solutions
APRIL 16, 2024 NETWORKING BREAKFAST PRESENTATION ON MCA UPDATES
SPEAKERS:
Stuart Wells of White and Williams LLP
and Marc Mellman of MCA Stacking Solutions
JULY 11, 2023 NETWORKING BREAKFAST PRESENTATION ON DEALING WITH A TROUBLED CLIENT
SPEAKER:
Ed Carduner - Managing Director, Wyse Advisors LLC
MARCH 21, 2023 NETWORKING BREAKFAST PRESENTATION ON FACTORING IN 2023
SPEAKER:
Stuart Rosenthal - President, Prestige Capital
JANUARY 17, 2023 NETWORKING BREAKFAST PRESENTATION ON BRIDGE FINANCING
SPEAKER:
Jeff Sirchio - Director of Operations, Aurous Financial
OCTOBER 18, 2022 NETWORKING BREAKFAST PRESENTATION ON INSURANCE
SPEAKER:
Harvey Topitz - President, Rivers Insurance Group
STAFFING INDUSTRY TODAY
MODERATOR:
James Cretella - Chairman of the Alternative and Specialty Finance Department,
Otterbourg P.C.
PANELISTS:
Stephen Leavenworth - Senior Vice President, BankUnited
Paul Mehring - Co-President, Access Capital
Robert Mocerino - SVP, Managing Director, Staffing and Government Originations, White Oak Commercial Finance
FEBRUARY 21, 2023 NETWORKING BREAKFAST PRESENTATION ON EQUIPMENT FINANCING
SPEAKER:
Michael Gallina - President, Triangle Equipment Finance, LLC
NOVEMBER 15, 2022 NETWORKING BREAKFAST PRESENTATION ON MCA STACKED FIRMS
SPEAKERS:
Marc Mellman - Managing Director, MCA Stacking Solutions
Stuart Wells - Counsel, White and Williams LLP
AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE NEW YORK DISCLOSURE BILL
SPEAKERS:
Stuart Wells - Counsel, White and Williams LLP
Dean Landis - President, Entrepreneur Growth Capital
HOW TO NEGOTIATE AND AVOID LITIGATION
MODERATOR:
Harvey Gross - Executive Director, IFA Northeast Chapter
SPEAKERS:
Marc Mellman - Founder, MCA Stacking Solutions
Jerome Reisman - Partner, Reisman Peirez Reisman & Capobianco LLP
2021 NYIC JOINT FACTORING PROGRAM WITH IFA, IFA NORTHEAST, IFA SOUTHEAST,
AND IFA SOCAL
Panel 1: Legal
This panel will cover factor risk, setting up the strongest litigation position, post- funding due diligence, and pre-litigation protections upon default.
Moderator:
Gary M. Krasna, P.A. - Owner, Krasna Law
Panelists:
Steven Kurtz - Partner, Levinson Arshonsky & Kurtz, LLP
Bruce Loren - Partner, Loren & Kean Law
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Panel 2: Lending
This panel will cover participations, over advances, lender finance, purchase order finance, and lending best practices.
Moderator:
Richard Simon - Member, Mandelbaum Salsburg
Panelists:
Raffi Azadian - CEO, Change Capital
Louis Barone - SVP, Head of Domestic C&I Lending, BHI
Harvey Friedman - Chief Operating Officer, Lenders Funding, LLC
Terry Keating - President, US Asset Based Finance, Accord Financial
Paul Schuldiner - Executive Vice President, Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc.
DETECTING AND PREVENTING FRAUD
MODERATOR:
Harvey Gross - Executive Director, IFA Northeast Chapter
SPEAKERS:
Marc Mellman - Founder, MCA Stacking Solutions
Jerome Reisman - Partner, Reisman Peirez Reisman & Capobianco LLP
IFA NORTHEAST CREDIT INSURANCE WEBINAR
MODERATOR:
Richard Simon - Partner, Mandelbaum Salsburg
PANELISTS:
Sami Altaher - Executive Director, FGI
Parker Freedman - President and Founder, ARI Global
Jenny Norris - Director, East Region, Meridian Finance Group
THE NEW YORK DISCLOSURE BILL
SPEAKER:
Stuart Wells - Counsel, White and Williams LLP
NAVIGATING DEFAULT: Maximize Recovery. Mitigate Loss
MODERATOR:
Harvey Gross - Executive Director, IFA Northeast Chapter
PANELISTS:
Martin Hali - Managing Partner, Core Vision Strategies
Joanne Pignataro - Director, Core Vision Strategies
Steven Samson - President, MidCap Business Credit
Michael Sullivan - Managing Director, Second Avenue Capital Partners
Aaron Todrin - President, Second Wind Consultants
FINANCING IN BANKRUPTCY
MODERATOR:
Richard I. Simon - Esq. Co-Chair, Banking & Financial Services Group, Mandelbaum Salsburg P.C.
SPEAKERS:
Raffi Azadian - CEO, Change Capital
Chris Carey - President and Founder, Chris Carey Advisors, LLC
Jeffrey M. Rosenthal - Member, Mandelbaum Salsburg
ARTICLE 9 FOR BUSINESS PRESERVATION
SPEAKERS:
Samantha Lesser - Attorney, Becker
Paul Shur - Shareholder, Becker
Aaron Todrin - President, Second Wind Consultants
A PRESENTATION BY HONORABLE
MICHAEL KAPLAN ON NEW BANKRUPTCY LAW
SPEAKER:
Honorable Michael Kaplan - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, District of NJ