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We promise to work with you to create the most appropriate, innovative solution to your financial needs by listening; by involving only the most reliable and responsible lenders; and by applying all our expertise and creativity to deliver a product that precisely matches your requirements each and every time. You can trust Loofbourrow to partner with you to expand the realm of the possible.

John W. Loofbourrow
President

John Loofbourrow founded John W. Loofbourrow Associates, Inc. in 1980, and has specialized in institutional private placements for more than 30 years.

Prior to founding the firm, he had established the Investment Banking division of First Pennco Securities, where he and his staff structured and sold over $300 million in healthcare and educational financings. He began his capital markets career at Salomon Brothers Inc., serving as Director of the Computer Division and Vice President in the Institutional Bond Division.

Mr. Loofbourrow holds a B.S. degree in Engineering from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute and did graduate work at Case Western Reserve Business School. Mr. Loofbourrow is a National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Principal and a Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) Principal.

Scott T. Schauer
Managing Director

Scott Schauer joined Loofbourrow in 1998, and has over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry.

Before coming to Loofbourrow, Mr. Schauer was responsible for originating asset-backed purchases for Sumitomo Bank, Limited and its various Commercial Paper conduits. Prior to his experience at Sumitomo, he was with the Private Placement Group of Prudential Insurance, where he analyzed various types of asset-backed securities and developed risk and portfolio management tools.

Mr. Schauer holds a B.S. in Management from Saint John Fisher College and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at NYU. He is also a National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Principal.

Andrea J. Blattman
Managing Director

Andrea Blattman has over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry.

Prior to joining Loofbourrow, Ms. Blattman was a Director in the Private Placement Group at ING Barings responsible for transaction origination, structuring and distribution globally, and specifically focusing on Latin America. Before going to ING, Ms. Blattman was Vice President and Deputy Manager of the Asset-Backed Finance Group at Banco Santander, S.A., where she developed a substantial book of structured finance business in both commodity and esoteric asset classes. Prior to joining Santander, Ms. Blattman worked in the Mortgage and Asset-Backed Capital Group at Prudential Securities.

Ms. Blattman has a Bachelor of Science in Finance/Management from Binghamton University and her MBA degree in Finance/International Business from New York University's Stern School of Business. She is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). She is also fluent in conversational Spanish.

Brian Foley

Managing Director

Brian Foley specializes in the business aviation sector. Previously, Brian spent 20 years as Director at Dassault Falcon Jet, a major business jet manufacturer.

During this tenure Brian learned the idiosyncrasies of the industry from an insider's perspective, while developing numerous relationships in the business aviation and investment communities. It's from this experience and contract base that Brian is able to provide insightful services which are truly unique.

Recent engagements have included assisting an investor with market due diligence in the bid for Raytheon Aircraft Corporation, and helping a worldwide financial institution understand the corporate aircraft lending field. He also identifies companies in the business aviation industry that are for sale or seeking outside investment, and matches them to interested Wall Street private investment firms.

Foley has participated with the National Aircraft Finance Association (NAFA), the National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA), and is a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). On the Transportation Research Board (TRB) his opinions on business jet production rates including the VLJ Very Light Jet (VLJ) market are used by the FAA for traffic forecasts. He is a regular speaker at the annual SpeedNews Corporate Aviation Suppliers Conference, and also provides updates of the business jet industry to stock analysts and investors. Foley is a full member of the Wings Club.

His Career began at the Boeing Company in both engineering and marketing capacities for the commercial aircraft division. Mr. Foley holds a dual degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Syracuse University, as well as an MBA in Marketing from Seattle University. He is an instrument rated pilot. He is president of an affiliated company Brian Foley Associates.

 

David S. Wilson

Managing Director

David S. Wilson has over 25 years of experience in the automobile industry.

Prior to joining Loofbourrow, Mr. Wilson had been President, COO and CFO for several large automobile dealership groups.  He has been a trouble shooter for General Motors and Ford Motor Company, providing operational and strategic expertise to successfully turnaround several dealerships experiencing severe operational and financial problems.  Mr. Wilson was President and COO for a hedge fund  backed group of trouble automobile dealerships which he turned around and positioned for sale.  Mr. Wilson was also CFO for a large automobile dealer group in the Washington, D.C. market where he developed internal control and cost saving programs that have remained in effect for over 22 years.  Mr. Wilson has extensive experience in benchmarking, due diligence and by/sell agreements and is particularly knowledgeable about the ADP and Reynolds and Reynolds data processing systems.

Mr. Wilson has a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting/law from the University of Baltimore and has done post graduate work at several universities. 

   

Thomas A. Thompson

Managing Director

Thomas A. Thompson is a Managing Director whose 35-year business career includes experience in durable goods manufacturing, telecommunications, electric utilities, banking, financial services, professional services, consumer products, computer hardware, software, tourism, hospitality and aviation.

 Prior to his affiliation with Loofbourrow Associates he served a wide range of public and private sector clients as vice president of MDI Associates, LLC, a management and valuation consulting firm. Tom began his career at Arthur Young & Company, now Ernst & Young, in the firm's New York City office.  He then spent a decade with Garden Way Incorporated, where he filled an increasingly responsible series of financial accounting, planning and corporate development positions.  Later, he joined Enable Software as CFO and, subsequently, Bitwise Designs, now Authentidate Holding Corporation, as COO. 

Tom earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Hamilton College and an MBA from Rutgers Business School.  He is a licensed CPA Accredited in Business Valuation, a certified general real estate appraiser, and holds a commercial pilot license.  Tom is Managing Director of an affiliated company, Schwartz Heslin Group, Inc.

 

  Andrew Vickery

  Managing Director

Andrew C. Vickery is Managing Director at Schwartz Heslin Group, Inc. and Loofbourrow.  He has deep    experience in corporate, syndicated, structured, project and export finance, capital markets, and restructurings.  He manages a significant number of investor relationships and provides corporate finance and restructuring advisory services to a variety of clients.  Since 2003, he has been Managing Director of Schwartz Heslin Group, Inc., a financial advisory firm.  Prior to 2002, Mr. Vickery was a Director/Vice President with the Investment Bank of JP Morgan Chase and Co.  His last assignment with JP Morgan Chase was in Frankfurt, Germany heading a Corporate Finance team responsible for technology, media and telecom names.  Prior to that, he was based in Hong Kong and Singapore.

 He holds a Bachelors degree in economics from the University of Colorado.  He manages several private equity and distressed debt investment vehicles.  He also serves on a variety of corporate, charitable and advisory boards including Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, an $80 million endowment, on which he serves on both the Board of Directors and the Investments Committee.

Richard J. Kelly

Managing Director

ichard J. Kelly is a Managing Director with more than 27 years of experience in the financial services industry. Rich has advised on merger-and-acquisition transactions with over $4 billion in transaction value and has been involved in public and private debt and equity transactions that have raised approximately $1 billion.  Notable transactions that Rich has been involved with over his career have included representing National Bancorp of Alaska in its sale to Wells Fargo & Co., as well as initiating and representing Chittenden Corporation in its acquisition of Vermont Financial Services Corp. and the sale of Merchants New York Bancorp to Valley National Corp. In addition, Rich represented Household International in the sale of its banking charter to facilitate its sale to HSBC.

Prior to joining Loofbourrow, Rich began his career in 1979 as a financial analyst in the commercial banking and insurance industries at The First National Bank of Boston, before relocating to New York in 1982 to join Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. in as an associate in the BankWatch credit rating/advisory service, and was the first associate transferred to investment banking in 1984.  Subsequently, Rich was a Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking at M.A. Schapiro & Co., Inc. from 1991 through 1997, CIBC World Markets from 1998 through 2000, with later positions as a Managing Director Putnam Lovell NBF (2001 through 2003), Friedman Billings Ramsey & Co., Inc. (2003 through 2005), and SMH Capital, Inc. (2006 through 2008) as Head of Financial Services investment banking. Rich is a graduate of Amherst College in 1979 majoring in Anthropology and attended the Graduate School of Management at Babson College majoring in Finance. Mr. Kelly has been published in numerous periodicals and newspapers, and is licensed with NASD Series 7, 63 and 24.

Cynthia Brooks

Managing Director

Cynthia Brooks has worked in the Financial Services Industry for 17 years.  She is Founder and Director of BD  Capital Management LTD. located in London, England, an affiliate of John W. Loofbourrow Associates, Inc.  Ms. Brooks has been a Strategic Advisor to companies in the IT, Financial Services, Retail, and Telecommunications sectors.

Ms. Brooks worked for the Northern Trust Corporation as a Vice President and NASD Principal managing a six state team of Financial Planners engaging corporate and Key individual Trust business.  As a Vice President at the Harris Trust Corporation, she led a team of Financial Advisors to commence the distribution of Harris Institutional & Retail Fund Management.  Her career began as a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch and later as a Senior Financial Advisor at Harris Investors Direct, Inc.

Ms. Brooks has a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Western Michigan University.  She is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

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