Tim Russi, president of Auto Finance at Ally Financial Inc., will sit down for a fireside chat at the 2016 Auto Finance Summit, on October 6 in Las Vegas. At Ally, Russi is responsible for developing the strategy and driving the performance of the auto business. He has more than 30 years of business and financial services industry experience, having previously served in management and leadership positions at US Leasing (a Ford Financial Services company), Deloitte, DHR International, and Ernst & Young.
Russi’s fireside chat will be followed by a Leadership Roundtable. Duane Freeman, senior vice president of consumer vehicle lending and national sales executive at Bank of America Dealer Financial Services, and Rich Porrello, director of auto finance at Huntington Bank, will participate in the panel discussion.
Meanwhile, a distinguished lineup of government official will participate in a Regulators’ Roundtable table, later the same day. Calvin Hagins, deputy assistant director of originations in the Office of Supervision Policy at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Colin Hector, attorney in the Division of Financial Practices at the Federal Trade Commission, Steven Jones, director for retail credit policy in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and Jon Seward, deputy chief in the Housing & Civil Enforcement Section of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, will participate in the conversation.
Other speakers include:
- George Ewing, Director of Sales Strategy & Development, Flagship Credit Acceptance
- Mark Humphrey, Chief Credit Officer, Tidalwave Finance Corp.
- Chuck Jones, Head of Dealer Financial Services, SunTrust
- Joseph Pendergast, AVP Consumer Lending, Navy Federal Credit Union
- Colleen Poynton, Vice President, Core Innovation Capital
- Chas Roscow, Director, Vehicle Lending & Agent Banking, State Farm Bank
- Scott Schauer, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Risk Officer, Pelican Auto Finance LLC
The Auto Finance Summit, which will take place Oct. 5-7 at the Bellagio Resort & Casino, is presented by Auto Finance News, AutoFinanceNews.net, and Royal Media. The agenda consists of four tracks: Nonprime, Operations, and Technology.
