The Siena Healthcare Finance team has a long and successful track record of working together to deliver financing solutions for healthcare companies and other service providers.
Scott is an asset based lending professional with more than 20 years of experience. Prior to joining Siena, Scott worked in business development and origination roles for Burdale and GE Commercial Finance, and underwriting roles at Fleet Capital and CIT.
Jennifer Sheasgreen
President Healthcare Finance
Jennifer has over 20 years experience in executive leadership in the healthcare finance industry spanning all areas, including de novo start-up, P&L responsibility, business development, operations, and audit and underwriting. Prior to co-founding Siena Healthcare Finance, Jennifer held leadership roles at several healthcare finance companies including CNH Finance, Triumph Healthcare Finance, Doral Bank, Marquette and GMAC. Jennifer is a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association with a concentration in accounting and finance.
Edward Kauffman
Managing Director
Healthcare Finance
Ed has over 20 years experience in healthcare finance, providing working capital for providers across the country. Prior to co-founding Siena Healthcare Finance, Ed was a top new business producer at various institutions including GE Finance, Marquette, CIT Group, Heller Financial Services, Triumph Healthcare Finance and CNH Finance. Ed attended SUNY Brockport and is a member of the Turnaround Management Association, Secured Finance Network, Association for Corporate Growth and Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Dan Whitwer
Managing Director,
Chief Risk Officer
Dan has over 20 years experience in asset based lending and over the last decade focused primarily on providing financing to middle market companies in the healthcare sector. Prior to joining Siena Healthcare Finance, Dan was a senior manager at Wells Fargo where he led a team managing a $1B portfolio of asset backed loans to healthcare companies. Dan is a CFA charterholder and holds a bachelor’s degree in business economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Jason Schick
Managing Director
Underwriting
Jason has 15 years of experience in the Public Accounting and Banking industries, with experience at institutions including JPMorgan Chase Bank, Burdale Capital, and CIT. Jason has experience structuring, underwriting and syndicating transactions.
Ashley Nelson
VP Western Region
Business Development Officer
Ashley has over 13 years of experience in Financial Services. Prior to joining the Siena Healthcare Finance team, she spent 12 years at BOK Financial in relationship and portfolio management groups with the last 7 years working directly in the Healthcare group. Ashley has experience in credit analysis as well as originating and structuring lending solutions for clients.
Daniel Carroll
VP Portfolio Management
Daniel has 28 years of accounting, operations, and consumer and ABL finance experience. Prior to joining the Siena Healthcare Finance team, Daniel was the VP of Portfolio Management at CNH Finance and Triumph Healthcare Finance. Previously, he was the Controller for First Consumers National Bank, which offered private-label Visa and Mastercard credit card products before becoming one of the founders of CarePayment, a self-pay patient financing solution. Daniel passed the CPA exam in the state of Oregon.
Stephen Gaut
VP Underwriting
Stephen has over 18 years of experience in healthcare finance, in both underwriting and audit capacities. Prior to joining the Siena Healthcare Finance team, Stephen was the VP of Underwriting for CNH Finance and Triumph Healthcare Finance. He has also held various roles at other finance institutions, and served as an audit manager at KPMG. Stephen is a CPA licensed in the state of Texas, and holds bachelor's and master’s degrees in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin.
Linda Kasian
VP Underwriting
Linda has over 20 years experience in healthcare finance, including underwriting and portfolio management positions in asset based lending and real estate. Prior to joining the Siena Healthcare Finance team, Linda was a VP-Bridge Underwriting at X-Caliber Capital and Underwriter at Gemino Healthcare Finance. Earlier in her career, Linda worked at regional banks in various capacities, including portfolio management, loan review, credit risk management and senior credit analyst.
Brendan Tully
VP New Business Originations
Brendan joined the new business originations team at Siena Healthcare Finance in 2023, covering the eastern U.S. out of New York. Before joining Siena, he was an Associate in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Deutsche Bank. Prior to that, Brendan was an Investment Banking Analyst with both Ziegler and Chesapeake Corporate Advisors, covering the healthcare sector. He began his career in finance as a field examiner with PNC Business Credit. Brendan received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Saint Joseph’s University.
Tracy Foster
Sr. Collateral Analyst
Tracy has over 15 years of documentation and operations experience and over 10 years healthcare ABL experience focused in collateral monitoring and loan operations. Prior to joining the Siena Healthcare Finance team, Tracy was the Loan Administrator / Credit Analyst at CNH Finance and Triumph Healthcare Finance. She previously spent time as Leasing Associate for US Bank Equipment Finance.
James Kame
Collateral Analyst
James has six years of experience in the Finance and Banking industries. Prior to joining the Siena Healthcare team, James was a Loan Administrator / Credit Analyst at CNH Finance. He previously spent time as a Licensed Relationship Manager at KeyBank.