Speakers
Scott Crockett is the founder and CEO of Everest Business Funding. He is a seasoned professional with 20 years of experience in the finance industry. Mr. Crockett’s track record includes raising more than $500 million in capital and creating thousands of jobs. Scott has founded, built, and managed several finance companies in the consumer and commercial finance sectors.
Rachael Schreiber helps lead CATALYST’s multistate government affairs practice nationally and leads the firm’s Texas office.
After two decades navigating government from the municipal to the federal level, Rachael has a unique blend of private and public sector experience making her an effective advocate and strategist. She previously served as vice president of government relations for one of the largest consumer specialty finance companies in the United States and led its professional teams across the country. Prior to more than a decade of lobbying on financial services issues, Rachael served at some of the highest level positions in the Texas State Capitol.
Mary Donohue is the Executive Director for the Revenue Based Finance Coalition (RBFC). Before joining RBFC, Mary worked as a government relations specialist for CATALYST Government Affairs. At CATALYST, Mary managed various client portfolios in areas ranging from a variety of financial services issues to foster care policy in many states across the country as well as in Washington, DC. Her prior work also consists of developing and managing the federal and state public policy strategies for the small business lending brands within Enova International (NYSE: ENVA) (OnDeck, Headway Capital, The Business Backer), including coordination with Enova SMB’s P&Ls, corporate support groups, third party consultants, and industry organizations. Mary also developed and led public policy promotion campaigns and built networks of trade associations, industry partners, and non-profit groups to support policies that help create and maintain access to credit over the internet for America’s small businesses.
A well-seasoned government affairs professional, Mary lived and worked in Washington, DC for over ten years with a significant amount of time spent at one of DC’s top federal lobbying firms, Polaris Consulting. At Polaris, Mary specialized in financial services and labor client portfolios and implemented various strategic objectives through Congressional outreach and research.
Mary holds a Masters in Public Administration and Policy from American University and graduated magna cum laude from St. Lawrence University with a double major in Government and Psychology. In her free time, Mary enjoys hanging out with her husband, Parker, who is a U.S. Naval Officer and former Fighter Pilot, and their two dogs Cosmo, a Dalmatian, and Comet, an English Setter as well as her off the track Thoroughbred, Mucho.
Shane Mahabir is the Founder and President of Funder Intel, a resource, education, media, and community platform for the business finance industry. Funder Intel offers visitors a way to increase their knowledge of the industry, network with others, find new providers, keep up with the latest news and trends, grow their brand, and more.
Shane started out in the alternative business lending industry in 2014 by joining a startup in Miami in the ISO Relations department. He moved on to other Funders working in sales and back into ISO departments in various roles.
He also worked for a broker company and then started his own before the pandemic hit. That’s when he decided to go down the path of building Funder Intel to help make a positive impact on the industry and solve problems.
Shane has written countless articles on alternative business finance, created multiple training courses, interviewed industry experts, and lead a mastermind group of experienced ISO owners.
Recently, Shane obtained an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise from LSU and has a BA in Business Management from UF.
Shane is a native Floridian who currently resides in Boca Raton, FL.
Diego is President and CEO of the De Sola Group, a Central American conglomerate with over 126 years of working and serving in remote business solutions (uassistme.com), real estate (proyectosdevida.com), coffee, and hospitality. In 2007, Diego co-founded Glasswing International (glasswing.org), a regional non-profit that designs and implements cross-sector programs that promote youth and volunteering in 12 countries. He is a fellow and moderator for the Aspen Institute, and in 2012, was selected as a YGL by the World Economic Forum. He serves on the Citi Private Bank Latin America Advisory Board and is an active member of the El Salvador chapter of YPO. Diego attended the Hotchkiss School, Cornell University, and NYU Stern School of Business. He currently resides between New York and San Salvador with his wife, Alexandra, and his three boys, Diego Xavier, Herbert, and Alejandro.
Darwin Andujar is the lead Business Development Manager for Everest Business Funding.
Before being named the lead Business Development Manager in 2019, Darwin was a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), working with both individual and corporate clients to help them identify and meet their financial goals. He also served as the AVP of operations for a Portuguese bank where he focused on supporting cross-functional teams to increase productivity and customer satisfaction.
Darwin earned a joint business management/international business degree from Florida International University with an emphasis on global market capitalization and operations management.
With over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, Darwin is dedicated to helping more business owners find growth opportunities and generate long-term value for their organizations.
