ACG 101 Sept 23rd 2026 State of Private Credit Panel

Marianne S. Martin is a Corporate Finance partner at Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP, where she advises middle-market borrowers, private credit funds, family offices, and institutional lenders on sophisticated debt financing transactions. Her practice encompasses syndicated and bilateral financings, senior and subordinated facilities, fund finance subscription and warehouse lines, acquisition financings, asset-based lending, cash flow facilities, real estate-backed financings, and distressed and special situations, including workouts, restructurings and other bespoke transactions.  She frequently represents clients across a multitude of industries, including business services, technology, media and entertainment, healthcare, hospitality, industrials, and consumer products. She has been honored as a 2026 Woman of Influence: Finance by the Los Angeles Business Journal, as one of The Best Lawyers in America® for the past three years running, and as a Legal Visionary by the Los Angeles Times for the past two years.  She is also a member of her firm's Strategic Planning Committee and Ethics and Conflicts Committee.

J.P. Seminario is an investment professional at The Carlyle Group, where he focuses on sourcing and originating private credit investment opportunities for the firm’s Global Credit platform across a variety of industries, primarily in companies generating at least $20 million of EBITDA. Carlyle’s Global Credit platform typically provides commitments ranging from $100 million to more than $300+ million. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Seminario was a Managing Director at Silver Point Capital, leading private credit and special situations investments. Earlier in his career, he served as National Originations Head for PNC Business Credit’s Technology Finance Group, where he was responsible for sourcing, structuring, and executing more than 200 credit facilities to enterprise software companies. Mr. Seminario previously held roles at Wells Fargo Capital Finance’s Technology Group and at Ernst & Young LLP. He earned a B.S. in Accountancy and Finance from California State University, Northridge, and a Master of Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame.

Bob DeAngelis is a 40+ year veteran of the commercial finance and financial services industry, currently serving on the executive committee of Tiger Capital, and as the Group Head and Chief Investment Officer of Tiger Finance.

As a member of the Tiger Capital executive committee, DeAngelis is able to provide leadership and strategic guidance in continuing to help build the Tiger organization into a best-in-class financial services platform. In addition to his role on the executive committee, as the business line leader of Tiger Finance, DeAngelis utilizes his experience and understanding of capital markets to provide complex capital solutions to clients through a variety of credit-based products, including: secured loans, inventory consignment programs, junior secured credit facilities, and structured equity offerings.

As a further reflection of his entrepreneurial spirt and leadership, DeAngelis has been part of ownership and senior management teams that have launched four different successful start-up lending platforms, including Tiger Finance, Crystal Capital and Back Bay Capital. Additionally, DeAngelis was part of the ownership and management team that founded the private retail lending platform sold to Bank of Boston that eventually became Bank of America Retail Finance, still one of the largest and most successful retail lending platforms in the country.

DeAngelis began his career at Shawmut Bank’s asset-based lending group after graduating from the University of Connecticut’s School of Business. He is also a member of the Commercial Finance Association and the Turnaround Management Association.

Bobby Rice is a Principal at Sandton Capital Partners, a middle market special situations investment fund. Sandton targets complex situations and provides a broad range of debt and equity solutions for companies experiencing operational and / or financial difficulties. Since 2009, Sandton has executed transactions totaling approximately $3.0 billion across a diverse range of financial structures. Bobby manages both the Western US and Canadian practices for the firm and is responsible for the origination, structuring, execution and management of portfolio investments across a variety of industries. He received a BA from Wake Forest University and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. 

Managing Director at Summit Investment Management sourcing distressed commercial debt acquisitions (both C&I and CRE), DIP loans, 2nd lien loans and mezzanine loans. 25+ years banking experience involving line of business management, special assets, loan workouts, restructuring, commercial credit, ABL and management of $1.4 billion portfolio made up of real estate and C&I credits. I have the ability to leverage my experience of working with hundreds of companies, across many industries, to quickly determine the key drivers for the strengths and weaknesses of the business. Have worked with many customers that had both good and bad management teams so I have been able to see what strategies lead to success and which ones lead to failure. As a line of business manager was responsible for culture, budget, process improvement, technology solutions, writing policies and procedures, compliance, mentoring/staff development, staff of workout officers, inventory control managers and support staff. Extensive experience in negotiating, managing litigation, bankruptcy issues, attorneys and other outside contractors. Skilled at evaluating situations and implementing strategies to preserve and recover capital. Oversaw the integration of department during merger of two large banks with combined assets in excess of $80 billion and played key role in two additional integrations. Experienced in dealing with FDIC, OCC and state banking regulators. Also, panel member at IMN, TMA and other conferences and events. Commercial Finance and MBA degrees from University of Alabama.