Advisory Board
Susan Ehrlich
Advisor
Susan is the rare executive with a successful track record in pioneering new markets, executing turnarounds, and scaling to revenue in payments, retail, banking, and financial technology across a diverse range of organizations.
She is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Center for Financial Services Innovation, the nation’s authority on consumer financial health, leading the effort to build better consumer products and practices for America’s underserved and underbanked. She has served on the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC, and the Board of Directors of Washington state’s BECU, the fourth largest credit union in the United States. “American Banker” magazine recognized her as one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance three years in a row (2009-2011).
Susan currently lives in San Francisco where she is Vice President, New Credit Initiatives for Lending Club. Before San Francisco could steal her back, she was in Seattle as General Manager of Amazon’s global consumer credit programs—including the Amazon Rewards Visa and Amazon Store Card in the U.S. and Amazon credit programs in Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan.
Prior to engaging her ‘warp drives’ in online consumer financial service space, Susan built and lead businesses that achieved both national recognition and results. She was President of Financial Services for both H&R Block Inc. and for Sears Holdings Corporation. Under her leadership, H&R Block’s Emerald Card received Consumer Reports #2 pre-paid card recommendation and Sears’ Kmart’s layaway program successfully relaunched into a $1+ billion business. She has also held key leadership roles in advising, developing and delivering payment and credit solutions for JP Morgan Chase, WaMu Card Services (Providian Financial), and Citibank.
Susan holds a B.A. from Brown University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. She is an avid golfer, wine enthusiast, and world traveller. She is also a founder of the Bruce Cass Wine Lab and Ehrlich Vineyards LLC in the San Francisco Bay area.
Credit Eureka is pleased and honored to have Susan join our Board of Advisers on trade credit insurance and other issues.
Tony Aloi
Advisor
Tony has solved a lot of problems for companies in his career. As a senior lending executive. As a team manager. He’s structured complex loans, helped service and manufacturing companies work through growth and unexpected changes in fortune, and built long lasting client relationships. He’s also applied trade credit insurance on multiple financing structures in a broad range of industries during his career.
Tony got his start in regional banking specializing in asset-based lending before joining Wells Fargo in 1993. He quickly rose through the ranks, taking on more responsibility and being recognized by Wells Fargo executives. He is a two-time recipient of Wells Fargo’s Golden Spoke award – its highest recognition for performance.
Tony’s knowledge of business credit markets runs deep. He has led an Asset Based Lending Group with total commitments of approximately one billion. He also served as Chief Credit Officer for Wells Fargo Trade Capital’s factoring business. Tony has managed offices in Boston, Montreal, and Toronto. He has a strong understanding of Canadian business practices and is a practiced hand in working the cross border credit markets. He has a track record of helping companies eliminate gaps in performance, realign corporate structure, and increase operating efficiency.
Tony is a graduate of Trinity College. He received his Masters of Business Administration from Boston University, with a concentration in commercial finance. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of the North Shore Community Development Coalition and actively involved with Habitat for Humanity. Tony is also a certified Business Counselor for SCORE’s Northeast Massachusetts Chapter. Tony and his family live in Boston and cheer for the Red Sox. Credit Eureka is pleased and honored to have Tony join our Board of Advisers.