Meet the team

Joel Banes

CEO

Stephen Bone

Managing Director, Whole Loan Trading

Jennifer Coltharp

Director of Lender Relations

John Hirt

Managing Director, Financial Strategies

Brian Swanson

Chief Operating Officer

Financial Strategists

Lisa Banes

Associate Financial Strategist

Marie Fitts

Financial Strategist

Ben Garvin

Associate Financial Strategist

Casey Goodwin

Financial Strategist

Daniel Gully

Associate Financial Strategist

Wagner Gurkin

Associate Financial Strategist

Jack Ihrke

Associate Financial Strategist

Matt Ihrke

FRM, Financial Strategist

Lee Olswanger

Associate Financial Strategist

Mario Ovelar

Associate Financial Strategist

Jack Paratore

Financial Strategist

Steven Shelton

Financial Strategist

Sam Wilson

Associate Financial Strategist

Trading

Hailey Atwill-Layrock

SBA Trader

Maddy Danziger

Whole Loan Analyst

Richard Fuchs

Managing Director, Socially Responsible Investing

Matt Monaco

Partner

Jim Tait

Managing Director, Mortgage-Backed Securities

Operations & Support

Kevin Bentley

Director of Compliance

Margaret Echols

SBA Settlements

Brandon Hamann

Marketing Coordinator

Carl Moerbe, CFA

Chief Strategist

Denise Omar

Human Resources

Nancy Raileanu

Director of Strategist Training and Support

Donna Reed

Settlement Specialist

Denice Susen

Director of Operations

Jonathan Wood

Programmer

Stephen Bone

Managing Director, Whole Loan Trading

A 24-year capital markets veteran, Stephen Bone has worked with some of the best fixed-income and loan capital markets firms in the country including FTN Financial, Morgan Keegan, Raymond James, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Bear Stearns.

After sensing a need for focused, analytics-based trading advice among his bank and credit union clients, Stephen founded Resi Consulting, LLC, a firm focused on providing fee-based loan capital markets advice to financial institutions across the country, and most recently he teamed with friend and colleague Joel Banes to found BCG Loan Trading, the whole loan trading desk at Banes Capital Group. Stephen lives in Oxford, MS with his wife and two daughters.

Education: B.S., Finance; M.B.A.; Arkansas State University

sbone@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5927

Jennifer Coltharp

Director of Lender Relations

Jennifer Coltharp brings more than 10 years of varied experience in the financial industry to her role as Director of Lender Relations at Banes Capital Group & Hanover Securities. She began her career in compliance and branch administration at Raymond James/Morgan Keegan and moved to Banes Capital Group, where she assisted lenders with the government guaranteed portion of their SBA and USDA loan holdings.

Jennifer is an active member of Junior League of Memphis.

jcoltharp@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5961

John Hirt

Managing Director, Financial Strategies

John Hirt leads the Sales team at Banes Capital Group and Hanover Securities, which has tripled in size and gross revenue during his tenure. Committed to product knowledge, he leads a daily sales call where he and traders communicate product knowledge and relevant market conditions. Strategists are expected to act as consultants to bank and credit union C-suite leaders, helping them optimize their portfolio. John leads by example with focus, energy, and excellence, and these traits he brings to and requires of the organization creates a professional environment for everyone involved. He sits on the Leadership Team of Banes Capital Group & Hanover Securities helping the companies grow to their full potential.

John has over 25 years of industry experience including his time as Managing Director and National Sales Manager for Raymond James. While there, he served on the senior management committee for the Fixed Income Capital Markets group. Prior to Raymond James, he was a Managing Director and National Sales Manager for Morgan Keegan. During the sale of Morgan Keegan to Raymond James in 2012, John served on the transition and integration team for the two firms. He was Morgan Keegan’s top producer in Institutional Fixed Income in 2011 and was one of the highest producing brokers in the history of the firm. John joined Morgan Keegan in 1996, having worked for two years prior at First Tennessee’s Bond Division, achieving top 20 status in his second year. John first started his career involved in M&A activity with WSGP and later Aurora Capital Partners in Century City, California.

Education: BS, Mechanical Engineering, Geneva College; EMBA, Emory University

jhirt@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5964

Brian Swanson

Chief Operating Officer

Brian Swanson was named Chief Operating Officer in 2020. He has 20 years of experience in information technology and administration. In addition to overseeing the company's business operations, Brian’s responsibilities include platform design, programming management, software and hardware decisions, troubleshooting and heading up all IT initiatives.

Brian is a co-founder and previous board member of Memphis Technology Foundation, as well as co-founder and steering committee chair of GiveCamp Memphis.

bswanson@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5959

Lisa Banes

Associate Financial Strategist

Lisa Banes joined our team in 2021 as an Associate Financial Strategist. She's been connected with the finance industry through friends and, of course, family. She has made a name for herself as a marketing and sales professional, having run her own business for over 20 years and has decided to share that expertise with us.

Education: BS, Memphis State University

lbanes@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5938

Marie Fitts

Financial Strategist

Marie Fitts joins us after a long tenure at Morgan Keegan/Raymond James. She advanced quickly from an entry-level operations position to vice president in fixed income sales platforms, using her diverse industry training and a combination of communicative, restorative, and analytical skill sets.

Marie has comprehensive expertise in fixed income securities operations, clearing, trading, management, and sales. Her diverse product knowledge includes US government and agency debt; US-denominated corporate debt, municipal bonds, and small business administration (SBA) pools, with an extensive background in mortgage-backed specified pools, To-Be-Announced (TBA) forward mortgage securities, pool information, and pool allocations.

Education: University of Tennessee – Martin

mfitts@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5934

Ben Garvin

Financial Strategist

Ben grew up in Nashville and is a recent graduate of Christian Brothers University. Ben was a four-year member of the Buccaneer Men’s Golf Team and served as Treasurer of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Xi-Eta Chapter. He enjoys playing golf, cooking, and almost anything that allows him to appreciate the outdoors. After an unconventional start to 2020, Ben Garvin joined the team as a Strategies Analyst. Through some time on the desk learning from the best, he graduated to now be a Financial Strategist and is now working even closer with his banks and credit unions.

Education: BA in Business Administration, Christian Brothers University

bgarvin@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5932

Casey Goodwin

Financial Strategist

Casey Goodwin joined the firm in 2018 and has shown a keen ability for helping banks and credit unions optimize portfolio yield with SBA and USDA government-guaranteed loans. Casey lives in Memphis and coaches youth football and basketball at Christ Methodist Church. As a retired first baseman at CBU, he keeps his skills sharp playing competitive softball.

Education: BS in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting, Christian Brothers University

cgoodwin@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5980

Daniel Gully

Associate Financial Strategist

Daniel Gully joined the team in a new role for 2020 after making himself invaluable in the Strategies group. He has a facility with numbers and an ability to unearth opportunities to optimize portfolio value. Daniel discovered an interest in capital markets while participating in the TVA Investment Challenge, a partnership between TVA and Christian Brothers University. Throughout his college years, Daniel worked for the Salvation Army Kroc Center of Memphis, ultimately growing into a leadership role before joining Banes to continue serving the community. He is interested in personal fitness and wellness.

Education: Bachelor's of Science; Finance, Economics, Christian Brothers University

dgully@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5923

Wagner Gurkin

Associate Financial Strategist

Wagner joined our team in early 2021 after a 7 year stint at FedEx. While there, he picked up accounting skills that he has brought to bear on the loan capital markets. He graduated from the University of Memphis in 2012 with a masters in accounting and holds a CPA license.

Being a big football fan, Wagner spends his off time being a season ticket holder at Alabama and goes to their games every time. Along with that, two of his biggest hobbies is hunting and travel. Whenever he and his wife get the chance, they hop on the road and go where the wind takes them.

Education: University of Memphis, MA of Accounting

wgurkin@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5981

Jack Ihrke

Associate Financial Strategist

Jack joined Banes Capital in July 2021 as an Associate Financial Strategist. His role includes working with banks and credit unions to help optimize their performance and to diversify their portfolios.

Before Banes Capital, Jack worked with the CEO of Husk Investments and Trading. Jack grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. During college he was a member of Ducks Unlimited, the Club baseball team, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, where he served as President. Jack spends his free time improving his golf game, watching sports, and reading.

Education: BS in Finance, Wofford College

jihrke@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5982

Matt Ihrke

FRM, Financial Strategist

Matt Ihrke has been a professional in the fixed income markets for 24 years. Beginning his career in Memphis, Tennessee, Matt traded over-the-counter Callable Agencies, and later Corporates, for Morgan Keegan. In 2003, Matt took an opportunity with RBC Dain to trade new-issue Callable Agencies before returning home to Chicago in 2005 to build out the Agency desk at Incapital.

As the business grew, Matt’s role transitioned into Risk Management of fixed income product groups including Agencies, Corporates, CMOs, MBS, and Structured Products, and he earned his Financial Risk Manager Certification (FRM) from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). Most recently, Matt has been consulting on the lending side of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Registered Investment Advisor space. He lives in Northbrook, Illinois.

mihrke@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5978

Lee Olswanger

Associate Financial Strategist

Lee Olswanger joined our team in September 2020. He started his career working as an analyst at UBS Group AG in Nashville, TN, where he assisted client advisors and portfolio managers. After a few years with UBS, Lee moved back home to Memphis, TN, to accept a position as a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch.
He is active in the community and serves on the board of several local organizations, including the Memphis Jewish Community Center and the Tennessee Chapter of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation.

Education: University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting

lolswanger@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5979

Mario Ovelar

Associate Financial Strategist

Mario Ovelar may be a recent addition to our team — but with years of experience in banking and insurance, he's well-versed in sales and the art of relationship-building. A former soccer and basketball player, Mario stays active in Memphis' adult leagues and volunteers his time in the community as a youth basketball coach. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and speaks fluent Spanish.

Education: Psychology, The University of Memphis

movelar@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5976

Jack Paratore

Financial Strategist

Jack Paratore’s sales experience began with municipal bonds, government agencies, and mortgage-backed securities. During his time at Morgan Keegan/Raymond James, he worked closely with Public Finance and the Investment Banking division selling proprietary CMOs with emphasis on credit tenant transactions. Jack also focused on taxable and tax-exempt municipal bonds for insurance companies and bond funds.He has supported investment bankers with new proprietary debt deals including CTLs, project finance, and construction-to-permanent deals; and hedge funds and money managers for whole loan packages.

Education: MBA in Finance, Long Island University; BA, Queens College of City College New York (C.C.N.Y)

jparatore@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5933

Steven Shelton

Financial Strategist

Steven Shelton joined Banes Capital Group with experience in both management and sales. He specializes in assisting institutional clients in managing loan-to-deposit ratios through the purchase of SBA and USDA government-guaranteed loans and pools with our affiliate firm, Hanover Securities. He works tirelessly to be the knowledge base for many of our team members, and is always learning more about the changing markets.

Education: B.S. in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting; MBA from Christian Brothers University

sshelton@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5967

Sam Wilson

Associate Financial Strategist

Sam joined Banes Capital in 2021 as an Associate Financial Strategist. His role includes working with banks and credit unions to help optimize their performances and diversify their portfolios.

Before Banes Capital, Sam worked in sales and support roles generating supply chain efficiencies for US domestic transportation and logistics customers. He also introduced, trained, and supported customers with industry specific software applications. Sam succeeded in building a reputation for thorough product knowledge and exceptional customer communication. Sam maintains his enthusiasm for soccer as a member of the Men’s Soccer League. He was a four-year collegiate soccer player at CBC, Gulf South Conference Champion 2012, 2014 NCAA Tournament participant, and 2015 All GSC First Team and 2015 D2CCA All-South Region Team.

Education: Christian Brothers University, Bachelor of Business Administration

swilson@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5983

Hailey Layrock

SBA Trader

Hailey Layrock is Hanover Securities’ senior SBA and USDA Trader. Before joining us at Hanover, she was at MassMutual Financial Group for 9 years in financial reporting, operations, and as a mutual fund accountant. Now, her specialties include government guaranteed loans and pool products. With over 15 years of experience in the financial industry, she brings a unique perspective to each institution. She coordinates with the sales team every day to ensure our clients get the most out of their investment strategies.

Hailey completed her Masters in Business Administration at University of Memphis, and prior a BSBA at Christian Brothers University.

With the current market-focus on socially impactful and CRA-positive accreditations, Hailey has become an expert in what loans and pools meet our investors’ needs. She’s become a vital part of our team with her creation of diverse pools and products. With us, she’s facilitated over $1 Billion in SBA Securitizations. Finance is the family business for Hailey: her father, the late Mark Atwill, was managing director of fixed income trading at SunTrust Bank.

Education: BS, Finance, Christian Brothers University; MBA, University of Memphis

hlayrock@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5971

Maddy Danziger

Whole Loan Analyst

Maddy joined our whole loan trading team after interning with us in the lender relations department, all during her final year of schooling. Her affinity for analysis, whether it be macroeconomic or loan level, and her will to understand others make her effective in understanding and meeting the needs of any financial institution. In her new role, Maddy coordinates with strategists, traders, and a variety of financial institutions active in the secondary market to facilitate whole loan and participation trades.

During school, Maddy remained busy by writing economic commentary for the Banes Capital Group website and working as a research assistant for her university's economics department.

Education: University of Connecticut, summa cum laude, BA in Economics, BA in Political Science

mdanziger@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5965

Richard Fuchs

Managing Director, Socially Responsible Investing

A 35-year history in fixed income sales has been focused for the most recent 20 years by specializing in CRA- Community Reinvestment Act- investments and tax credits. The goal has been to provide banks, insurance companies and mission related investors with unique solutions that complement regulatory guidelines and Socially Responsible Investing.

Rich spent 14 years at Sandler O’Neill + Partners in New York as Director assisting banks with their CRA obligations. He identified community-based ideas and was able to convert them to loans, investments, and tax credit products. He was able to complete many innovative tax credit financings for Low Income, New Market, Historic, and Solar projects.

Education: B. S. Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

rfuchs@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5913

Kevin Bentley

Director of Compliance

Kevin Bentley has spent most of his 30-year financial career in the securities industry. Prior to working with Hanover Securities, he was with Banes Capital Group as Director of Compliance and at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney as financial advisor and complex risk officer.

Education: B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Memphis, M.B.A. in Finance from Christian Brothers University.

kbentley@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5975

Margaret Echols

SBA Settlements

Margaret joins Banes Capital Group as Vice President of SBA Settlements, with 35 plus years of experience in the Fixed Income Capital Market and over 13 years in Banking. Her knowledge of Secondary Market products is widespread, she is versatile, self-motivated, creative, and not afraid of hard work.

Margaret strongly believes that life and family is priceless. She married in November of 1979, and her husband, to this day, is her best friend. They have six children and twenty-one grandchildren; birthdays, anniversaries, school activities, holidays, or any given weekend can turn into a big celebration planned or unplanned before, during and afterwards at their home.

mechols@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5936

Brandon Hamann

Digital Marketing Coordinator

Brandon Hamann joined the team as an intern in 2020. Since then, he’s helped us focus our marketing efforts and added a fresh voice to our brand. He spends his time compiling and updating digital and print collateral, and looking for new ways to tell our story.

Before moving to Memphis, Brandon spent more than seven years teaching, training, coaching and managing online organizations for veterans. He was awarded the Campus Compact President’s Student Civic Leader Award for volunteering in Washington State and inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success.

Education: BA, Integrated Strategic Communication (2023), Washington State University

bhamann@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5935

Carl Moerbe, CFA

Chief Strategist

Carl Moerbe has expansive financial experience and responsibilities in investments and system platforms like Bloomberg, Tradeweb, and Thomas Ho Company. He has provided management and execution for institutional investors ($200mm to $10Bln+), with an emphasis on U.S. Investment Grade Debt, product evaluation, analysis and recommendation, portfolio analytics, simulation modeling development, account consulting, interest rate risk management, and regulatory compliance. He has interacted directly with, executed for, and advised investors including money managers, individual/private Investors, depositories, state and local governments, foreign central banks, foundations and trusts, nonprofits, and insurance companies.

Carl advises accounts on asset allocation, investment products, and portfolio strategies. He has a long history with Morgan Keegan/Raymond James and is the Head of the Strategies Group at Banes Capital.

Education: University of Texas – Austin, BBA
CFA Charterholder 2003-Present

cmoerbe@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5968

Denise Omar

Human Resources

With more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry, Denise Omar brings her diversified knowledge of business to Banes Capital Group and Hanover Securities. She has contributed at Clayton Brokerage, Morgan Stanley and Banes Capital Group in branch administration and management, and now serves as Human Resources. Her myriad tasks are handled with the utmost precision and she sure can show how much she cares.

domar@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5916

Nancy Raileanu

Director of Strategist Training and Support

Nancy focuses on developing and implementing our sales and product educational sessions. Her goal is to improve the organization's product knowledge and selling skills and drive better processes and outcomes. As a long-term Marketer, she is focused on delivering positive ROI and an exceptional customer experience. She’s highly collaborative and works across different teams to design and sell plans to key stakeholders and follow up with crisp execution. She's marketed for quality brands like FedEx, Cooper Lighting, Art.com, Nationwide Insurance, Mimeo.com and IRIS Orchestra.

She is an integral part of making your experience working with Banes Capital Group and Hanover Securities a pleasant business experience. She's now moved to the Training and Support role, in which she assists John Hirt in the onboarding process, account management, and other crucial tasks on the strategies floor.

Education: BA, Colgate University

nraileanu@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5970

Donna Reed

Lender Relations Associate

Donna Reed has 25 years of experience in office administration and management. She is a dedicated Settlement Specialist with an eye for detail. Donna handles purchasing, accounts receivable and accounts payable.

Education: BA, Accounting

dreed@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5972

Denice Susen

Director of Operations

As Director of Operations, Denice brings a diverse background in international and domestic banking, including Hong Kong Bank in Seattle, WA. Her experiences provides a clear understanding of client needs and allows her to provide detailed loan settlements operational support.

Education: BS, University of Washington

dsusen@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5974

Jonathan Wood

Programmer

Jonathan has over 10 years of experience developing .Net applications for manufacturing, logistics, inventory control systems, and financial reporting. He also has a lifelong passion for software development. Jonathan helps the organization's leadership by understanding and translating business needs into software solutions. He works on critical systems that help the company and customers meet operational and settlement goals, within our high compliance standards.

Education: BS in Computer Science, BS in Psychology, University of Memphis

jwood@banescapital.com

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Education: University, Degree

email@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-59XX

Matt Monaco

Partner

Matt Monaco brings more than 25 years of experience in the government-guaranteed loan sector to his role, which he’s held since 2019. Primarily a trader, Matt has participated in loan settlements, pool securitizations, analytics, loan purchases, and sales. He has been instrumental in three start-up operations.

Education: B.A. in Economics and Business Administration from Rhodes College and an M.B.A. from the University of Memphis.

mmonaco@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5952

Joel Banes

CEO

Joel Banes is a seasoned SBA professional in Memphis, Tennessee with over 25 years of industry experience specializing in the management of fixed income securities, specializing in the SBA 7(a) and USDA market. He is the Founder and CEO of Banes Capital Management, LLC, and served as Managing Director of SBA Pooling and Trading for Shay Financial Services, Inc. for a decade.

He launched broker-dealer Hanover Securities in 2016 with long-time friend and business associate, John Hanover of Los Angeles. He trades SBA, USDA and FSA loans, SBA 7a pools, SBA COOFs as well as MBS's and other traditional fixed income products.

Education: B.S. from the University of Tennessee and studied at the Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania.

jbanes@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5951

Jim Tait

MBS Trader

Jim Tait is an icon in the MBS world, trading since 1981. Jim spent 27 years of his career as an MBS Trader/Managing Director at Morgan Keegan before the Raymond James/MK merger.

Jim’s daily Cherry Picks highlight the best of the bonds. His colorful financial commentary serves as a side of perspective for your morning coffee. As a subject matter expert on Mortgage-Backed Securities, he frequently shares his insights with his 2,000 LinkedIn followers. MBS are his main product line, but Jim also traffics in whole loans.

jtait@banescapital.com
Direct: +1 (901) 261-5963