Leadership

John Donovan

EVP Corporate Development

As Lending Club’s EVP of Corporate Development, John is responsible for the development and launch of new products and strategic relationships.

John has spent much of his 20-year professional career with MasterCard International. He has held multiple Vice President positions at MasterCard, including managing product development for the MasterCard, MasterCard Electronic, Maestro and Cirrus brands and developing the MasterCard Global Services customer service infrastructure. John was more recently Chief Operating Officer and Chief Product Officer at FiftyOne Inc. and has also worked for JP Morgan Chase.

John has a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Economics from Long Island University and attended Columbia University’s Fundamentals of Management Executive Education Program.

Jack Cohen

Senior Vice President, Collections

As Senior Vice President of Lending Club’s Legal and Collections team, Jack Cohen oversees the company’s legal and collections operations with a focus on maximizing the effectiveness of our collections efforts.

Jack has spent most of his legal career in the financial services industry. He has held senior management positions in consumer and commercial finance, real estate lending and factoring. Jack has formed and managed in-house legal departments, overseen collections, litigation, transactional work, loan servicing, regulatory compliance, bankruptcy matters and workouts. Jack’s previous experience includes tenures as Vice President of Legal at Automotive Finance Corporation and General Counsel at ACC Consumer Finance (now HSBC Auto Finance).

Jack holds a BA in Psychology from Clark University and a JD from University of San Diego School of Law.

Visar Nimani

Interim CTO
Chief Architect

As Lending Club’s Interim CTO & Chief Architect, Visar is responsible for the overall architecture and design of Lending Club’s technology platform.

Before joining Lending Club, Visar spent the majority of his professional career building enterprise-level software with Oracle Corporation’s Server Technology Division. His early career was focused on Oracle’s SQL execution engine and Oracle’s XML database technologies. He later took the role of lead designer of Oracle’s Secure Enterprise Search product. Visar holds numerous patents in XML and Search technologies.

Visar is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Madison with degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Jason Altieri

General Counsel
Compliance Officer

As Lending Club’s General Counsel, Jason handles all regulatory and legal matters with an emphasis on securities and banking.

Prior to Lending Club, Jason was the General Counsel and VP, Partnerships for Corefino, Inc., an outsourced accounting solution and technology provider. Jason has also been a corporate partner for the international law firms of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. and Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP and he was an associate for over 9 years with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC.

Jason holds a BA in Economics from U.C. Davis, an MA in International Relations and Public Policy (China emphasis) from U.C. San Diego and a JD from The University of San Francisco School of Law.

Zhi Zhou

Vice President, Credit Risk

As Vice President of Credit Risk, Zhi manages the credit review, loan underwriting and risk mitigation systems.

Zhi brings extensive loan portfolio management and prime online lending experience from well renowned companies such as Chase Card Services, PeopleFirst and Capital One. At Chase, he managed credit risk and kept defaults low on a portfolio that grew by 1.5 to 2 million accounts per year. In addition, Zhi co-designed and implemented an instant credit process for Chase’s phone and web marketing channels (a first for the card industry).

Zhi holds a BA in Math and Economics from Lawrence University and a Masters in Economics from U.C. Davis.

Sam Kasle

Vice President, Retail Investing

As Vice President of Retail Investing, Sam is responsible for the acquisition, activation and account growth as well as the monetization of Lending Club’s retail investor base.

Before Lending Club, Sam ran product, marketing and operations for Inner8, a financial advisory disintermediation start-up funded by Mangrove Capital. Previously, Sam was the Senior Product Manager at Briefing.com, a real-time, equity market analysis firm catering to both retail and institutional traders and investors.

Sam has a Masters of Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management as well as a Post Baccalaureate Certification from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Scott Sanborn

Chief Marketing Officer

As the Chief Marketing Officer, Scott is responsible for connecting to Lending Club’s customers through advertising, PR, and the website.

Before joining Lending Club Scott was the Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer for eHealthInsurance, a publicly traded ecommerce company where he lead double digit growth in revenue and new customer acquisition. Prior experience includes various senior marketing roles including Chief Marketing Officer and interim president of RedEnvelope, Inc., an e-commerce and catalog retailer of upscale gifts, and Senior Vice President of Marketing for the Home Shopping Network, a television and internet retailer of consumer products.

Carrie Dolan

Chief Finance Officer

As the Chief Finance Officer, Carrie is responsible for Lending Club’s financial management.

Prior to Lending Club, Carrie was the Treasurer for The Charles Schwab Corporation, a leading provider of securities, brokerage, banking, and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors. Carrie also served as the Chief Financial Officer for Schwab Bank, a bank she helped launch in 2003.

Prior to Schwab, Carrie held a variety of financial positions at Chevron in financial planning and analysis, management reporting, accounting, credit and treasury. During her tenure, Carrie helped launch the Chevron Credit Bank, which offered proprietary credit cards, and served on its board of directors and as its Chief Financial Officer.

Carrie received both her finance bachelor’s degree and her MBA degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Chaomei Chen

Chief Risk Officer

As CRO, Chaomei is responsible for the risk management function and infrastructure enabling Lending Club’s portfolio of prime consumer credit.

Chaomei brings over 20 years’ experience in the banking and financial services industry holding roles including Chief Risk Officer at JP Morgan Chase Card Services for the WaMu portfolio and as Chief Credit Officer at Providian Financial Services. Her experience includes executive positions with Fleet Credit Card Services and PNC National Bank, and management positions with Citicorp, American Express and Household Credit Services. Chaomei has overseen the business and credit risk within portfolios totaling more than $20 billion.

Chaomei holds a BS degree in mathematics from Jiaotong University in China and has earned an MSE degree in mathematical science from The Johns Hopkins University.

Brad Pattelli

President - LC Advisors

As the President of LC Advisors, Brad is responsible for the management and growth of the LCA funds, the service and expansion of LC Advisors’ client base and the introduction of targeted credit-based investment products.

Prior to joining LCA, Pattelli was a partner at Angelo, Gordon & Co., a $23 billion alternative investment manager, where he co-managed the leveraged loan business. Before his time at Angelo, Gordon & Co., he held sales and analyst positions with Merrill Lynch and Salomon Brothers.

Pattelli holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Columbia University. Pattelli also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.