As LSTA’s operations expert, Ellen leads the development and implementation of key operational strategies and best practices that promote a more efficient, standardized, liquid loan market. She also evaluates proposed regulation for its potential impact on operations. In her role, Ellen chairs multiple LSTA committees and working groups (listed below), focusing on improving operational processes, identifying opportunities for market-wide standardization and promoting system interoperability and ecosystem integration. Ellen also oversees key LSTA tools, including the Cost-of-Carry (SOFR) Calculator and the Directory and Escalation Matrix.
Before joining LSTA, Ellen was president of ClearPar from its founding in 2000 until March 2006. Prior to that, she was vice president and senior counsel at Citigroup, where she advised the loan syndications, trading and sales desks, as well as the corporate banking origination teams. Her early career was spent as an associate at Winston & Strawn and as staff accountant in the audit division of Arthur Andersen & Co.
Ellen holds a B.S. in Public Accounting and Marketing, as well as her J.D., from Fordham University. She is a certified public accountant and a member of the New York State Bar.
