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Capital Automotive

Jay M. Ferriero

President & Chief Executive Officer

Jay M. Ferriero joined Capital Automotive in February 1999 as the Company’s Director of Acquisitions. Mr. Ferriero has forty-two years of experience in commercial, automotive dealership and real estate finance. Prior to joining Capital Automotive, from 1994 to 1999, Mr. Ferriero served as a First Vice President Loan Group and National Accounts Manager at Comerica Incorporated, a leading financial institution serving the automotive retail industry. At Comerica, Mr. Ferriero was responsible for managing the auto dealer lending offices in Florida and Illinois, and had nationwide responsibilities for managing multi-bank credit facilities for some of the largest auto consolidators. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Ferriero was Senior Vice President and Senior Lending Officer at Comerica Bank & Trust, overseeing all lending activities. Since 1980 and prior to 1991, Mr. Ferriero’s experiences included managing commercial loan processing operations, restructuring problem loans, and originating commercial and auto dealership loans. Mr. Ferriero serves as a member of the Business Advisory Council for the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where he is a graduate with degrees in Finance and Sociology.

Daniel E. Garces

Senior Vice President & Director of Acquisitions

Dan is Senior Vice President & Director of Acquisitions at the Company, overseeing investments in the U.S. and Canada. Dan has over twenty-nine years of experience in commercial lending and structuring creative financing alternatives through sale-leasebacks with automotive dealers. Prior to joining CARS in 2002, Dan was a commercial lender at LaSalle Bank in Chicago with a focus on providing credit to a wide array of financial institutions throughout the U.S. including: retail automobile finance, consumer finance, commercial finance, leasing, and mortgage banking companies. Prior to LaSalle, Dan was a lender in the National Dealer Services Group at Comerica Bank in Chicago. He managed a portfolio of dealer group relationships and provided floor plan financing, capital loans, mortgage debt, and other banking services to auto dealers throughout the Midwest. Dan is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago where he received a B.B.A. majoring in Finance with an Accounting concentration.

Direct: 703-394-1313

Chris M. Senkovich

Vice President of Acquisitions

Chris is a Vice President at the company focusing on acquisitions in the U.S. Chris has over seventeen years in the automotive industry in various capacities including retail sales management, indirect lending, and floorplan financing. Prior to joining cars, Chris was a Regional Director of Business Development for Chrysler Capital/Santander Bank focused on providing floorplan financing, capital loans, mortgage debt, and other banking services to Chrysler dealers and their affiliated franchises in the Western U.S. Chris is a graduate of Lee University in Cleveland, TN where he received a BS in Business Administration.

Direct: 703-394-1325

Alicia Thomas

Vice President of Acquisitions

Alicia is a Vice President of Acquisitions at CARS and has been in automotive dealership finance for nineteen years. During her tenure at CARS, she has held various roles including Portfolio Manager and Director of Credit. Prior to joining CARS, Alicia worked for Ford Credit as a Dealership Financial Statement Analyst, auditing dealerships throughout the U.S. and Canada, and Credit Analyst serving the southeast region and Ford Credit’s Major Accounts. She has also had commercial real estate leasing roles at CBRE and Northrop Grumman Corporation. Alicia is a graduate of Western Michigan University where she received a B.B.A majoring in Accounting.

Direct: 703-394-1320

Rita Bragg

Vice President of Acquisitions

Rita is a Vice President of Acquisitions at CARS, and has extensive experience in the automotive industry in various capacities including relationship management, indirect lending, floorplan financing, marketing, and sales experience. Prior to joining CARS, Rita spent 34+ years at Ford Motor Credit Company in which she held a multitude of positions. In her prior position as Regional Manager she was responsible for directing and managing a sales, dealer credit and originations team and the retail, lease, wholesale and loan portfolio for dealers in the Mid-Atlantic. Rita is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University where she received her MBA in Finance and Towson State University where she received her B.S. degree in Business Administration with a dual concentration in Management and Marketing.

Direct: 703-394-1318

Hunter Amacker

Assistant Vice President of Acquisitions

Hunter is an Assistant Vice President of Acquisitions at CARS, where he is deeply involved in relationship management, new business development, and creative deal structuring with dealers in the US and Canada. Hunter is also responsible for managing a portfolio of existing relationships with clients of CARS. He has experience in real estate and credit underwriting, and improvement and construction funding. Prior to joining CARS, Hunter was an Analyst in McLean, VA with the investment banking and valuation advisory firm Stout, in its Valuation and Financial Opinions practice. Hunter is a graduate of James Madison University where he received a B.B.A. majoring in Finance.

Direct: 703-343-4381

Jake Wisnicki

Acquisitions Manager

Jake is an Acquisitions Manager at CARS, where he is involved with client relationships, new business development, and transaction management. Prior to joining the acquisitions team, Jake spent four years on the portfolio management team where he managed the day to day needs of the portfolio from a legal, financial, and relational perspective, and led deal teams to ensure that property acquisitions and dispositions were conducted appropriately. Jake is a graduate of the University of Virginia – McIntire School of Commerce where he received a B.S. in Commerce concentrating in Finance and Management.

Direct: 703-394-1324

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