Executive Management Team

Our Team

Capital Automotive

Roger Stattel

Chief Executive Officer

Roger Stattel joined Capital Automotive in 2016 as the Chief Financial Officer, after working with the Company since 2005 at its private equity investor. Prior to joining the Company, he was the Director of Finance at DRA Advisors LLC, an investment advisor specializing in real estate investment and management. During his eleven years at DRA, Mr. Stattel handled property-level financing for the company’s real estate investments as well as corporate level debt and preferred equity facilities, including those associated with two public-to-private leveraged buyouts. He was part of the team that worked on privatizing Capital Automotive in 2005 and oversaw the investment until the Company was sold in 2014. Before DRA, he was with the real estate practice at Ernst & Young.

Mr. Stattel graduated from New York University’s Stern School of Business with a MBA in Finance and Economics. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland in Accounting and Finance and is a CPA.

Daniel E. Garces

President & Chief Operating Officer

Dan is President & Chief Operating Officer at the Company with over thirty-one 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.

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Erica B. Powers

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Erica Powers joined Capital Automotive in 2000. She initially served as Assistant Controller, before promotions to Controller and then Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of the Company. As Chief Financial Officer, she manages all of the finance, accounting and financial reporting of the company. Prior to joining Capital Automotive, Ms. Powers served for four years as Controller of Fortress Mortgage, a start-up mortgage company owned by The Fortress Group, a roll-up of home builders. Prior to Fortress Mortgage, she was a Senior Accountant and Consultant within the Mortgage and Structured Finance Group of KPMG.

Ms. Powers graduated with a B.A. from Tufts University and an M.S. in Accounting from The American University.

Stephanie Rochel

Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer

Stephanie Rochel represents the company on a variety of complex matters. Prior to joining in 2018, she practiced commercial litigation with one of the top firms in construction litigation. Ms. Rochel handled contract negotiations, claim preparation, and complex multi-party ADR and litigation for both domestic and international disputes. In that role, Ms. Rochel presented oral arguments at the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Ms. Rochel earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, graduating cum laude. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School, magna cum laude. While earning her law degree, she was honored as a Dean’s Circle Fellow (top 10% of the class) and competed with the Barristers Trial Team. Ms. Rochel is admitted to practice in Virginia and certain federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States of America.

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