Auto Finance News is pleased to announce that Curtis Ash, chief financial officer at used luxury and collector vehicles financier Rizz Lending, will join a session on commercial financing at Auto Finance Capital Summit, taking place May 11-12 at JW Marriott in Nashville, Tenn.

  Curtis Ash

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Ash joined Rizz in September 2025 after 13 years at auto lender Avid Acceptance, where he most recently was president for a year after serving as CFO for nearly 11 years and was a financial controller and analyst prior to that, according to LinkedIn.

Rizz on April 1 closed a $300 million private warehouse facility with a large bank to fund originations, Ash previously told AFN. The funding marked the AI-powered specialty finance company’s second warehouse line since it began originating in November 2024, he said. Rizz originated about $50 million in 2025 with plans to quadruple originations in 2026.

Ash will join the panel “Commercial financing and capital optimization” on May 11 at 11:15 a.m. local time alongside:

• Jeff Gluntz, director of structured finance at Park National Bank;
• Robert Smith, managing director at Stifel; and
• Vadim Verkhoglyad, vice president and head of research at dv01.

Panelists will discuss:

• Lender access to diversified funding, including warehouse, floorplan, revolving facilities;
• Term versus revolver structures;
• Performance-based pricing and covenant trends; and
• Compliance impacts on treasury operations.

Auto Finance Capital Summit will provide an in-depth look at trends across funding, securitization and investment in the industry. Through networking opportunities, presentations and panel discussions, attendees will tap into key information to form strategies around capital stress testing, fraud mitigation and risk-based pricing.

Learn more about Auto Finance Capital Summit and register here.