Auto Finance News is excited to announce that Doug Marohn, chief executive at Edge Financial Services, will join a discussion on nonprime finance at Auto Finance Summit East, taking place May 11-13 at the JW Marriott Nashville.

  Doug Marohn

Marohn will speak on the panel “Nonprime in 2026: Risk management, resilience and the road ahead,” scheduled for Wednesday, May 13, from 9:35 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. local time.

View the full agenda here.

He will be joined by:

• Chris Goodman, president and CEO at OpenRoad Lending;
• Scot Hensel, finance director at Kunes Auto Group; and

• Jody Lambert, vice president of dealer services risk management at Anderson Brothers Bank.

The session will explore rising payment-to-income ratios, adjusting to lending company failures and title verification practices in a post-Tricolor environment.

Marohn, who was named CEO in March, has more than 32 years of experience in consumer finance. His previous roles include leadership positions at auto lender Nicholas Financial, floorplan lender FlexPath Capital, lender TMX Finance and lender Metrolina Credit.

Edge Financial Services is a Metairie, La.-based nonprime auto financier that purchases retail installment contracts from dealerships. It specializes in financing customers with limited or blemished credit files.

Auto Finance Summit East brings together industry leaders to share insights across sales, regulation, technology, macroeconomics and underwriting to inform strategies for the year ahead.

Learn more and register for Auto Finance Summit East 2026 here.