Why I Helped Found Women in Factoring
Twenty years in this industry taught me something I didn't fully appreciate until I was asked to help build this committee: almost every woman I know in factoring is self-taught.
We learned the business by doing it. We built our credit and risk instincts in the middle of live deals, not in a formal training program. We figured out portfolio management by managing portfolios, often without a mentor, without a sponsor in the room when promotion decisions got made, and without anyone saving us a seat at the leadership table. I've watched too many sharp, capable women build real expertise and still get passed over simply because no one was advocating for them when it counted.
That's the gap Women in Factoring is meant to close.
What the IFA Built with Us
The International Factoring Association recently helped us launch Women in Factoring as an official part of its organization, backed with real institutional support: a dedicated place within the IFA's structure, a platform to organize around, and a mandate to make this more than a networking mixer. The mission is straightforward. Connect women across the industry, at every level and background, and give them the tools, relationships, and mentorship to grow into leadership and ownership roles, not just stay employed in them.
I join as a founding member of the committee, alongside three women whose backgrounds tell you exactly why this group matters:
Kim Haller, VP of Growth & Strategy at Capital Depot, came up through accounting into transportation factoring and has held nearly every operational role along the way, from Account Executive to Director of Business Optimization.
Kait Martin, President of Dune Funding Group, moved from staff accountant to Financial Controller of a $300 million portfolio before stepping into factoring leadership.
Randi Villaverde, an independent financial services consultant with 15+ years across freight, staffing, agriculture, and government contracting portfolios, spent eight years building her foundation at eCapital, and another 6 years at high growth factoring startups before going out on her own.
Four different paths into the same industry, and the same conclusion: the women driving results in factoring have been doing it without a dedicated community built for them.
Where Freight Revenue Consultants Fits In
I'm joining this committee as President & COO of Freight Revenue Consultants LLC, and I'm bringing the company with me. This isn't a side project I'm squeezing in. It's core to why FRC exists in the first place. Part of our work is helping factoring companies grow and operate better, and I believe the industry grows fastest when the people running it reflect the talent actually doing the work. That means more women at the executive table, more women owning their own factoring companies, and more women getting there faster because someone opened a door for them instead of making them find it alone.
What We're Building
Through Women in Factoring, we're creating real infrastructure: networking events, mentorship pairings, educational programming, and peer-to-peer collaboration open to any woman working in or around the factoring industry, regardless of title or years of experience. Your role doesn't have to match a specific job description. What matters is showing up for other women.
My goal on this committee is simple. Get more women into the top seats of this industry, get them there faster, and make sure every one of them brings someone else up the ladder behind her.
If that resonates with you, I'd love to connect. Reach out through the IFA's Women in Factoring page or find me directly. This community is just getting started, and there's room for you in it.