Leonard P. Ponte
Chairman

Prior to co-founding All American Investment Group, ("All American"), Mr. Ponte served more than 26 years as a banking executive. He held the position of President/CEO of a community bank in the Chicago area. The Bank was the highest rated bank in DuPage County, and rated in the top ten of the approximately 400 banks in the Chicago area by Crain’s Chicago Business. The success of his bank was partially due to Mr. Ponte’s involvement in municipal leasing as an investment alternative for the bank’s portfolio. He originated and purchased municipal leases, and was instrumental in obtaining acceptance of lease assets from banking regulatory agencies.

In 1987, the Bank was purchased by Dutch-owned LaSalle National Bank.  Mr. Ponte served as Chairman/CEO of LaSalle Bank, formed by a merger of three banks. He introduced municipal leasing to LaSalle National Corporation and its parent, ABN/AMRO, and served as Vice Chairman of LaSalle National Leasing Corporation. During his banking career he was responsible for more than one billion dollars in municipal leasing assets without experiencing a single loss.  Mr. Ponte retired in 1999, and co-founded All American shortly thereafter.

Throughout his banking career, Mr. Ponte was active in community activities. He served as President of the Lisle Chamber of Commerce, President of the 100 Club of DuPage County, Director of the DuPage Hospice, Member of the Advisory Board of Illinois Benedictine College, President of DuPage County Banks’ chapter of the Bank Administration Institute, President of the Lisle Rotary Club, and chaired numerous civic fund-raising events.

Prior to his banking career, Mr. Ponte served in the United States Air Force for twenty years. He held flying ratings of Command Pilot and Senior Navigator. He flew more than 100 combat missions in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. He served overseas for almost 6 years of his career, and retired with the rank of Lt.Colonel.

Mark P. Ponte
President

Mr. Ponte has been in the tax exempt debt market for twenty years. Before joining All American Investment Group, ("All American"), he was the Senior Managing Director responsible for the tax-exempt investment banking area at ABN AMRO's North American headquarters in Chicago. In six years he expanded the bank’s fee income in this area from less than two million in 1991 to over fourteen million in 1997.

He was responsible for all investment banking staff, overseeing the direct origination, structure and placement of transactions as well as the purchase, securitization and sale of large portfolios of private municipal debt. 

Mr. Ponte was also directly responsible for ABN-AMRO's tax exempt securitization, which was a derivative product made up principally of fixed price, illiquid municipal leases which were pooled and credit enhanced.  The derived product was sold as tender option bonds. This product alone brought in two and one half million dollars to the Bank annually, in addition to the fee income on the origination and placement of leases.   His group also used their expertise to assist the bank in structuring bond derivatives for the treasury department.

In addition to the derivatives products, Mr. Ponte has worked on the structure and sale of nearly two billion dollars in privately placed municipal debt.  He has been called on many times to make formal presentations to investors, municipalities and industry colleagues.

Cheri A. Cattoor
Chief Operating Officer

Ms. Cattoor is Chief Operating Officer for All American Investment Group, ("All American"). She has over sixteen years experience in the municipal finance and investment banking industry focusing primarily on operations supervision. Prior to assisting in the establishment of All American, Ms. Cattoor served as First Vice President in municipal operations and special projects with ABN AMRO in Chicago and Denver.  Her projects included systems development and quality control, remote office establishment and operations policy development.  Before entering the municipal arena, Ms. Cattoor was a Certified Financial Paraplanner.  She is a member of the Government Finance Officers Association and Colorado Government Finance Officers Association and the Colorado Association of Nonprofit Organizations.

Bob J. Letchworth
Senior Vice President

Mr. Letchworth has worked since 1983 in the tax exempt debt market.  Before joining All American Investment Group, ("All American"), he was Managing Director for Anchor Fiscal Management, LLC, a firm he started that specialized in the development, structure, and placement of tax exempt transactions.  From 1991 to 1999, Mr. Letchworth was Senior Managing Director for ABN AMRO’s North American headquarters in Chicago and Denver.  Mr. Letchworth led a start-up operation into a division with annual fee income in excess of $16 million.  He was involved in transaction structuring, placement, and operations of non-rated tax exempt municipal obligations in excess of $1.5 billion sold on a private placement basis.  He was also responsible for business plan development and implementation, legal, contract administration, credit and underwriting, loan servicing, financial reporting and analysis, budgeting, and information technology.
Mr. Letchworth has also served in various capacities with state and local governments, including as Director of Finance for the City of Thornton, Colorado, where among other duties and responsibilities he was involved in the issuance of general obligation and revenue bonds, tax increment financings, special district bond issues, and lease purchase financings.  Mr. Letchworth has expertise in governmental investment portfolio management, budgeting, auditing, financial analysis, and operations.

Karen L. Keeler
Senior Vice President

Ms. Keeler joined All American Investment Group, ("All American") in 2002 as Senior Vice President focused on the origination of municipal and commercial finance transactions.  Since that time she has been responsible for the successful origination of over $200 million in lease and bond financings.  Ms. Keeler has expertise in all areas of equipment finance, and is recognized throughout the United States for her involvement in the energy services (ESCO) and modular building industries. Prior to All American, Ms. Keeler enjoyed professional affiliations with Baystone Financial Group in Manhattan, Kansas, the National Public Finance Division of ABN AMRO, and Banc One Leasing Corporation.  During her years of experience in the public finance arena, Ms. Keeler has been responsible for the development of national vendor programs, real estate projects and energy related project financings resulting in over $800 million in municipal, commercial and federal transactions.  In addition, she has co-authored performance contracting legislation in several states and is a member of NAESCO, the Energy Services Coalition and Rebuild Colorado. 

Ron L. Klein
Senior Vice President

Mr. Klein is Senior Vice President of All American Investment Group, (“All American") specializing in the development, structure and placement of tax-exempt and taxable transactions.  Mr. Klein has been involved in the public finance industry since 1987 serving in a variety of roles ranging from credit, syndication, business development/origination and department manager, and has been involved in the underwriting of over $2.0 billion in tax exempt and taxable transactions.  Prior to All American, Mr. Klein was Vice President of National Sales and Marketing for CitiCapital Public Finance (a division of Citigroup).  In this capacity for five years, Ron was responsible for staffing and managing all business origination (both tax exempt and taxable) and marketing activities for the Public Finance Division in the state and local government, 501 (c)(3) (public works, health and human services and private education), and industrial development bond segments.  For the five years prior to Citigroup, Ron held a similar position within the industry with GE Capital in their Public Finance Division.  Ron has served as an officer, board member and Chairman of the Association for Governmental Leasing and Finance and is an active board member for other non-profit corporations.

Judith E. Marshall
Senior Vice President

Ms. Marshall has specialized in municipal lease financing for over 20 years, concentrating on the origination of tax-exempt lease transactions, as well as the development of new vendor and lessee relationships.  She has built a solid reputation for her knowledge of municipal equipment and leasing, with emphasis on the fire services community.

Prior to joining All American Investment Group, ("All American"), Ms. Marshall was Vice President of Tatonka Capital, where she continued to establish a large number of municipal accounts with direct lessee and vendor customers in the Northeast.  She has also continued to develop and maintain a broad network of municipal vendors and distributors for major national manufacturers of municipal vehicles and equipment.

Ms. Marshall is a frequent speaker for city councils, boards of selectmen and aldermen, school committees, budget and planning committees and fire and school districts.  She is also an active member of the Fire Chiefs’ associations in all six New England states, as well as actively participating on both Boards of Directors of the New England Association of Fire Chiefs and the New England Division of the International Association of Fire Chiefs.

Janice A. Thoman
First Vice President

Ms. Thoman is First Vice President for All American Investment Group, ("All American"). She has worked in the municipal finance and investment banking industry focusing in contract administration since 1985. Prior to joining All American, Ms. Thoman was Assistant Vice President in contract administration with ABN AMRO in Denver, Colorado. Her responsibilities included documentation preparation and follow up and coordination of transaction fundings.

Anne C. Terrell
Executive Assistant

Ms. Terrell is an Executive Assistant for All American Investment Group, ("All American").  She has several years experience in the municipal finance and investment banking industry.  She has been involved in all aspects of transaction management and contract administration.   Prior to All American, Ms. Terrell’s investment banking experience was as an Administrative Assistant in the ABN AMRO Denver office.  Her responsibilities there included documentation preparation, and coordination of vendor customer service and payables.  Before entering the municipal arena, Ms. Terrell worked as a paralegal and an office administrator for various firms in Denver.