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Jennifer Villa

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Executive Director & Group Head at Ashland Place Finance LLC
📍 Malabar, Florida, United States

Jennifer Villa is the Executive Director & Group Head at Ashland Place Finance, a Davidson Kempner subsidiary specializing in aviation finance. A Princeton University graduate with over two decades of experience, she has a significant track record in aviation lending and risk management, previously overseeing a $22 billion portfolio at CIT.

Jennifer is a board member for Airlink, a charity connecting airlines with nonprofits for disaster relief. She is passionate about increasing female leadership in aviation finance, an industry where she has been a trailblazer, and is an active member of the International Aviation Womens Association.

She recently led her team to win the "Structured Finance Deal of the Year" award from Airline Economics for their inaugural ABS transaction.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Executive Director & Group Head
Job Level
Senior
Location
Malabar, Florida, United States
Personality Overview

How Jennifer shows up

Hard To Convince
Quality Focused
Fast But Analytical

They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service

Priorities

Topics Jennifer cares about

Aviation Finance
Leads a global lending platform for the commercial aerospace industry and has over 20 years of experience in aircraft leasing and banking.
Structured Credit
Her team's first aviation loan Asset-Backed Securitization (ABS) won a "Deal of the Year" award, and she intends to be a perennial issuer in the ABS market.
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Career

Work history

9-2021
Executive Director & Group Head
Ashland Place Finance LLC
7-2017 - 9-2021
President
Provident Aviation, LLC
9-2017 - 8-2021
President, Aviation Lending
CIT Bank
7-1998 - 6-2017
Chief Risk Officer & Senior Vice President - Commercial Air
CIT
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1993 - 1997
Bachelor’s Degree
Princeton University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Steadiness (S)

Steadiness (S) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to focus on cooperation, support and taking everyone along. Those scoring high tend to be consistent and calm.

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