Mr. Richard S. Dennen, also known as Rick, CPA has been the President of Commercial Finance at First Financial Bank, National Association (Hamilton, OH) since October 1, 2016. Mr. Dennen oversees the First Financial Bank, National Association's national lending businesses. Mr. Dennen founded Oak Street Funding LLC in 2003 and serves as its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President. He has over 17 years of knowledge in accounting, finance, business development and evaluation and deal structuring. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Tranex Credit Corp., where he structured and coordinated lines of credit, whole loan sale facilities and securitizations. He also held similar positions for a specialty insurance finance company, responsible for capital planning and raising, accounting, asset management and information technology. He served as Investment Manager at White River Venture Partners, LP. He served as a Partner for a venture capital firm and a Senior Manager of Deloitte & Touche, LLP. While with Deloitte & Touche LLP, Mr. Dennen worked on public and private companies as an auditor and consultant on securitizations, public offerings, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, valuations, Lean assessments for clients including General Motors, Union Acceptance Corporation, Bank One Corp., JD Byrider, Blue River Bancshares, Delco Electronics, Delco Remy, Interstate Credit Corporation and Enkei America. He serves as Director of Indiana CPA Society. Mr. Dennen served as Director of Tranex Credit Corp. Mr. Dennen is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.S. in Accounting from Indiana University and an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance, from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. He is licensed to engage in the business of insurance in the State of Indiana for Life, Accident & Health products.