LM Funding America, Inc. announced the appointment of Marty Traber to the Company?s Board of Directors. Mr. Traber, who previously served as a director for the Company from 2015-2021, replaces Todd Zhang, who is retiring from the board. Mr. Traber is currently the Chairman of the Skyway Capital Markets Group, where he oversees the organization?s strategic planning and growth, building on more than 40 years of experience in securities law and corporate finance.

He is also a former partner of the international law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP, in Tampa, Florida, where he served in the firm?s Transactional & Securities and Private Equity & Venture Capital practices and was a member of its Technology Industry team. He is a founder of HCI Group, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed company headquartered in Tampa that engages in various business activities, including homeowners? insurance, reinsurance, real estate, and information technology where he also served on Its board from 2006 ?

2018. From 2012 to 2013, he also served on the Board of Directors of Exeter Trust Company, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He also joined the Board of Directors for Mad Mobile in March 2019.

A founder of NorthStar Banking Corporation in Tampa, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of the bank holding company from 2007 to 2011. From 2009 to 2014, Mr. Traber served on the Board of Directors of JHS Capital Holdings, Tampa, and from 2010 to 2016, he served on the Advisory Board of Platinum Bank, Tampa. He has also advised a number of community banks from formation through ongoing operations and, in some cases, acquisition.

In 2017, he was appointed to the Advisory Board of Retail Service Systems, LLC, Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Traber holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Indiana School of Law, Indiana University, where he graduated magna cum laude and first in his class.