Authors

Bill Bosco is the principal of Leasing 101, a lease consulting company. Bill has over 37 years of experience in the leasing industry. His areas of expertise are accounting, tax, financial analysis, structuring, pricing and training. Bosco has been on the ELFA accounting committee since 1988 and was chairman for 10 years. He is a frequent author and speaker on leasing topics. He has been selected to the FASB/IASB Lease Project working group. He can be reached at wbleasing101@aol.com, www.leasing-101.com or 914-522-3233.

Charles Wendel is president of FIC Advisors.

Jennifer L. Howard is of counsel at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., and practices in the areas of equipment leasing, equipment finance and renewable energy project finance.

Jerry Parrotto is the president of Xander Media Group and publisher of the Monitor, monitordaily, ABF Journal and abfjournal online.

K. Bill Dost is president of D&D Leasing, a global equipment leasing and finance provider to small businesses and entrepreneurial companies. He is a Toronto Chapter board member in the Entrepreneurs Organization, an international group based in Alexandria, VA; a board member of the Finance and Lease Association; and he is also active in the European Leasing Foundation and other industry trade groups serving brokers and asset finance companies.

Kelly Wolfgang was associate editor of Monitor and web editor of monitordaily.

Kenneth P. Weinberg is a shareholder at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., and practices in the area of commercial finance, focusing on equipment leasing, equipment finance and renewable energy project finance. He has penned Dispatches from the Trenches since 2002.

Kristine A. Snow is president of Cisco Systems Capital Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc., where she leads the company’s global captive finance business.

Lesley Anne Hawes is counsel at Dentons US LLP in its Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice group.

Linda Kester is a bestselling author and professional speaker with 25 years of experience in leasing sales and marketing management. As founder of the Institute of Personal Development, Kester has helped hundreds of salespeople increase their volume. Her book, 366 Marketing Tips for Equipment Leasing, has produced results for leasing companies in the U.S., UK and Australia. For more information, visit lindakester.com.

Megen Donovan was part of Monitor's editorial staff from 2012 to 2015. She served as assistant editor and was later promoted to associate editor.

Michael Gay is the group head of NXT Capital Equipment Finance.

Miles Herman is president and chief operating officer of LEAF since its formation in 2011 and held a similar position at LEAF Financial Corporation starting in 2001. Herman has more than 25 years of operations experience at commercial finance and leasing companies in various senior executive operational roles with Fidelity Leasing and its successor, the Technology Finance Group of CitiCapital Vendor Finance, as well as Tokai Financial Services, LSI Leasing Services and Master Lease. Herman holds a B.S. degree with honors from Villanova University.

Patrick Gaskins is senior vice president of Sales and Operations, Capital Equipment Solutions, for Corcentric (formerly AmeriQuest Business Services). In his role, he oversees the sales and syndications functions of the Capital Equipment Solutions department. He has over 25 years of experience as a financial services professional in the transportation industry.