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.

David G. Mayer is a partner in the global Aviation Practice Group at Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton in Dallas, Texas. His practice spans a wide range of private aircraft matters including federal regulatory compliance, federal and state tax planning, purchases, sales, leasing and financing, risk management and aircraft operations. He is adept at negotiating transactions and disputes with OEMs. Mayer often represents high wealth individual and corporate aircraft owners, flight departments, lessees, borrowers, operators, sellers, purchasers and managers. Mayer can be contacted at dmayer@shackelfordlaw.net and +1 (214) 780-1306.

David T. Norton is a partner at Shackelford, Melton & McKinley. An active pilot and Certified Flight Instructor, he is known nationally for his regulatory and transactional work in the business aviation law arena, most recently completing service as the co-chair of the joint FAA/Industry RVSM LOA Process Enhancement Team of the FAA’s Performance-Based Advisory Rule Making Committee. He has an extensive background in tax, risk management and regulatory matters for private aircraft.

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.

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.

Lisa A. Goetz was the former editor of Monitor.