For 60 years and counting, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association has been equipping businesses for success. The organization’s innovative spirit is driven by a focus on serving its members.

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) is the trade association that represents companies in the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, which includes financial services companies and manufacturers engaged in financing capital goods. ELFA members are the driving force behind the growth in the commercial equipment finance market and contribute to capital formation in the U.S. and abroad. Its 575 members include independent and captive leasing and finance companies, banks, financial services corporations, broker/packagers and investment banks, as well as manufacturers and service providers.

ELFA is continually evolving, adapting to changing realities and focusing on what matters most to its membership. These days, the role of business membership organizations like ELFA has never been more essential, and the association is looking well down the road so it can offer members not only what they need today and tomorrow, but five to seven years from now, as outlined in the association’s new strategic plan.

ELFA held its first-ever Equity Forum Nov. 6-7, 2022, in Washington, D.C., to celebrate and advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the equipment finance industry. This was the first ELFA in-person venue dedicated solely to an examination of DE&I. The agenda tackled a range of DE&I topics, all organized around the theme “Be Comfortable. Be Who You Are.”

“[We are] looking forward to bringing together people from throughout our industry and witnessing the synergy and plans to increase a focus on DEI,” ELFA Equity Committee Chair Scott Thacker