The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation named the 2026 officers of its board of trustees. Board officers serving are Miles Herman, CEO, LEAF Commercial Capital, as chair; Jeffrey Dicosola, sales manager, Great American Insurance Group, as vice chair; Peter Bullen, EVP and group head, Key Equipment Finance as secretary/treasurer; and Leigh Lytle, president and CEO, Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) as president. Zack Marsh, CLFP, senior vice president, accounting and analysis, AP Equipment Financing is immediate past chair. The officer elections were held during the board‘s recent governance meeting.
New members appointed to the board include Mark Bonanno, president and chief revenue officer of North Mill Equipment Finance; Jennifer Martin, CLFP, chief product officer of LTi Technology Solutions; and Jill McKean-Bilby, equipment finance sales executive at Huntington Equipment Finance.
“This is a pivotal time for the Foundation with tremendous opportunity ahead, and we are fortunate to have the leadership, professional expertise and dedication of our trustees to guide the Foundation in 2026,” Herman said. “We deeply appreciate their commitment to our mission of advancing the equipment finance industry and supporting the success of all who are part of it.”
Trustees continuing on the board for 2026 are:
- Andrew Blacklock, Vice President, Strategy and Business Operations, Cisco Systems Capital
- Jim DeFrank, EVP and Chief Operating Officer, Isuzu Finance of America
- Cindy Fleck, CLFP, Chief Revenue Officer, Channel
- Shari Lipski, CLFP, Principal, ECS Financial Services
- Mark Loken, Vice President, CoBank Farm Credit Leasing
- Eric McGriff, Chief Risk Officer, 36th Street Capital
- David Normandin, CLFP, President and CEO, Wintrust Specialty Finance
- Brittany Ogden, Attorney, Partner, Quarles & Brady
- Ricardo E. Rios, CFA, CLFP, President & COO, Commercial Equipment Finance
- William Tefft, Equipment Manager – Corporate Asset Finance, EverBank Corporate Asset Finance
- Shari Williams, Chief Risk Officer, Elevex Capital
Kelli Nienaber will continue to serve as executive director.
