The Certified Lease & Finance Professional (CLFP) Foundation added 17 new CLFPs who recently sat through and passed the eight-hour online CLFP exam. The new CLFPs are:

• Andrew Belliveau, CLFP – director of business capital and capital equipment finance controller at CIT
• Abigail Betz, CLFP – senior financing specialist at Navitas Credit
• Heather Broadwell, CLFP Associate – lease administrator at CoreTech Leasing
• Bruno Camara, CLFP – strategy and business operations lead at Cisco Systems Capital
• Jose Cortez, CLFP – staff accountant at CoreTech Leasing
• Daniel Dudley, CLFP – AVP of customer success at Odessa
• Scott Fry, CLFP – director of operations at Global Financial & Leasing Services
• Bijo Joseph, CLFP – senior business analyst at Odessa
• Amy Hall, CLFP – director of lease administration at CoreTech Leasing
• Nicholas Housewright, CLFP – lease servicing specialist IV at CoBank Farm Credit Leasing
• Kimberly King, CLFP – sales and marketing representative at Navitas Credit
• Stephanie Kouloumberis, CLFP – documentation and funding manager at Complete Capital Services
• Leonard Lane, CLFP – SVP of product management at Odessa
• Chunan Liu, CLFP Associate – senior business analyst of solution architecture at Odessa
• Joshua Shull, CLFP – director of sales at Global Financial & Leasing Services
• Steven (Brad) Thresher, CLFP – first vice president at BancorpSouth Equipment Finance
• Robert Wallace, CLFP – senior account manager at CoreTech Leasing

“I start each day asking myself: ‘What more can I do for my team, the company I work for, our broker partners, myself?’ It’s simple: investment,” King said. “Investing in my future and expanding upon my understanding of every aspect of this amazing industry we’re a part of doesn’t just benefit me, it adds value that I can take back and share with my team and provides me an avenue to be a better representative to not just to our broker partners but to our industry.”

The CLFP designation identifies an individual as a knowledgeable professional to employers, clients, customers and peers in the equipment finance industry. There are currently 974 active CLFPs and Associates in the United States, Canada, India and Australia.