The Certified Lease & Finance Professional Foundation reported that 19 individuals recently passed the eight-hour online proctored CLFP exam, including:

• Carrie Bell, CLFP – Vice President and Operations Manager, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Jason Bednarek, CLFP – Vice President and National Program Manager, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Michelle Bingham, CLFP – Assistant Vice President and Risk Manager, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Brandon Boeck, CLFP – Source Review Manager, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Kate Booker, CLFP – Vice President and Portfolio Manager, TriState Capital Bank
• Raymond Buckley, CLFP – Vice President and Area Manager, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Shanel Connor, CLFP – Operations Manager and Officer, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Justin Forbrook, CLFP – Relationship Manager and Vice President, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Erica Fraley, CLFP – Equipment Finance (BBG) Internal Sales Representative, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Paula Griffey, CLFP – Vice President and Credit Analyst, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Juyon Ham, CLFP – Senior Corporate Counsel, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Derek Hardenbergh, CLFP – IT Manager, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Alyssa Lawrence, CLFP – Funding Administrator, Quality Equipment Finance
• Dominic Lount, CLFP – Vice President, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Jennifer Sharp, CLFP – VP – Area Manager (Texas and Louisiana) for the Capital Equipment Group, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Christian Taggart, CLFP – Vice President of Equipment Finance, Cadence Bank
• Jennifer Williams, CLFP – S&UT Compliance Manager, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Carleton Zaruba, CLFP – Chief Operating Officer, Quality Equipment Finance
• Marina Zubtsova, CLFP – Officer and Quality Control Analyst, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

“The CLFP title is an important factor in the equipment finance industry because it shows the time and effort a person has put into [their] career. After being involved for over nine years, I decided to pursue the designation to take the next step in my own career,” Lawrence said. “The foundation and its resources offer so much to anyone wanting to do the same.”

“After being in the equipment finance industry for over 25 years, I have seen the importance of the CLFP designation grow,” Buckley said. “I wanted to take my decades of experience and enhance what I already knew, or thought I already knew, with the academic knowledge base of the CLFP course. The course allowed me to get caught up on current rules and policies. I’m smarter for taking the course, better equipped and with a deeper knowledge base and up to date on the latest practices and applications in the industry.”