The Certified Lease & Finance Professional (CLFP) Foundation announced that 22 individuals who sat for the eight-hour web-based exam have passed. The CLFP Foundation expects to break the 500-member mark prior to 2018, which would be the highest it has ever been. The newest CLFPs are:

• Katherine Adams – BancorpSouth Equipment Finance
• Amber Deffert – Financial Pacific Leasing
• Brian Friedly – Ascentium Capital
• Buck Hemphill – BancorpSouth Equipment Finance
• Misty Johnston – Financial Pacific Leasing
• Sara Leung – First American Equipment Finance
• Hugh Telford Lindsay – BancorpSouth Equipment Finance
• Aaron Loum – Arvest Equipment Finance
• Paul MacDonald – Ascentium Capital
• George Muhoray – Customers Commercial Finance
• Christine Nelson – Ascentium Capital
• Michael Pulito – First American Equipment Finance
• William John Rawding – Ascentium Capital
• Janice Schawillie – First American Equipment Finance
• Taryn Schawillie – First American Equipment Finance
• Richard Scheib – Ascentium Capital
• Samuel Smith, IV – Customers Commercial Finance
• Benjamin Stehle – Direct Capital
• Michael Van Ryen – Thermo Fisher Financial Services
• Jason Warren – BancorpSouth Equipment Finance
• Benjamin Watts – Ascentium Capital
• Lisa Wollney – ESC Financial Services

“I chose to seek the CLFP designation for multiple reasons: brush up on my skills; learn about new topics and concepts and audit the course to see if it is something to consider for other employees. All goals were met,” said Muhoray, who is vice president at Customers Commercial Finance.