The Certified Lease & Finance Professional Foundation added 26 new CLFPs who recently passed the eight-hour online proctored CLFP exam, including:

• Kevin Agness, CLFP, Country Sales Manager – Healthcare, DLL
• Lori Anderson, CLFP, Director of Finance, GreatAmerica Financial Services
• Katelyn Bartlett, CLFP, Senior Partner Services Specialist, DLL
• David Berg, CLFP, Director of Programs, DLL
• Anthony Bragoli, CLFP, Senior Legal Counsel, DLL
• Linzey Brunton, CLFP, Director of Sales Support, GreatAmerica Financial Services
• Anthony Chupalio, CLFP, Credit Underwriter, DLL
• Joel Clark, CLFP, Asset Sales Manager, DLL
• Daren Cox, CLFP, Strategic Credit Relationship Manager, John Deere Financial
• Tyler Culver, CLFP, Senior Business Unit Financial Analyst, GreatAmerica Financial Services
• Ryan Fliss, CLFP, Account Executive, GreatAmerica Financial Services
• Richard Fradin, CLFP, President, ARC Capital Solutions dba Lewis Capital
• Lisa Gaspar Thompson, CLFP, Vice President of Technology Planning and Governance, GreatAmerica Financial Services
• Daniel Gogel, CLFP, Account Executive for Business Development, GreatAmerica Financial Services
• Conrad Keezer, CLFP, Credit Analyst, GreatAmerica Financial Services
• Sean McCallum, CLFP, Financial Reporting Leader, GreatAmerica Financial Services
• Madalynn Mulligan, CLFP, Credit Underwriter, DLL
• Kurt Overman, CLFP, Credit Analyst Supervisor, Stearns Bank
• Luci Pauline, CLFP, Equipment Finance Operations Analyst II, Huntington National Bank
• Catherine Philipp, CLFP, Business Support Trainer, DLL
• Susan Puscar, CLFP, Sales Support Analyst, DLL
• Kim Roseborough, CLFP, Vice President and Senior Operational Risk Manager, Financial Pacific Leasing
• Kyle Soldwisch, CLFP, Team Leader and Credit Analyst II – SMG Construction and Industrial, GreatAmerica Financial Services
• Lakshmi Vemuri, CLFP, Lean Portfolio and Program Manager, DLL
• Elizabeth Verhoef, CLFP, Legal Analyst III, GreatAmerica Financial Services
• Mark Windeknecht, CLFP, Credit Analyst IV/Large Transactions Analyst, GreatAmerica Financial Services

“Continually striving to be a better version of ourselves today than we were yesterday is a core value that I believe in, both personally and professionally,” Brunton, who earned the CLFP designation after attending an Academy for Lease and Finance Professionals held by GreatAmerica Financial Services earlier this fall, said. “This course created an opportunity for me to be challenged and models for others on our team the importance of spending intentional time on individual growth, knowing that the whole team is better for it. This is a highly engaging, challenging and comprehensive program that I not only found great value in as a professional in the industry but recommend for anyone as a life-long learner.”

“As a sales professional, much of my job consists of short- and long-term program development for OEMs. To properly develop a program of this magnitude, I work closely with our internal credit, operations, portfolio, finance and legal teams,” Gogel, who also attended an ALFP this fall, said. “Having a more a well-rounded understanding of equipment finance helps me understand better our internal controls that need to be considered. Having this knowledge on the front end will help me reduce everyone’s time (credit/ops/portfolio/finance/legal) in developing a program. This will lead to a shorter sales cycle, ramp our programs up faster and give my prospects better solution development experience.”