The Certified Lease & Finance Professional Foundation announced 38 new equipment finance professionals who recently gained the CLFP designation. The majority of the new CLFPs are from the internally hosted Academy for Lease & Finance Professionals (ALFP) held at U.S. Bank Equipment Finance and the Eastern-area ALFP hosted by LeaseQ.

The newest CLFPs are:

• Matthew Bona, senior credit manager – Blue Bridge Financial
• Aaron Brouker, assistant vice president – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Tina Cartwright, senior vice president, Technology and Operations – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Zach Cicero, assistant vice president, Asset Management – First American Equipment Finance
• Kathryn (Kathy) Dapcic, accounting manager – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Tina Eickhoff, senior vice president, director of Finance – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Sean Evans, director of Partnerships – LeaseQ
• Steven Hanneman, senior vice president, director of Operations – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Michelle Kostick, credit officer, vice president – First American Equipment Finance
• Svetlana (Lana) Kralik, leasing credit manager – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Tom Landmark, vice-president, director of Contract Administration – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Daniel Maddock, assistant vice president, project manager – First American Equipment Finance
• Jeff Matysek, assistant vice president, project manager – First American Equipment Finance
• Robert Measer, senior financial analyst – First American Equipment Finance
• Christine Moses, credit officer – First American Equipment Finance
• Michael (Mic) Mount, senior vice president, Credit & Portfolio Management Department head – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Heidi Mukomela, director of Operations Quality Assurance – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Bob Murrer, vice president – First American Equipment Finance
• Eric Myhre, vice president of Finance – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Richard Padgett, vice president, Capital Markets Group – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Kevin Reese, vice president – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Tina Ross, assistant vice president, project manager – First American Equipment Finance
• Kathie Russell, senior vice president, Commercial Credit – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Shelly Tauer, vice president, System Technology & Security manager – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• David Verkinderen, senior vice president, U.S. Bank EF Business Line leader – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Kyle Vogel, assistant vice president, project manager – First American Equipment Finance
• Dean Ward, CAO & risk manager – U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
• Jennifer Wilson, funding manager – Amur Equipment Finance

Verkinderen said, “I thought this was an excellent opportunity to expand my overall knowledge of the Equipment Finance Industry.  I have spent most of my career in the small ticket vendor segment of this business and this was a great opportunity to test my knowledge in other parts of our industry.  I think it is outstanding that our industry has a designation like this for those wanting to expand and verify their knowledge of Equipment Finance.”

Earning the CLFP associate designation were:

• Daniel Callahan, assistant vice president, project manager – First American Equipment Finance
• Andre Clifford, Underwriting & Funding manager – Bryn Mawr Equipment Finance, Inc.
• Joshua Cooper, sales support intern – First American Equipment Finance
• Kari Maier, assistant vice president – project manager – First American Equipment Finance
• Danielle Naylon, portfolio associate – First American Equipment Finance
• Patrick O’Connor, director of Business Development – LeaseQ
• Matthew Rankin, assistant vice president, Education – First American Equipment Finance
• Greg Stitt, assistant vice president, Syndications – First American Equipment Finance
• Maximilian (Max) Tirey, finance associate – LeaseQ
• David Trost, director, Transportation Finance – LeaseQ

The CLFP designation is the only certification for the Equipment Finance Industry and there are currently 543 active Certified Lease & Finance Professionals and Associates in the United States, Canada and Australia.