CLFP Foundation Surpasses 500-Member Milestone



The Certified Lease & Finance Professional Foundation announced that Carol Virgin, syndication manager at CHG-Meridian, became the 500th CLFP.

“I am happy to have the opportunity to test and expand my experiences and knowledge beyond the day-to-day demands of my job,” Virgin said. “Thank you to the previous CLFPs who worked hard to help develop these standards for our industry.”

In addition, the following individuals also recently passed the eight-hour online test leading up to the 500th CLFP:

  1. Tyler Butsko – senior account manager for Amur Equipment Finance
  2. Michael Clune – VP of Syndications for First American Equipment Finance
  3. Marlena Dittmar – broker relations representative II for Financial Pacific Leasing
  4. James Fallon – credit manager for Blue Street Capital
  5. Christina Freds – first vice president and operations manager of Commercial Equipment Finance & Leasing for Flagstar Bank
  6. Jeffery Fry – regional vice president of Material Handling for Element Fleet Management
  7. Jeff Hedstrom – vice president of Zions Credit Corporation
  8. Jill Miller – co-founder and CEO of Marketing and Design Mix
  9. Azhar Rahman – analyst of Corporate and Asset Finance for Macquarie Corporate & Asset Finance
  10. Tiffany Reiter – broker relations representative for Financial Pacific Leasing
  11. Nicholas Stephens – account executive for Blue Street Capital
  12. Christine Vaughn – broker relationship manager for Financial Pacific Leasing
  13. Burke Wiedel – chief financial officer of American Capital Group

“Always striving to better yourself, the CLFP program provides training and knowledge into all aspects of equipment financing and leasing,” Hedstrom said. “Knowledge is power and in today’s competitive marketplace anything to make you stand out from the competition is beneficial. I take pride being part of an elite group of professionals with this designation.”


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