The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association has announced the results of the association’s September 2019 Business Council Steering Committee elections.
The Business Council Steering Committees are the association’s primary constituent bodies and are an integral part of ELFA’s operations, providing critical input on the direction of the association and serving as a bridge between the membership and the board of directors and staff. Each committee analyzes the needs of companies in the segment it represents and recommends to the board of directors how to meet those needs. The committee members are elected by the Business Council membership for a term of two years on a staggered basis.
The following individuals will serve on the five committees in 2020. Asterisks indicate members who were newly elected or re-elected in the September 2019 elections. The ETAC Liaisons are representatives from ELFA’s Emerging Talent Advisory Council.
The Captive and Vendor Finance Business Council Steering Committee represents financial services organizations that provide sales-assisted financing and vendor and manufacturer support activities, either on a third-party or captive basis:
- Troy Graziani, Toyota Industries Commercial Finance (Committee Chair)
- Brian Bower,* Bank of America Global Leasing
- Garland Brooks, Dell Financial Services (ETAC Liaison)
- Todd Clegg,* TCF Capital Solutions
- Mike Elmasry, IBM Global Financing
- Dan Hathcoat,* Summit Funding Group
- Eric Henry, Altec Capital Services
- Dominic Janney,* Canon Financial Services
- Sherrie Kalajian, Presidio Technology Capital
- Brian Lowe, Verdant Commercial Capital
- Thomas Mariani, CNH Industrial Capital
- Chris Meeks, OnPoint Capital
- Vince Mollica, CIT
- Kim Montgomery, TIAA Commercial Finance
- Sarah Palmer,* Key Equipment Finance
- Jayma Sandquist,* John Deere Financial
- Larry Scherzer, Cisco Systems Capital
- Bruce Trachtenberg,* DLL
- Greg Vandewalker, GreatAmerica Financial Services
- Jeffrey Walker, CIMC Capital
- David Walton, Caterpillar Financial Services (Board Liaison)
- Barabara Zweig,* Raymond Leasing
The Financial Institutions Business Council Steering Committee represents bank-related organizations and other financial institutions involved in single transactions more than $5 million:
- David P. Farrell, Bank of America Global Leasing (Committee Chair)
- Chris Bucher,* Hancock Whitney Equipment Finance
- David Coons,* Mitsubishi UFJ Lease and Finance
- Jennifer Coyle, Macquarie Corporate and Asset Finance (Board Liaison)
- Thomas G. Forbes,* Wintrust Commercial Finance
- Craig George, SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing
- Amy M. Gross, Key Equipment Finance
- Svetlana Kralik, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance (ETAC Liaison)
- Eric Miller, CIT
- William “Keith” Moore,* BB&T Equipment Finance
- William C. Perry, III,* Regions Equipment Finance
- Charles Stackhouse,* Wafra Capital Partners
- Sean Svoboda, Farm Credit Leasing
- Donald A. Synborski,* Citizens Asset Finance (CAF)
- Ernie Tsorvas,* Fifth Third Bank
- Kenneth Walters, Investors Bank Equipment Finance
- Mike Wiedemer, First American Equipment Finance
- Bonnie Wright, Wells Fargo Equipment Finance
The Independent Middle Market Business Council Steering Committee represents non-bank-related organizations primarily involved in transactions between $250,000 and $5 million, either individually or through lines:
- Ricardo Rios,* Commercial Equipment Finance (Committee Chair)
- Mark Duncan, Hitachi Capital America
- Connie Eimers, Vision Financial Group (Board Liaison)
- Jacob Fahl, Hitachi Capital America (ETAC Liaison)
- Roman Gajda,* ENGS Commercial Finance
- Don Hansen, Regents Capital
- Rick Matte,* Encina Equipment Finance
- Nancy Pistorio, Madison Capital
- Sohini Roy, Nexseer Capital
- Howard Shiebler,* Crossroads Equipment Lease & Finance
- Julie Simes,* Zealandia Capital Leasing
- Mark Tomaselli, Innovation Finance
- Bruce Winter,* FSG Capital
The Service Providers Business Council Steering Committee represents organizations and firms providing a variety of related services to the members of the other four Business Councils. Associated company types include: accounting, collections, law, consulting, software, equipment management, university/government, executive recruiters, insurance, nonprofits/associations and publishers:
- Debbie Devassy Babu, Askounis & Darcy (Committee Chair)
- Todd Anderson, CSC
- Nate Cox, PayNet (ETAC Liaison)
- Joe Franco,* FIS
- Julia Gavrilov,* Moritt Hock & Hamroff
- Jesse Johnson, LTi Technology Solutions
- Martin Klotzman, Ivory Consulting
- Shari Lipski, ECS Financial Services
- Daniel Nelson, Tamarack (Board Liaison)
- Brittany Ogden, Quarles & Brady
- Nathan Petrie, PayNet
- Cody Sanguinetti,* Great American Insurance Group
- Ross Taylor, Keating Muething & Klekamp
- Wade Whitenburg,* Ritchie Bros.
- Doug Williams, JDR Solutions
The Small Ticket Business Council Steering Committee represents financial services organizations primarily involved in transactions under $250,000, either individually or through lines:
- Shannon Stangl, DLL (Committee Chair)
- Stephen Brown, Orion First Financial (ETAC Liaison)
- Mike Coon, Hanmi Bank
- Quentin Cote, CLFP, Mintaka Financial
- Nick Gibbens,* Wintrust Specialty Finance
- David Lafferty, Marlin Capital Solutions
- Chris Lerma, AP Equipment Financing
- Don Link, Hitachi Capital America
- Brient Mills,* JB&B Capital
- Bob Neagle, Ascentium Capital (Board Liaison)
- Brad Peterson, Channel Partners Capital
- Ryan Schlenner, US Bancorp Business Equipment Finance
- Allen Snelling, Financial Pacific Leasing
- John Vande Moore, ENGS Commercial Finance
- Todd Wainwright,* Amur Equipment Finance
- Adrian Weber,* Entegra Capital
