Equipment Finance Cares, an organization that showcases how equipment finance professionals and organizations are giving back to their local and national communities, formed an advisory council. The council is made up of seven advisors who will leverage their collective skill sets to provide guidance and direction on future Equipment Finance Cares events and initiatives.

The members of the newly established advisory council are:

• Jesse Johnson – vice president of sales and marketing at JDR Solutions and founder of Equipment Finance Cares
• Lovern Gordon – president of Love Life Now Foundation, a Paperclip Publishing author and national sales executive at Boston Financial & Equity
• Nancy Robles – chief operating officer and chief compliance officer at Eastern Funding
• Reid Raykovich – executive director of the Certified Lease & Finance Professional Foundation
• Stephanie Hall – executive vice president of small ticket at BankFinancial Equipment Finance
• Brittney Weber – vice president and direct marketing manager at Huntington Bank
• Ricardo Rios – chief operating officer at Commercial Equipment Finance

“We have been receiving tremendous feedback on the Equipment Finance Cares initiative since its official launch in April,” Brooke Eisenhart, CEO of Paperclip Publishing, said. “Jesse and his team are experienced equipment finance leaders from across the industry that will advise Equipment Finance Cares through future phases of growth.”

The next Equipment Finance Cares event will be on Aug. 17 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Rockland County Country Club in Sparkill, NY.