Western Equipment Finance, a bank-owned equipment finance company, promoted Chad Palmer to president. read more

JAN 4, 2023 - 7:28 am

Sal Cifala, Blake Dupuy, Howard Eisner, Carol Francis, Eddie Sullivan and Cathy Taskaya joined Western Equipment Finance. Cifala, Eisner, Francis, Sullivan and Taskaya recently departed Firestone Financial, while DuPuy joined after 18 years with H&E Equipment. read more

NOV 18, 2022 - 7:03 am

Laurie Bakke, president of Western Equipment Finance, is set to retire at the end of 2022. Chad Palmer will succeed Bakke as president of Western Equipment Finance in Jan. 2023. read more

OCT 7, 2022 - 7:23 am

Western Equipment Finance added Sal Cifala, Howard Eisner, Carol Francis, Eddie Sullivan and Cathy Taskaya. All five experienced industry professionals recently departed Firestone Financial. read more

SEP 8, 2022 - 7:44 am

The leaders of five top equipment finance companies have a conversation with Eric McGriff, founder and president of Pinnacle Advisory Services, regarding their respective leadership challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they have emerged on the back-end of the crisis.... read more

Monitor 100 2021

Western Equipment Finance hired Marie DeWitt as a collections and remarketing specialist, Austin Eiler as a national business development manager and Bobbie Rota as an asset manager. read more

SEP 22, 2020 - 5:45 am

Matt Bauer, Amy Page, Josh Kiley and Brian Frana have joined Western Equipment Finance. The four new team members will be located in Western’s new office in Marshall, MN. read more

AUG 11, 2020 - 6:54 am

Confidence in the equipment finance market increased to 45.8, up from the May index of 25.8, according to the June 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry from the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. read more

JUN 18, 2020 - 7:42 am

Hans Zahrbock has joined Western Equipment Finance as vice president and business relationship manager. Zahrbock will be located in Western’s new office in Marshall, MN. read more

JUN 2, 2020 - 7:00 am

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Nov/Dec 2019

Leah Poulsen joined Western Equipment Finance as a customer service representative. Her duties include taking payments, calculating interest paid, address changes, running payoffs and providing payment histories. read more

FEB 14, 2017 - 6:19 am

Keli Bukowski joined Western Equipment Finance as a collections specialist. Prior to joining Western, Bukowski worked in the insurance industry. read more

FEB 3, 2017 - 7:07 am

Laurie Johnson joined Western Equipment Finance as a collections specialist. read more

SEP 20, 2016 - 6:25 am

Bobbi Brouillard joined Western Equipment Finance as vice president of Collections and Customer Service. read more

JUN 1, 2016 - 7:11 am