ELFA is a proud sponsor and Corporate Advisor to the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL). NOBEL hosted their 2022 annual meeting in early October and ELFA was there to support their Girls, Gigabytes and Gadgets program, and discuss the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s scholarship program. We also witnessed Maryland history in the making as NOBEL celebrated Adrienne Jones, the state’s first female and first Black Speaker, and Melony Ghee Griffith, the first Black woman elected as President Pro Tempore for the Maryland Senate. Listen to what our friends at NOBEL were saying:
“As the current NOBEL President, I want to applaud ELFA for its support and commend its outreach to bring greater diversity to the banking and finance industry via the Foundation’s college scholarship program.”
- Alabama Rep. and NOBEL Women President Juandalynn Givan
“I have counted ELFA’s Scott Riehl a friend for many years. When I was about to become President of NOBEL Women, I asked him to consider joining our group and without hesitation he did so, only asking if ELFA could dedicate their support to NOBEL’s Girls, Gigabytes and Gadgets initiative.”
- Tennessee House Minority Leader and Memphis Mayoral Candidate Karen Camper
“As the first woman and first Black Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, I commend ELFA’s ongoing support of NOBEL Women and was very happy to introduce to ELFA’s Scott Riehl the historic slate of Black women leading both the House and Senate in the State of Maryland.”
- Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates Adrienne Jones
(L-R:) Alabama Rep. and NOBEL Women President Juandalynn Givan, Scott Riehl and Alabama Rep. Laura Hall, former NOBEL President and current National Black Caucus of State Legislators President
Tennessee House Minority Leader Karen Camper and Scott Riehl
Scott Riehl at the NOBEL annual meeting
(L-R:) Scott Riehl; Adrienne Jones, first Black Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates; and Melony Ghee Griffith, Maryland’s first Black Woman Senate President Pro Tempore
“As the current NOBEL President, I want to applaud ELFA for its support and commend its outreach to bring greater diversity to the banking and finance industry via the Foundation’s college scholarship program.”
- Alabama Rep. and NOBEL Women President Juandalynn Givan
“I have counted ELFA’s Scott Riehl a friend for many years. When I was about to become President of NOBEL Women, I asked him to consider joining our group and without hesitation he did so, only asking if ELFA could dedicate their support to NOBEL’s Girls, Gigabytes and Gadgets initiative.”
- Tennessee House Minority Leader and Memphis Mayoral Candidate Karen Camper
“As the first woman and first Black Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, I commend ELFA’s ongoing support of NOBEL Women and was very happy to introduce to ELFA’s Scott Riehl the historic slate of Black women leading both the House and Senate in the State of Maryland.”
- Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates Adrienne Jones
(L-R:) Alabama Rep. and NOBEL Women President Juandalynn Givan, Scott Riehl and Alabama Rep. Laura Hall, former NOBEL President and current National Black Caucus of State Legislators President
Tennessee House Minority Leader Karen Camper and Scott Riehl
Scott Riehl at the NOBEL annual meeting
(L-R:) Scott Riehl; Adrienne Jones, first Black Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates; and Melony Ghee Griffith, Maryland’s first Black Woman Senate President Pro Tempore
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