Councils Take Shape for 2022

ELFA is pleased to present the following Business Council Steering Committee rosters for 2022. The BCSCs play an important role representing your interests to the Board of Directors. The asterisks indicate members who were newly elected or re-elected in the September 2021 elections. 

BANK BCSC

Sean Svoboda, Farm Credit Leasing (Committee Chair)
Eric Bunnell, Arvest Equipment Finance*
Maureen Carr, Pacific Western Bank (Board Liaison)
Mark Farlin, LEAF Commercial Capital*
Adam Fay, First American Equipment Finance, an RBC / City National Company*
Thomas Forbes, Wintrust Commercial Finance*
Kris Foster, Pinnacle Financial Partners*
Craig George, Truist Equipment Finance Corp. 
Amy Gestal, Huntington Technology Finance
Bryan Grantham, Regions Equipment Finance*
Matthew Hand, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance*
Dale Kluga, Providence Equipment Finance, A Division of Providence Bank & Trust 
Svetlana Kralik, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance (ETAC Liaison) 
Dennis Magarro, Peapack Capital Corporation*
Martha McGuire, First Bank Chicago, a Division of First Bank of Highland Park
Jill McKean-Bilby, BOK Financial Equipment Finance, Inc. 
Theresa Provencher, Bank of America Global Leasing*
Jourdan Saegusa, Midland Equipment Finance, a division of Midland States Bank*
Robert Seltzer, BciCapital, Inc. (BciC)
Marci Slagle, BankFinancial, NA
Stan Walker, Citizens Asset Finance
Ken Walters, Investors Bank Equipment Finance  
ELFA STAFF LIAISON: Julie Benson, [email protected] 

CAPTIVE AND VENDOR FINANCE BCSC

Jayma Sandquist, John Deere Financial (Committee Chair)*
Mark Bainbridge, Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation*
Joe Banister, LEAF Commercial Capital Inc.*
Jon Biorkman, Healthcare Financial Services, GE Healthcare (Board Liaison)
Brian Bower, Bank of America Global Leasing*
Todd Clegg, TCF Capital Solutions, a division of TCF National Bank* 
Mike Elmasry, IBM Global Financing
Dan Hathcoat, Summit Funding Group, Inc.* 
Xiang Ji, Toyota Industries Commercial Finance, Inc.* 
Christopher Johnson, Pitney Bowes Global Financial Services 
Sherrie Kalajian, Presidio Technology Capital LLC 
Mark Lombardi, GE Healthcare Financial Services* 
Brian Lowe, Verdant Commercial Capital LLC
Jeremy McCulloch, Wells Fargo Vendor Financial Services* 
Chris Meeks, OnPoint Capital, LLC 
Kara Miyasato, Stryker Flex Financial 
Vince Mollica, CIT
Dan Nuss, US Bank Equipment Finance* 
Sara Palmer, Key Equipment Finance 
Larry Scherzer, Cisco Systems Capital Corporation
Eileen Schoonmaker, DLL* 
Justin Tabone, TIAA Commercial Finance, Inc. 
Greg Vandewalker, GreatAmerica Financial Services 
Camtu Vo, DLL (ETAC Liaison)
Dan Willems Van Dijk, CNH Industrial Capital
ELFA STAFF LIAISON: Bill Choi, [email protected]

INDEPENDENT BCSC

Jonathan Albin, Nexseer Capital (Committee Chair)
Kimberly Adair, Amur Equipment Finance
Hollis Bufferd, Star Hill Financial LLC*
Deborah Cole, Gaelic Leasing Inc*
Roman Gajda, ENGS Commercial Finance Co.* 
Autumn Heseltine, Insight Investments, LLC
Rick Matte, Encina Equipment Finance, LLC* 
Zoe Mitchell, Macquarie Specialized and Asset Finance
Brian Mulder, FORT Capital Resources, LLC*
Chris Pagano, Mitsubishi HC Capital America*
Jennifer Sablowski, LeasePlan USA
Mark Scardigli, Marlin Capital Solutions
Howard Shiebler, Crossroads Equipment Lease & Finance LLC*
Harrison Smith, Stonebriar Commercial Finance (ETAC Liaison)
Bruce Winter, FSG Capital, Inc. (Board Liaison)
ELFA STAFF LIAISON: Amy Vogt, [email protected] 

SERVICE PROVIDER BCSC

Jon Gerson, Executive Solutions for Leasing and Finance, Inc.  (Committee Chair)
Tara Aasand, LTi Technology Solutions
Todd Anderson, CSC
Jeffery Bilbrey, Leasepath
Susan Carol, Susan Carol Creative*
Ben Court, Stinson LLP*
Kelly DeCarteret, DeCarteret Transport, LLC 
Joe Franco, CLFP, FIS*
Julia Gavrilov, Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP*
Sean McKenna, Great American Insurance Group  (ETAC Liaison)
Barry Ripes, Equifax Company (Board Liaison)
Cody Sanguinetti, CLFP, Great American Insurance Group* 
Douglas Williams, JDR Solutions, Inc.
ELFA STAFF LIAISON: Chelsea Neil, [email protected] 

SMALL TICKET BCSC

Brad Peterson, Channel (Committee Chair)
Robert Ceribelli, DLL
Mike Coon, Hanmi Bank  
Cole Farmer, Blue Street Capital, LLC (ETAC Liaison)
Nicholas Gibbens, CLFP, Wintrust Specialty Finance*  
Brent Hall, CLFP Alliance Funding Group 
Stephanie Hall, BankFinancial, NA*  
Richard Irwin, Marlin Capital Solutions 
Chris Lerma, CLFP, AP Equipment Financing  
Brient Mills, JB&B Capital, LLC*  
Robert Neagle, Finova Capital, LLC (Board Liaison)  
Kayla Perlinger, Oakmont Capital Services* 
Ryan Schlenner, U. S. Bank Equipment Finance  
Allen Snelling, Financial Pacific Leasing, Inc., an Umpqua Bank Company  
Todd Wainwright, Amur Equipment Finance*
ELFA STAFF LIAISON: Ed Rosen, [email protected]