With the support of generous Corporate and Individual donors, the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation develops future-focused economic forecasts and topical industry studies coupled with a strong focus on promoting equipment finance careers to the next-generation workforce at various educational institutions, including offering a student Scholarship Program.
Thank you to our 2022 Corporate and Individual donors for supporting the Foundation’s vision: your eye on the future.
Donor List as of October 18, 2022
Corporate Donors
Corporate Ambassador ($50,000+)
Equipment Leasing & Finance Association
Corporate Fellow ($20,000+)
Channel
DLL
Farm Credit Leasing
First American Equipment Finance
Huntington Equipment Finance
Key Equipment Finance
PNC Equipment Finance
Wells Fargo Equipment Finance
Wintrust Asset Finance
Corporate Benefactor ($10,000+)
Bank of America Global Leasing
Bank of the West
BMO Harris Equipment Finance
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
CIT
Eastern Funding LLC
Fifth Third Bank
John Deere Financial
LTi Technology Solutions
Mitsubishi HC Capital America, Inc.
Odessa
Orion First Financial, LLC
Siemens Financial Services, Inc.
Signature Financial
Solifi
Stonebriar Commercial Finance
TIAA Bank
Truist Equipment Finance Corp
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
Corporate Sustainer ($5,000+)
Alliance Funding Group
AP Equipment Financing
Alfa
Altec Capital Services
Amur Equipment Finance
Arvest Equipment Finance
ATEL Capital Group
Auxilior Capital Partners, Inc
BciCapital, Inc.
Bridge Funding Group, Inc.
Crossroads Equipment Lease & Finance LLC
Dell Financial Services
Element Fleet Management
FNB Equipment Finance
Financial Pacific Leasing Inc
Fleet Advantage LLC
GE Healthcare Financial Services
Great American Insurance Group
Ivory Consulting Corporation
LEAF Commercial Capital Inc.
Midland Equipment Finance
Pacific Western Bank
RESIDCO
Rinaldi Advisory Services
RVI Group
Sertant Capital, LLC
Societe Generale Equipment Finance
Stinson LLP
The Alta Group LLC
TrinityRail Leasing & Management Services
UniFi Equipment Finance
Verdant Commercial Capital
Western Equipment Finance
Corporate Supporter ($2500+)
1st Equipment Finance
Ascentium Capital LLC
CoreTech Leasing, Inc.
Customers Commercial Finance, LLC
Isuzu Finance of America, Inc.
Madison Capital LLC
Meridian OneCap Credit Corp.
Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP
National Equipment Finance Association
Northland Capital Equipment Finance
Sasser Family Companies
Somerset Capital Group, Ltd.
Star Hill Financial LLC
VFS LLC
The 1989 Society Founding Members (Legacy Giving) as of 10/18/22
Scott Thacker – Founder
John Deane
Mike DiCecco
Raymond A. James
Valerie Jester
Cameron Krueger
Shari Lipski
Ralph Petta and Lisa Levine
Rick Remiker
Bob Rinaldi
Robert M. Wax
Individual Benefactor ($5,000+)
Jeffry Elliott
Brad Peterson
Rick Remiker
Mike Romanowski
Scott Thacker
Individual Patron ($1500+)
Laurie Bakke
Deborah Baker
Vince Belcastro
Jeff Berg
Jon Biorkman
Andrew Blacklock
Rob Boyer
Peter Bullen
Dean Cash
Anthony Cracchiolo
James Cress
Andrew Denton
Michael DiCecco
Katie Emmel
Christopher Enbom
Jonathan Fales
David Farrell
Dave Fate
Kristopher Foster
Joe Franco
Valerie Gerard
Amy Gross
Eddie Gross
Rich Gumbrecht
Randy Haug
Miles Herman
Willis Kleinjan
Dale Kluga
Daniel Krajewski
Daniel Levin
Shari Lipski
Mark Loken
Brian Madison
Zack Marsh
Bonnie Michael
Madhu Natarajan
Robert Neagle
Daniel Nelson
Ralph Petta
William Phelan
Kirk Phillips
Nancy Pistorio
Reid Raykovich
Bob Rinaldi
Barry Ripes
Nancy Robles
David Schaefer
Hugh Swandel
William Tefft
Steve Wafalosky
David Walton
Thomas Ware
Adam Warner
Bob Wax
Stephen Whelan
Bruce Winter
Donna Yanuzzi
Friend of the Foundation ($500+)
Jonathan Albin
Joseph Bannister
John Barry
Andrew Bender
Hollis Bufferd
Kathleen Canum
Andrew Cotter
Brett Davis
Jim DeFrank
Crit DeMent
Kristian Dolan
Andy Fishburn
Michael Green
RJ Grimshaw
Eric Gross
Matthew Hart
Miles Herman
Scott Kiley
James Johnson, PhD
Joseph Lane
Joe Leonard
Chris Lerma
Chip Lupacchino
Michael Mount
Kelli Nienaber
Brittany Ogden
Michael Paszkiewicz
James Renner
Ricardo Rios
Thomas Rutherford
Jud Snyder
Ryan van de Googaard
Bonnie Wright