ELFA Highlights State Legislators Championing Our Cause

An important component of ELFA state legislative advocacy is involvement with organizations representing state legislators. The association is involved with these organizations to facilitate connections and to voice and amplify the concerns of the equipment leasing and finance industry. We recently gathered with two such organizations, as highlighted below.

National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women Annual Meeting in Puerto Rico 

ELFA is a proud sponsor and corporate advisor to the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL Women). ELFA’s Scott Riehl, VP of State Government Relations, and Eboni Preston-Laurent, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, attended NOBEL’s 2023 Annual Legislative Conference in Puerto Rico in June. At the annual event, more than 350 Black women legislators join industry leaders and stakeholders from around the country in dialogue on legislative and policy issues impacting the Black community. 


Scott Riehl and Eboni Preston-Laurent join a group of NOBEL Women



Scott Riehl with National Black Caucus of State Legislators National President, Alabama State Rep. Laura Hall 



ELFA was honored with introducing ELFA friend and Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi to the NOBEL Women and their organization 



Scott Riehl and Eboni Preston-Laurent with Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi 

Gathering of the American Irish State Legislators Caucus  

ELFA hosted a gathering of the American Irish State Legislators Caucus, a bi-partisan network of current and former American Irish legislators and legislators. 


Pictured L-R: AISLC Co-Chairs and National Council of State Legislators Presidents and Past Presidents Utah Sen. Wayne Harper, Utah Sen. Curt Bramble, Wisconsin Speaker of the House Robin Vos, Donegal Council member Michael McMahon, AISLC Board member Maureen Riehl, ELFA’s Scott Riehl (AISLC Board) and Rhode Island Deputy Speaker of the House Brian Patrick Kennedy.

ELFA Webinar on State Commercial Financing Disclosure Laws 

With New York’s commercial finance disclosure laws set to take effect Aug. 1, 2023, ELFA hosted a webinar to help equipment finance professionals prepare. The webinar “The NY Disclosure Laws Are Effective on August 1, 2023 – Will You Be Ready? Let Us Help!” took place on July 12, 2023. This was the third in a series of ELFA webinars on state commercial financing disclosure laws, following-up on the highly attended first and second webinars. All combined, more than 1500 registered and tuned into these important webinars.  

Topics included: 
• The differences between the disclosure laws of California and New York 
• The treatment of blind discounts 
• Frequently asked questions 

The session updated attendees on the status of the disclosure laws in other states (14) and ELFA’s successful efforts to have the state legislatures include ELFA’s suite of exemptions in every state passed or proposed disclosure laws in 2023. 

Speakers included: 
Scott Riehl, VP, State Government Relations, ELFA 
Moorari Shah, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLC 
Robert S. Cohen, Partner, Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP 
Robert Hornby, Partner, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC 

To hear a recording of this or any of the earlier disclosure webinars, please visit www.elfaonline.org/webinars.