SUPERIOR, CO. – December 14, 2016 – Key Equipment Finance, one of the nation’s largest bank-held equipment finance companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), today announced that Traci Stadler has joined the company as equipment finance officer, business bank team. In this role, Stadler will lead equipment financing activities for western regions of New York and Pennsylvania.
Stadler spent the past 16 years of her career in equipment finance with First Niagara Leasing. She joined Key Equipment Finance when KeyCorp acquired First Niagara in October. Stadler assumed the role of equipment finance officer after demonstrating continued growth and leadership as a vice president for First Niagara’s business banking division over the last six years.
“Traci is a high-performing equipment finance executive with expertise creating financing strategies that meet the unique needs of her clients,” said Scott C. Edwards, senior vice president for Key Equipment Finance. “Traci has been helping clients meet their business objectives through equipment finance for more than two decades. She is an outstanding addition to our team and valuable asset to her clients, and I look forward to working with her in this new role.”
Stadler joined First Niagara Leasing as vice president of sales and broker division in 2000, following six years as vice president of sales for Empire National Leasing in Buffalo, New York. She was named vice president and sales representative for the business banking division in 2010. She has been an active member of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, the National Equipment Finance Association and the Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Alliance.
Stadler has a bachelor of science degree in business management from the University of Buffalo.
Key Equipment Finance offers equipment financing and business leasing solutions to a range of business types and industries. Learn more at www.keyequipmentfinance.com.
About Key Equipment Finance
Key Equipment Finance has been in the equipment finance business for 43 years and is one of the largest bank-based equipment finance providers in the U.S. The company provides tailored equipment lease and finance solutions for commercial clients and government entities. Through its manufacturer and vendor alliances unit, equipment finance programs are developed for manufacturers, distributors and resellers.
Key Equipment Finance’s specialty finance group includes a specialty finance lending team, which provides structured facilities to various sectors of the specialty finance market, and a lease capital markets team to support corporations looking to optimize risk and revenue. Headquartered outside Denver, Colorado, Key Equipment Finance manages nearly $11 billion in assets and originates more than $5 billion of equipment financing annually. For more information, visit http://www.keyequipmentfinance.com.
About KeyCorp
KeyCorp's (NYSE: KEY) roots trace back 190 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $136 billion at September 30, 2016. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, insurance, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of more than 1,200 branches and more than 1,500 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC.