SUPERIOR, CO – February 23, 2017 – Key Equipment Finance, one of the nation’s largest bank-held equipment finance companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), today announced that Dan Fry has joined the company as vice president, municipal vendor sales. In this role, Fry will lead sales efforts for the company’s municipal vendor account executives and inside sales team, as well as support sales efforts throughout the KeyBank footprint and in direct municipal markets.

“Dan’s combined knowledge of municipal and commercial banking with vendor and captive finance, make him an extremely valuable addition to our team,” said Amy Gross, senior vice president for Key Government Finance. “Dan has a sterling reputation throughout the finance industry, and I’m thrilled to work alongside him.”

Fry brings more than 25 years of experience in public sector finance to his new position. Prior to joining Key Equipment Finance, he worked for Cisco Capital leading all state, local and education sales nationally as regional sales manager. Previously, he held positions of increasing responsibility with Banc One Leasing ChiCorp Financial Services and GTE Financial.

Fry earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Toledo, and Master of Business Administration degree in finance from Xavier University.

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 $136.5 billion at December 31, 2016. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management and investment services to individuals and small and mid-sized businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association and First Niagara Bank, 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.