BUSINESS COUNCIL UPDATES Councils Take Shape for 2017 E committee analyzes the needs of companies in the segment it represents and recommends to the ELFA Board how to meet those needs. Th e committee members are elected by the Business Council membership for a two-year term on a staggered basis. Th e following individuals will serve on the BCSCs in 2017. Th e asterisks indicate members who were newly elected or re-elected in the September 2016 elections. John Okerson , Siemens Financial Services, Inc. LFA’S BUSINESS COUNCIL STEERING COMMIT TEES (BCSCs) play an important role representing your interests. Each Captive and Vendor Finance BCSC * Andrew Blacklock , Cisco Systems Capital Corporation *Charles Carter , Volvo Financial Services Region the Americas Todd Clegg , GE Capital RJ Grimshaw , UniFi Equipment Finance Dominic Janney , Canon Financial Services * Michael Jones , CIT * Gene Karger , Toyota Commercial Finance Sanjay Kumar , Cisco Systems Capital Corporation ( Board Liaison ) Keith Large , AGCO Finance * Th omas Mariani , CNH Industrial Capital LLC Chiara Medicina , Cisco Systems Capital Corporation ( ETAC Liaison ) * Randy Montrose , Franklin Equipment, LLC * JP Nicoletta , GSG Financial LLC * Michael Sweeney , EverBank Commercial Finance, Inc. ( Committee Chair ) Joel Van Vark , John Deere Financial Dan Waller , Wells Fargo Equipment Finance Gary Weiss , Pentax Medical ELFA STAFF LIAISON: Bill Choi, bchoi@elfaonline.org Financial Institutions BCSC * Peter Bullen , Key Equipment Finance Jeff ry Elliott , Huntington Equipment Finance John J. Evans , Bank of the West ( Board Liaison ) R. Timothy Evans , F.N.B. Equipment Finance David Farrell , Banc of America Leasing Nathan Gibbons , First American Equipment Finance, A City National Bank Company ( ETAC Liaison ) * Joe Hines , SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing Corp Small Ticket BCSC 10 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016 EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE MAGAZINE