BUSINESS COUNCIL UPDATES Steering Committees Gear Up for 2015 E LFA’S BUSINESS COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEES (BCSCs) are hard at work implementing ambitious agendas for 2015. The BCSCs represent five key business segments: Captive and Vendor Finance, Financial Institutions, Independent Middle Market, Service Providers and Small Ticket. ● ● Contribute Goals for This Year On Nov. 12 the BCSC Chairs held a conference call to review the committees’ activities and to discuss their goals for the year ahead. The committees will pursue priorities related to their distinct memberships and integrate their work into the following overall goals of the association, including— ● ● Participate in association programs, such as membership recruitment and grassroots political activism, on behalf of the equipment leasing and finance industry. ● ● Identify, review and prioritize ELFA program initiatives. ● ● Contribute research ideas for consideration by the Equip-ment Leasing & Finance Foundation and provide input to the development of the annual Industry Future Council meeting and report. to industry research through 100% participa-tion in ELFA’s MLFI-25 quarterly Beige Book. ● ● Attend and contribute to the success of Capitol Connec-tions, May 13–14 in Washington, D.C., and the 54th An-nual Convention, Oct. 25–27, in San Antonio. Orientation On Dec. 2 more than 70 BCSC members participated in a leadership orientation web seminar. The one-hour seminar provided an overview of ELFA’s mission, goals and pro-grams and underscored the critical role of the BCSCs in the association’s organizational structure. Attendees also reviewed the roles and responsibilities of BCSC member-ship in 2015. STRONG LEADERSHIP The following members will serve as chairs of the BCSC in 2015, guiding the work of each committee: Captive and Vendor Finance BCSC Financial Institutions BCSC Independent Middle Market BCSC Service Providers BCSC Small Ticket BCSC Brian Madison Key Equipment Finance Alan Sikora First American Equipment Finance, a City National Bank Company Gary LoMonaco Forsythe/McArthur Associates Daniel Nelson Tamarack Consulting Kris Darby Western Equipment Finance 10 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015 EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE MAGAZINE