BUSINESS COUNCIL UPDATES Councils Take Shape for 2016 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 2016. Th e asterisks indicate members who were newly elected or re-elected in the September 2015 elections. LFA’S BUSINESS COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEES (BCSCs) play an important role representing your interests. Each Captive and Vendor Finance BCSC Andrew Blacklock , Cisco Systems Capital * Paul Christensen , GSG Financial James Elwood , Bank of the West RJ Grimshaw , Unifi Equipment Finance Gene Karger , Toyota Commercial Finance Sanjay Kumar , Cisco Systems Capital ( Board Liaison ) * Keith Large , AGCO Finance Randy Montrose , Skyjack Financial Services * John Okerson , Siemens Financial Services Nicholas Small , CIT Michael Sweeney , EverBank Commercial Finance ( Committee Chair ) * Joel Van Vark , John Deere Financial * Dan Waller , GE Capital Markets Group * Gary Weiss , Pentax Medical ELFA STAFF LIAISONS: Ralph Petta, rpetta@elfaonline.org, Financial Institutions BCSC Peter Bullen , Key Equipment Finance Michael Doyle , BTMU Capital Leasing and Finance * Je ry Elliott , Huntington Equipment Finance * Tim Evans , FirstMerit Equipment Finance * David Farrell , Banc of America Leasing * Randall Gaston , Prime Alliance Bank Brian Gri n , MB Financial Bank ( Board Liaison ) Joe Hines , SunTrust Equipment Finance Group * David Lempko , First Niagara Leasing Daniel McKew , Capital One Equipment Finance * David Miele , Citizens Asset Finance omas Petersen , Wells Fargo Equipment Finance * Kirk Phillips , Wintrust Commercial Finance Michael Romanowski, Farm Credit Leasing Services Alan Sikora , First American Equipment Finance, a City National Bank Company ( Committee Chair ) omas Vasilakos, PNC Equipment Finance David Verkinderen , U.S. Bank Equipment Finance * Stephen White , Stonebriar Commercial Finance ELFA STAFF LIAISON: Julie Benson, jbenson@elfaonline.org and Bill Choi, bchoi@elfaonline.org Independent Middle Market BCSC Craig Ault , CSI Leasing William Besgen , Hitachi Capital America ( Board Liaison ) * Michael Brigante , Nations Equipment Finance * Connie Eimers , Vision Financial Group ( Committee Chair ) * Brian Eschmann , Trans Lease * Brian Fleming , FORT Capital Resources A Business Council luncheon at the 54th ELFA Annual Convention. John Heist Jr. , Summit Funding Group 10 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2015 EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE MAGAZINE