BUSINESS COUNCIL UPDATES Steering Committees Off to a Strong Start in 2016 E LFA’S BUSINESS COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEES (BCSCs) are hard at work implementing ambitious agendas for 2016. Th e BCSCs represent fi ve key business segments: Captive and Vendor Finance, Financial Institutions, Independent Middle Market, Service Providers and Small Ticket. ● Goals for This Year On Nov. 11 the BCSC Chairs held a conference call to review the committees’ activities and to discuss their goals for the year ahead. Th e 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 fi nance 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. ● Contribute 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 18–19 in Washington, D.C., and the 55th An-nual Convention, Oct. 23–25, in Palm Desert, California. Orientation On Dec. 1 more than 70 BCSC members participated in a leadership orientation web seminar. Th e 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 2016. ■ STRONG LEADERSHIP The following members will serve as Chairs of the BCSCs in 2016, guiding the work of each committee: Captive and Vendor Finance BCSC Financial Institutions BCSC Independent Middle Market BCSC Service Providers BCSC Small Ticket BCSC Michael Sweeney EverBank Commercial Finance Alan Sikora First American Equipment Finance, a City National Bank Company Connie Eimers Vision Financial Group Jeff Dicosola Great American Insurance Kris Darby Western Equipment Finance 10 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016 EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE MAGAZINE