The Captive and Vendor Finance Best Practices Roundtable is a small, highly-interactive half-day program designed to bring together the leaders of captive and vendor finance companies for information sharing and critical thinking about issues facing them every day as leaders of their organizations.
Who Should Attend?
The roundtable is open to senior executives of ELFA member Captive and Vendor Finance leasing companies.
We Thank the Sponsor of ELFA's Captive and Vendor Finance Best Practices Roundtable!
Available Functions
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Women in Leasing Reception
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Speakers
Don Bryson
Senior Director of IT
Canon Financial Services, Inc.
Linda D'Amico
Executive Director
Cisco Systems Capital Corporation
Andy Fishburn CLFP
VP, Federal Government Relations
Equipment Leasing and Finance Association
Andy Fishburn is the Vice President of Federal Government Relations for the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), the premier trade association representing 575+ member organizations in the $1 trillion equipment finance sector.
Mr. Fishburn joined ELFA in September 2012. He directs and operates all aspects of the association’s federal relations strategy and the engagement of members in political programs.
Fishburn has focused on legislative, financial and tax policy matters throughout his distinguished career within the Department of Treasury and the U.S. Congress. He served in legislative affairs positions and as senior advisor to four Secretaries of the Treasury, including as a Deputy Assistant Secretary under Secretaries John Snow and Henry Paulson. During 2010 and 2011, he served on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and worked for Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on tax policies such as bank taxation, tax administration, oversight of the IRS, tax extenders and small business tax issues. Most recently, he was the Director of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Mint, acting as the Bureau’s lead legislative strategist and congressional liaison.
He has a B.S. in environmental studies from the University of Michigan and a Master of Public Affairs from Indiana University.
Valerie Gerard
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Strategy & Competitive Alignment Practice Leader
The Alta Group LLC
With more than 15 years of management consulting experience, Valerie serves as a strategic business advisor to clients in the equipment leasing and asset finance industry, guiding them on issues including corporate strategy, disruptive operating models, market entry, operational effectiveness, competitive analytics and capital markets strategies. She brings a unique perspective to help clients anticipate the changes occurring in the industry and adjacent markets. Valerie also is a member of Alta’s Management Committee.
In addition to being a frequent industry speaker, Valerie serves on the Board of Trustees for the Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation, the Editorial Board for the Journal of Equipment Lease Financing and was a founding member of the Women’s Council for the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. In 2019, The Monitor named her one of the top 50 women equipment leasing.
Prior to joining Alta, Valerie held senior management roles at CIT, Dow Jones and AT&T Capital. She received a BA from Vassar College and an AMP degree from Harvard Business School.
Brian Johnson
Director, Compliance
GreatAmerica Financial Services
Scott Riehl
VP, State Government Relations
Equipment Leasing and Finance Association
Scott Riehl serves as Vice President of State Government Relations for the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), the premier trade association representing 575+ member organizations in the $1 trillion equipment finance sector.
Mr. Riehl joined ELFA in June 2016. He directs and executes all aspects of the association’s state government relations strategy, monitoring and engaging legislation and regulation impacting the industry in all 50 states.
Mr. Riehl brings 24 years of direct issue advocacy, legal and legislative staff experience to ELFA. For 13 years he represented the consumer products industry, including serving as Vice President of State Government Affairs and Associate Counsel at the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Prior to GMA, Mr. Riehl served as a Vice President at Stateside Associates, a full-service state legislative tracking company, where he provided direct political consultation for numerous Fortune 500 companies and D.C.-based trade associations. Previously, Mr. Riehl was a state affairs specialist for the National Rifle Association of America. Immediately prior to joining ELFA, he led the Riehl Group LLC, a political and strategic issue management and consulting firm based in Virginia.
In the legal and state legislative arenas, Mr. Riehl worked in the Washington, D.C., office of Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather and Geraldson, where he specialized in the firm’s government and defense contracts practice. Previously, he was on the staff of the Michigan Attorney General. Mr. Riehl began his government relations career in the Michigan Senate, where he served as Counsel and Chief Legislative Aide for two Michigan state senators.
Mr. Riehl has a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Vermont and a J.D. from Thomas Cooley School of Law.
Chad Volkert
Director, Collections, Litigation, Recovery & Probate US & CA
John Deere Financial
Hotel Information
The Best Practices Roundtables will be held at the Hilton Palmer House in Chicago, located at 17 E Monroe St, Chicago, IL in the popular theatre and financial district of Chicago and near Millennium Park. A special conference rate of $240 plus tax, single/double occupancy, is offered to attendees. The discounted room rate is available until EITHER the room block sells out OR the discounted rate expires on Monday, March 25, 2024. Check in time is 3:00pm, and check-out time is 11:00am. Please call Reservations at (312) 726-7500, provide your arrival and departure dates and mention ELFA Room Block in order to receive the ELFA group rate.
Hotel Reservations
We strongly encourage you to make your your hotel reservations online and as early as possible. Please use this link:
https://book.passkey.com/go/ELFA2024 to make your hotel reservations.
REMEMBER The discounted room rate is available until EITHER the room block sells out OR the discounted rate expires on Monday, March 25, 2024. Reservations made after this date are based on hotel availability and may be at a higher rate.
Getting There
The Hilton Palmer House is located in the popular theater and financial district of Chicagoland. Approximately 18 miles from Chicago-O’Hare International Airport, 11 miles from Chicago Midway Airport. If renting a car, the Hilton Palmer House has valet parking and self-parking from $47 per day.
Public Transportation
Avoid traffic by utilizing public transit to and from the O’Hare International Airport. Take the Blue Line train to Monroe/Dearborn stop. Take Monroe east to the hotel. The Palmer House is on the south side of the street. From Midway Airport, take the Orange Line from Midway to downtown. Get off at the Adams/Wabash stop. The Palmer House is located on the west side of Wabash Avenue.
For additional transportation information, please visit the hotel website at https://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/illinois/palmer-house-a-hilton-hotel-CHIPHHH/maps-directions/index.html
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The Palmer House Hilton
17 East Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603
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