Women's Leadership Forum
April 20 - April 21, 2020
The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL
Women's Leadership Forum
April 20 - April 21, 2020
The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, ILWomen's Leadership Forum has been cancelled. All registrations will be automatically refunded to the credit card used to register. If you paid by check the refund will be issued by check to the address on your invoice. Please allow 21 business days for all refunds to be processed.
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The ELFA Women’s Leadership Forum will feature dynamic speakers and offer time for attendee interaction and networking with other industry leaders. You’ll leave this event with valuable insights and powerful tools to enhance your career.
- Grow your leadership skills
- Improve your professional performance
- Build relationships and make new connections
This event is open to anyone who would like to attend. There are no registration restrictions for the Women’s Leadership Forum this year. ELFA is offering member and nonmember pricing in order to accommodate all who are interested in this fantastic event!
Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorships provide invaluable exposure for your company. Contact Steve Wafalosky at 440-247-1060 or stevew@larichadv.com if you are interested in supporting the ELFA Women’s Leadership Forum.
Registration Fees
Price Description | Amount |
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ELFA Members | $775.00 |
Non Member Attendee | $1500.00 |
Speaker/Panelist - ELFA Member | $495.00 |
Speaker/Panelist - ELFA Non Member | $495.00 |
Women's Council Members | $495.00 |
Available Functions
Monday - April 20 | ||
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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | ||
Dine Around - Community Table Dinner Group |
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Tuesday - April 21 | ||
6:15 am - 7:15 am | ||
Yoga Class |
$25.00 |
Speakers
Sponsors
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation is the financial arm of Caterpillar Inc., a Fortune 50 company, a technology leader and the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, natural gas and diesel engines, and industrial gas turbines.
ECS Financial Services, Inc.
ECS Financial Services is one of only a few CPA firms in the United States that specializes in providing portfolio management, accounting, tax, and management advisory services to the equipment leasing industry. Our lease management team of highly skilled accountants and tax specialists are experienced in providing quality professional service in the management of lease portfolios, and their efforts are enhanced by the state of the art, industry-specific software we utilize.
ECS Financial Services provides lease management services including accounts receivable billing and collections, preparation of monthly gross investment, lease income and residual schedules, as well as a variety of useful management reports, book and tax depreciation tracking, and other related needs.
ECS Financial Services provides accurate and timely reports that enable management to make sound decisions, and develop strategies for the optimum management of their portfolio and business. ECS also prepares multiple state sales tax, and personal property tax returns for each jurisdiction involved, including tracking of due dates.
In addition to our portfolio management services, ECS Financial Services can also maintain your general ledger and other accounting records, and prepare financial statements and income tax returns, including multiple state returns, for business entities and individuals. If you would like to retain the services of your current accountant, ECS Financial Services will provide journal entries and other relevant accounting data to your in-house accountant or independent accounting firm for their use in preparing financial statements and income tax returns.
ECS Financial Services caters to leasing companies who need to satisfy all of the accounting and reporting requirements of their portfolio, but either cannot justify the cost of an in-house staff with all of the skills and experience necessary to meet those needs, or simply don’t want the pressures of handling these responsibilities in-house. We can provide the flexibility and assistance necessary to meet your back-office needs. Additionally, our services are not a bundled package; you are able to select which services you feel would be most beneficial to your organization.
Outsourcing the management of your lease portfolio to ECS Financial Services will result in cost savings by providing your company with all of the resources of a team of experts without the overhead. We are the single solution to all of your lease accounting and reporting needs. Let us put our experience to work for you wherever it is needed in accounting, income tax and lease portfolio management.
Farm Credit Leasing
Farm Credit Leasing is a wholly owned subsidiary of CoBank, a national cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. CoBank is a proud member of the Farm Credit System and specializes in providing financing to farmers, ranchers, cooperatives, agribusinesses, rural communications, energy and water companies, Farm Credit associations and other businesses serving rural America.
Great American Insurance Group
Great American Insurance Group provides tailored equipment programs to businesses across the U.S. and Canada. Businesses rely on Great American to not only reduce risk but also to help drive their profitability while meeting the needs of their customers.
Our programs include:
• Equipment Physical Damage Programs
• Commercial Vehicle Programs
• Risk Management Programs
• Insurance Tracking Service
Great American Insurance Group has roots going back to 1872 with the founding of its flagship company, Great American Insurance Company, which has continuously earned an “A” rating or higher by A.M. Best for more than 100 years (affirmed December 16, 2022).
The property and casualty insurance operations of Great American Insurance Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, focus on specialty insurance products for businesses. Great American Insurance Group members are subsidiaries of American Financial Group (AFG), a Fortune 500 company.
Hanmi Bank
Hanmi Bank is a $ 5.5 Billion dollar bank with headquarters in Los Angeles, CA. The Equipment Leasing Group is a boutique funding partner to a select number of originators. We tailor programs to meet the needs of our partners and their clients. Hanmi has the experience to develop the right structure for you.
Ivory Consulting Corporation
For over 40 years, Ivory Consulting Corporation has been the leading provider of equipment lease and loan software, software customizations and consulting services for the equipment finance industry. Ivory's flagship product, SuperTRUMP, is the proven solution for modeling and pricing complex leases and loans and is trusted by 7 of the Monitor top 10 companies. Ivory Consulting Corporation is privately held and headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA. Contact Ivory to see how our proven expertise can help to improve the performance and profitability of your lease and loan portfolios.
LTi Technology Solutions
LTi provides a global, customer-centric, cloud-based, full lifecycle leasing, loan, asset-based lending and finance platform. ASPIRE is designed with a workflow orientation that focuses on standard business processes, integrating the data required by those processes and automating, tracking and streamlining processes intuitively, by each individual end user.
LTi Technology Solutions' products are utilized by some the most respected banks and independents, including almost 40% of the Monitor Top 100 and Monitor Bank 50. We are a global customer-centric, cloud-native, full lifecycle leasing, loan, asset-based lending, and finance platform.
LTi remains committed to offering flexible solutions designed to meet the needs of their clients now and into the future. LTi's goal with its flexible architecture is to accommodate all types and sizes of equipment finance companies including: small, middle market ticket sizes, small and large portfolios, captives, financial institutions and independents.
RECENT ENHANCEMENTS:
- Fully web-based Customer Portal allowing your end user customers to easily access their lease and loan contracts to view status, make payments, ask questions and more
- Fully integrated DocuSign Integration – Originate and send documents for electronic signature along with returning signed documents back to the document repository upon execution
- MultiFactor Authentication – In today’s environment security is KEY. We’ve enhanced our login functionality to allow for multifactor authentication upon login keeping your data secure
- Enhanced EFT and automation of EFT Return Processing allowing you to collect your funds quicker and more efficiently
The benefit LTi's flexible architecture brings to its customers is the ability to take their business in any direction they choose while still utilizing the same system. LTi's larger and more diverse client base also means a more robust set of features and solutions.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:
LTi's solutions can be deployed in house or in a hosted environment.
Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP
Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP is a full-service, AV- rated commercial firm with 90+ attorneys based in New York with offices on Long Island and in New York City and Florida. We have attained a national reputation over the past 40 years, representing members of the equipment leasing and finance industry including asset-based lenders, finance and leasing companies, banks and independent companies of varying size and specialty. Some of the largest, most well-known companies in the industry rely on us for services that include drafting, negotiation and structuring of loan and lease agreements, creating and documenting specialized programs, transactions and portfolio sales, capital markets, formation, purchase and sale of leasing companies, as well as workouts, litigation, creditors' rights and bankruptcy representation.
Odessa
Headquartered in Philadelphia, USA, Odessa is a software company exclusively focused in the leasing industry. The Odessa Platform powers a diverse customer base globally, providing end-to-end, extensible solutions for lease and loan origination and portfolio management. Odessa facilitates business agility through rich feature sets including low-code development, test automation, reporting and business intelligence to ensure organizations can more effectively align business and IT objectives.
Solifi
Solifi delivers a solid financial technology foundation for equipment, working capital, wholesale, and automotive finance firms. At Solifi, we believe that commerce is only as strong as the system it runs on. Our mission is to reshape finance technology by bringing together proven solutions into a singular powerful technology platform designed to help you protect and scale your business. We guard your company by being precise and reliable, we guide you to success by combining powerful technology with proven expertise, and we help you grow by unleashing the potential of your business. For more information, please visit www.solifi.com.
Stonebriar Commercial Finance
Stonebriar Commercial Finance (“SCF”) is an originator and servicer of assets in a diverse set of industries across the credit spectrum whose portfolio serves as a catalyst for the U.S. economy. SCF is the largest independent commercial finance company in the U.S. Since inception, we have built a world class, multi-billion-dollar platform of fixed asset secured leases and loans. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SCF is a privately held, investment grade rated large-ticket commercial finance and leasing company established in 2015 to capitalize on the compelling investment opportunities in the equipment and real estate leasing and lending markets. Since inception, SCF has funded approximately $12 billion of leases and loans with annual funding in excess of $2 billion, with sequential growth each year. At year-end 2022, SCF was ranked the 30th largest leasing company with assets currently in excess of $6.2 billion and 23rd in volume in the U.S. and the largest private independent by assets, volume, and 1st in volume per employee.
SCF leases and finances assets located primarily in North America and select other jurisdictions worldwide currently through four distinct lines of business - General Equipment, Aviation Capital, Rail Leasing and Real Estate.
SCF structures include tax leases, finance leases, sale-leasebacks, TRAC leases, term loans, refinances, construction-to-permanent facilities, capital expenditures lines of credit, leverage to support mergers and acquisitions and other structures tailored to meet the specific objectives of its customers. Transaction sizes range from $5 to $500 million with typical terms of three to 20 years. SCF focuses on essential use and incoming producing assets operated by well capitalized lessees/obligors with proven management teams and defensible positions serving viable end markets.
Supported by an execution-oriented team with on average 25 years of experience, SCF is committed to providing innovative, efficient and effective capital solutions to its clients while generating attractive risk-adjusted returns with credit, structure and asset level protections.
The 2020 ELFA Women’s Leadership Forum 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.
Hotel Information
A block of rooms is being held for attendees of the 2020 Women’s Leadership Forum at the Hilton Palmer House. A special conference rate of $269 plus tax, single/double occupancy, is offered to attendees. 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.
Online Hotel Reservations
You may reserve your hotel room online through the customized reservations link at: https://book.passkey.com/e/49931689.
Make Hotel Reservations by Sunday, March 29, 2020! Reservations after this date are based on availability and may be at a higher rate. If you would also like to attend a Best Practices Roundtable or the 32nd Annual National Funding Conference, you will need to make separate reservations and contact our personal hotel contact, Yadira Quintanilla at Yadira.Quintanilla@hilton.com for assistance.
Getting There
The Hilton Palmer House is located in the popular theatre 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.
Visiting by Metro - When taking public transportation from 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 Hilton Palmer House Transport.
17 East Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603