Executive Roundtable : ELFA

Executive Roundtable

March 13 - March 15, 2022

Omni Amelia Island Resort , Amelia Island, FL

ELFA Executive Roundtable: The War on Talent

As workplaces begin to reopen, many will be returning to a world of work that is forever changed by the circumstances brought on by the pandemic. As U.S. economic growth continues, the equipment and leasing industry is adapting quickly to scale their operations in this new world. But labor shortages driven by the pandemic are a fast-growing challenge for companies looking to meet the rising customer demand. Attendees will learn about the trends impacting the talent space, and how organizations may need to adjust their approach to attracting and retaining top talent.

This one-of-a-kind conference brings CEOs and Presidents of leasing and finance companies together to discuss the issues of the day, to strategize about the future and to create lasting business relationships.

Three Featured Keynote Speakers for 2022's Executive Roundtable:

LINDSEY POLLACK
Multigenerational Workplace Expert
New York Times Best-Selling Author of Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work

JOHN E. SILVIA, Ph.D.
CEO and Founder, Dynamic Economic Strategy
Managing Director and Chief Economist for Wells Fargo, Retired

JOHNNY C. TAYLOR
President and Chief Executive Officer
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

Who Should Attend: Please Review Carefully

Attendance is limited to the senior executive leadership from ELFA member companies. Executives must hold the position of president, CEO, managing director, COO; or be part of the senior leadership team and/or manage a substantial division within the company. Service Provider Member Companies may send one senior executive from their company to this Roundtable. ELFA Regular Member Companies may send up to three representatives from their companies.

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Registration Fees

Price Description	Amount
1st Person Attendee from Member Company	$1970.00
Additional Attendee from Member Company	$1690.00
Spouse/Companion	$350.00
Spouse/Companion	$350.00

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Available Functions

Sunday Golf Outing

$150.00

Speakers

Laurie Bakke

Western Equipment Finance

Laurie Bakke has been actively involved in the leasing and finance industry for over 25 years with primary focus on the small ticket and middle market segments within vendor and direct platforms. Experience includes national and international relationships and transactions. Throughout her career, Ms. Bakke has served on the Board of Directors for the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association, the Board of Directors for NordFinance, Inc. and the Board of Directors for Western State Bank.

Ms. Bakke is currently the president of Western Equipment Finance, a subsidiary of Western State Bank. In her capacity at Western, Ms. Bakke is responsible for the leadership, strategic direction, financial performance and business and operational development of the organization.

Prior to joining Western Equipment Finance, Ms. Bakke was vice president of the vendor finance division for Huntington Equipment Finance. Responsible for all aspects of its national vendor division, Ms. Bakke created the national platform, developed and implemented its strategic and financial plan and provided operational oversight. The vendor division expanded Huntington’s regional presence to national presence.

Prior to joining Huntington Equipment Finance, Ms. Bakke served as executive vice president of Irwin Commercial Finance, Inc., responsible for the United States operation. Prior to Irwin Commercial Finance Ms. Bakke was president of NordFinance, the United States subsidiary of NordBanken, AB.

Ms. Bakke resides in Bellevue, WA and Devils Lake, ND. She was actively involved as Treasurer for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Washington/Alaska Chapters where she recently concluded her Board of Trustee term.

Jeffrey Berg

EVP - Strategic Initiatives Executive Officer
American AgCredit

Robert Boyer CLFP

President
First Commonwealth Equipment Finance

Robert Boyer is currently President of First Commonwealth Equipment Finance, a division of First Commonwealth Bank. Most recently, he was Senior Director and Senior Vice President at TCF Capital Solutions, a division of TCF Bank. Prior to that, he was the President of BB&T Commercial Equipment Capital Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Branch Banking and Trust Company (BB&T), now Truist.

He is the 2024 ELFA Board Chair.

Rob has held a variety of positions throughout his career, including Sales Executive, Syndications Manager, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Syndications and Executive Vice President. He has served as Treasurer of the ELFA Board and is a member of its Executive Committee. Previously, he chaired ELFA’s Membership Committee and Small Ticket Business Council Steering Committee. He also has served as a Director for the Certified Leasing and Finance Professional Foundation (CLFP).

Rob has been working in the equipment finance industry since 1995. He holds a bachelor’s degree from LaSalle University and attended the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

Kathleen Canum

Senior Vice President, Administration
Canon Financial Services, Inc.

As Senior Vice President at Canon Financial Services, Kathy has direct oversight of the following strategic functions: Accounting/AP/Tax, Information Technology, Corporate Planning, Project Management, Operations, General Affairs, and Legal. In addition to her broad functional leadership, Kathy is responsible for CFS’ Innovation Lifecycle and Product Management strategies. In the last few years, Kathy has engineered and successfully completed a full-scale end-to-end modernization of CFS internal and external systems from front-end to end of lease, including the recent replacement of a legacy Lease Accounting System managing a $2b+ and growing portfolio. Additionally, Kathy has modernized CFS continuous improvement, product management, and technology delivery models to be more agile and customer-focused. In addition to creating a successful women’s leadership program at CFS, Kathy has cultivated key relationships and programs with government, universities, and community organizations to expand the reach and appeal of the Equipment Finance Industry as a whole and to maximize its impact to our communities.

Kathy received her M.B.A. from Wharton, B.A. from Immaculata University and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Kathy started her career in leasing 25+ years ago at First Fidelity Leasing.

Ellen Comeaux

SVP, Commercial Division Leader
EverBank

Ellen Comeaux is the SVP, Commercial Division Sales Leader at TIAA Bank. As a member of the Bank’s leadership team, her primary responsibilities include directing originations for the Commercial Lending Division, including ensuring successful execution of key priorities, problem solving and establishing the overall strategic and tactical direction for the Commercial Real Estate and Vendor Equipment Finance business lines.

Ellen leads teams in commercial real estate and vendor equipment finance and reports to John Pataky, Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer. She joined TIAA Bank (EverBank) in 2015, after 24 years at GE Capital and most recently served as Chief of Staff for the Chief Banking Officer.

Michael DiCecco

Executive Managing Director, Huntington Asset Finance
Huntington Equipment Finance

Michael DiCecco is Executive Managing Director of Huntington Bank’s Asset Finance business which includes asset-based lending, equipment, technology & healthcare finance, vendor & inventory finance, public capital, renewable energy, premium finance, and lender finance. DiCecco, along with a group of colleagues, established Huntington’s equipment finance capabilities in 2001 after starting his career at Star Bank (nka US Bank) in 1988. Over the last 30 years DiCecco has earned increasing responsibilities in equipment finance and commercial banking, including leading Huntington’s commercial bank for Northeast Ohio from 2005-2008.

Active in the industry and community, DiCecco, has served on the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association’s Membership Committee, Financial Institutions Business Council, and from 2014-2017 served on the ELFA Board of Directors and Executive Committee. DiCecco rejoined the ELFA Board of Directors in 2018 and is currently Chair-Elect. Michael is also on the Cuyahoga County Regional Advisory Board for the Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Ohio and an active fundraiser for cancer research through Pelotonia.

DiCecco holds a Bachelor of Science with a concentration in Finance from the College of Mount St. Joseph, and he is a member of the Leadership Cleveland class of 2008. Michael lives in Avon Lake, Ohio with his wife Amy and has three children.

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.

RJ Grimshaw

ABLE Leadership, LLC

RJ Grimshaw is the President and CEO for UniFi Equipment Finance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Ann Arbor. RJ joined Bank of Ann Arbor in August 2013 as an Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer. With more than 20 years of experience in the equipment finance and banking industry, he brings valuable experience in the areas of commercial banking, investment banking, and business banking. Previously, he served as Vice President for Everbank Commercial Finance, Inc. where he was responsible for the growth within the Technology Division. RJ has previously served on the ELFA’s Vendor and Captive Business Council Steering Committee, as well participated in the past two Industry Future Councils with the ELFA foundation.

RJ is an avid hockey coach and involved with USA hockey.

Miles Herman

Chief Executive Officer
LEAF Commercial Capital Inc.

Mr. Herman is President and Chief Operating Officer of LEAF since its formation in 2011 and held a similar position at LFC starting in 2001. Mr. Herman has more than 25 years of operations experience at commercial finance and leasing companies in various senior executive operational roles with Fidelity Leasing, Inc. and its successor, the Technology Finance Group of CitiCapital Vendor Finance, as well as Tokai Financial Services, LSI Leasing Services, Inc. and Master Lease Corporation. Mr. Herman holds a B.S. degree Honors from Villanova University.

Steven Hurd

Associate Partner
McLagan Partners, Inc.

Steven Hurd leads McLagan’s Global Institutional Banking & Capital Markets rewards practice, assisting firms of all sizes with benchmarking, performance and productivity analyses, as well as custom advisory and incentive plan design projects. His clients includes the bulge bracket global banks, international and regional banks, independent M&A advisory firms, and mid-market investment banks.

Steven works with clients on a global basis, leading projects and client conferences focused on junior banker talent, rewards, and performance/strategic initiatives.

Prior to this role, Steven worked in London, leading the European Banking & Markets business. Prior to that role, Steven worked within McLagan’s private equity benchmarking and consulting business. He joined the firm in 2006. Steven graduated from Gettysburg College, receiving a B.A. in economics and business management.

Christopher Johnson

SVP & President
Pitney Bowes Global Financial Services

As the leader of Financial Services (FS), Christopher has accountability for all aspects of the business including strategy, growth and operations. This includes strategic analysis in global markets, assessing current capabilities against future opportunities, determining priorities for investment, organizational development and business culture. In this role he is also responsible for payments and shipping finance for the enterprise.

Christopher has held multiple business leadership and C-level roles at leading companies and has a proven track record of developing effective business strategies to accelerate growth. Prior to joining Pitney Bowes in April of 2016, he was President, Terex Financial Services, a global captive financial services company with multi-billion dollar assets under management in over 30 countries. Before that, Christopher spent 15 years with GE in both the industrial and financial segments of their business. For 11 years of his tenure, he was with GE Capital holding a number of executive leadership positions in their international commercial and consumer banking organizations. Most notably he was Managing Director, GE Capital and Head of Trade and Supply Chain Finance. Prior to GE, he also held M&A, corporate and business development roles of increasing responsibility at Lincoln Financial Group and Markowitz & McNaughton.

Christopher has a BA from Georgetown University. He also completed the executive professional development series at GE’s Jack Welch Executive Leadership Institute.

Michael Jones

President, Equipment Finance
First Citizens Bank Equipment Finance

Michael S. Jones has served as President of CIT Business Capital now First Citizens Bank since January 2018. He is responsible for CIT's Equipment Finance businesses. Mike has served as Managing Director, Business Capital of CIT since 2016. Prior to that he served as Senior Vice President, Managing Director for EverBank Equipment Finance/TIAA from 2009-2016 managing sales and operations for the Vendor Equipment Finance division and as a Director from 2004-2008. Mike also held management positions with US Bank Equipment Finance and Sunoco Oil Company. Mike retired honorable from the US Army (Ranger), completed one combat tour and he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Widener University.

Matthew Keown

US West Region Head – Cisco Capital
Cisco Systems Capital Corporation

Matthew L. Keown is an experienced business leader with over 20 years of technology industry and 12 years international business experience with Fortune Global 500 companies covering established and emerging markets. He has led global divisions with up to $1.5B annual turnover with total P&L responsibility. Matt is a 2005 MBA graduate of the University of Notre Dame and lives just outside Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Marcia and two sons Jack and Logan.

He has been with Delage Landen since January of 2020 in various management and executive roles.

Robert Moskovitz

Chief Financial Officer
Verdant Commercial Capital LLC

Daniel Nelson CLFP

CEO
Tamarack Technology, Inc.

Nelson is founder and President of Tamarack Consulting, a leading technology solution provider to the equipment finance and commercial lending industry. With almost 30 years of industry experience, Nelson leads Tamarack's professional services and product offerings for back office solutions. An active member of EFLA since 2002, Nelson has served on both the ELFA and CLFP Board of Directors. Prior to starting Tamarack in 2001, Nelson held IT management, conversion and consulting positions with a prominent equipment finance software vendor. He holds a Certified Lease & Finance Professional (CLFP) designation and a B.A. in Mathematics.

David Normandin CLFP

President & Chief Executive Officer
Wintrust Specialty Finance

Mr. David A. Normandin , CLFP is President and Chief Executive Officer at Wintrust Specialty Finance. Mr. Normandin’s career in commercial finance spans over 20 years and has included experience in executive leadership, sales, marketing and operations.
At Wintrust, Mr. Normandin is responsible for a finance division specializing in commercial leases and loans to businesses in the vendor and small ticket space. He earned his Certified Leasing & Finance Professional (CLFP) designation in 2010 and serves as Past President of the CLFP Foundation. Mr. Normandin also served as the Treasurer for the National Equipment Finance Association in 2014, served the Small Ticket Steering Counsel for the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association as chair for two years and currently serves on the board of directors of the ELFA. He also speaks regularly at conferences throughout the nation regarding small business lending.

Ralph Petta

Ralph Petta is the President and CEO of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), the premier trade association representing 550+ member organizations in the $1 trillion equipment finance sector. Mr. Petta leads the organization in executing its mission to foster business development, deliver industry information and analysis, provide educational opportunities and advocate for the industry. He is also President of the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation, which is dedicated to inspiring thoughtful innovation and contributing to the betterment of the equipment leasing and finance industry.

Mr. Petta, an authority in the business of equipment finance, has been with the association since 1987. Before assuming the role of President and CEO in January 2016, he served as Chief Operating Officer for six years, providing coordination, direction and oversight of ELFA programs and services designed to add value to the association's member organizations. Prior to that, he served as Interim President. From 1987 to 2010 he was Vice President-Research & Industry Services, managing ELFA's information, benchmarking and market research initiatives. Throughout his career at ELFA, Mr. Petta has assumed leadership roles in virtually all functional areas within the organization, including governance, membership marketing, communications, business and professional development, state advocacy and the association's affiliated Foundation.

He is often quoted in industry trade publications and is a frequent speaker about the role of equipment finance in the U.S. economy and trends and developments in the equipment finance sector.

Mr. Petta is a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), as well as ASAE's Key Industry Association Committee (KIAC). He completed the ASAE/University of Maryland College of Business and Management executive development certificate program in association management. He also was selected for and participated in the ASAE Future Leaders Conference. Mr. Petta is a member of the Exchequer Club of Washington, DC.

Before joining ELFA, Mr. Petta worked for nine years in the office of United States Senator Sam Nunn, serving in a variety of professional capacities. He was Senator Nunn's legislative assistant when he left to join the association. Mr. Petta graduated from Syracuse University, earning a B.A. degree in political science.

Lindsey Pollak

Career & Workplace Expert and New York Times Best-Selling Author
Leading Authorities

One of the world’s leading career and workplace experts, Lindsey Pollak is a New York Times bestselling author and advisor to both young professionals looking to succeed in today’s work environment as well as the organizations that want to recruit, retain, and engage them. She is passionate about helping individuals and organizations navigate and thrive in the changing world of work.

Pollak was named to the 2020 Thinkers50 Radar List, which honors the top 30 global management thinkers whose work is shaping the future of how organizations are managed and led. Often called a translator among generations, she provides a roadmap for the future of work, sharing her insights into how to lead an organization in today’s unprecedented workplace. Engaging audiences with her subject matter expertise, entertaining storytelling, and actionable, practical advice, Pollak offers a positive approach for organizations to optimize their multigenerational workforce, support diversity and inclusion efforts, and navigate the ever-changing workplace for success.

Pollak’s newest book, a reaction to current global events, is Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work. Her previous book, The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace, was named a ‘Book of the Month’ by both The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. Additionally, Pollak is the author of two career advice books for young professionals: Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders and Getting from College to Career: Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World.

Her speaking audiences and consulting clients have included over 250 corporations, law firms, conferences, and universities, including Aetna, Citi, Estée Lauder Companies, GE, Goldman Sachs, Google, Pfizer, Verizon, Yale, Harvard, Wharton and Stanford. Pollak’s advice and expertise have also appeared in such media outlets as The TODAY Show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and NPR.

Pollak currently serves as a brand ambassador for HR tech company Cappfinity, and has served as an official ambassador for LinkedIn, a Millennial workplace expert for The Hartford, and chair of Cosmopolitan Magazine’s Millennial Advisory Board. In her philanthropic work, she serves as a board director of FourBlock, a national nonprofit that supports veteran career transition. She is a graduate of Yale University.

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.

Dave Rosenthal

Senior Consultant
McLagan Partners, Inc.

Dave Rosenthal is a Senior Consultant with McLagan’s Corporate & Commercial Lending team and leads the Specialty Lending practice. Dave is responsible for supporting client relationships, advising clients, and managing McLagan’s compensation survey products across Aviation Finance, Commercial Finance, Commercial Real Estate, Equipment Leasing & Finance and Middle Market Leveraged Lending. Dave’s areas of expertise include competitive benchmarking, performance & productivity analysis and incentive plan review & design. He works with a variety of financial services firms, including multi-national banks, regional banks, independent leasing firms and captives.
Dave joined McLagan in 2019. Dave previously worked at Greenwich Associates in the Commercial Banking consulting practice.
Dave holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Syracuse University.

Larry Scherzer CLFP

Senior Director
Cisco Systems Capital Corporation

Larry is currently the Senior Director and the global leader of the Cisco Capital’s Strategy and Payment Solutions team. The team’s mission is to align with Cisco’s Partner, Sales and Business Units to design and provide new payment solutions such as;

 Consumption and as a service solutions

 Bundled technology solutions and subscriptions

 Lifecycle selling

Prior to joining Cisco Capital Larry was the Chief Sales Officer and founding member of the SGEF USA, the US equipment finance subsidiary of Société Générale, and General Manager responsible for overseeing The CIT Group’s ownership interest in Dell Financial Services.

John Silvia Ph.D.

CEO and Founder
Dynamic Economic Strategy

An investment professional with over thirty years of experience as Chief Economist to a bank, U.S. Senate Banking Committee and private investment management company. Expertise in the analysis of financial markets and macroeconomic trends with experience in the application of economic forecasting and analysis in a framework of corporate investment strategy. Strengths include the ability to analyze and simplify complex economic trends and then articulate these to non-economists such as investment professionals, sales & trading personnel as well as public clients.

Sought after speaker on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business (to name a few) as well as in forums such as The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, National Investor Relations Institute and the Association for University Business and Economic Research.

Johnny Taylor

President and Chief Executive Officer of SHRM
Leading Authorities

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer of SHRM

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, is President and Chief Executive Officer of SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management. With over 300,000 members in 165 countries, SHRM is the largest HR professional association in the world, impacting the lives of 115 million workers every day.

As a global leader on the future of employment, culture and leadership, Mr. Taylor is a sought-after voice on all matters affecting work, workers and the workplace. He is frequently asked to testify before Congress on critical workforce issues and authors a weekly column, "Ask HR," in USA Today.

Mr. Taylor's career spans over 20 years as a lawyer, human resources executive and CEO in both the not-for-profit and for-profit space. He has held senior and chief executive roles at IAC/Interactive Corp, Viacom's Paramount Pictures and Blockbuster Entertainment Group, McGuireWoods LLC, and Compass Group USA. Most recently, Mr. Taylor was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

He is a member of the White House American Workforce Policy Advisory Board and was appointed by President Donald Trump as Chairman of the President's Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He serves on the boards of the University of Miami, Jobs for America's Graduates and the American Red Cross. He is licensed to practice law in Florida, Illinois and Washington, D.C.

Joel Van Vark

Chief Credit Officer, JDF US & CA
John Deere Financial

Joel Van Vark is the Vice President, Global Operating Platforms for John Deere Financial (JDF). He leads JDF’s strategic portfolio and program management, business process excellence, technology enablement, change management and customer quality programs. He is also responsible for JDF’s data management and governance globally. In this role, he brings a vision for leveraging the capabilities of modern technology with robust business processes to enable an exceptional customer and channel experience. This enables JDF to implement common processes that adapt well to various geographies, business capabilities, and increasing requirements from dealers and customers.

Joel graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a B.A. degree and earned an MBA from the University of Iowa. Joel joined John Deere Financial in 2001 and has held broad management roles including Managing Director, John Deere Bank S.A. in Luxembourg; President, John Deere Credit, Inc. in Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Vice President, Wholesale responsible for Deere’s Wholesale Credit function in the U.S. and Canada; and Vice President, International – based in Singapore where he was responsible for establishing JDF’s businesses in China, India, SE Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Prior to joining John Deere Financial, Joel held a number of positions of increasing responsibility in the financial services industry. Joel held leadership roles with Bank of America, Firstar Corporation (and its predecessors) and CNH Capital, where he was General Manager – Europe, based in Dublin, Ireland.

Joel is on the ELFA Captive & Vendor Finance Business Council Steering Committee.

Omni Amelia Island Resort Hotel Information

ELFA Room Block- SOLD OUT
A block of rooms is being held for attendees of the 2022 Executive Roundtable at the Omni Amelia Island Resort, 39 Beach Lagoon Rd, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 United States (904) 261-6161. A special conference rate of $319 plus tax, for best available room upon arrival, is offered to attendees. This fee includes in-room hi-speed internet with Omni's Select Guest membership, access to the fitness center, beaches, pools, and a daily newspaper by the elevators. Check in time is 4:00 pm, and check-out time is 11:00 am.

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Executive Roundtable

Executive Roundtable

Executive Roundtable

March 13 - March 15, 2022

ELFA Executive Roundtable: The War on Talent

Three Featured Keynote Speakers for 2022's Executive Roundtable:

Who Should Attend: Please Review Carefully

Registration Fees

Available Functions

Speakers

Laurie Bakke

Jeffrey Berg

Robert Boyer CLFP

Kathleen Canum

Ellen Comeaux

Michael DiCecco

Andy Fishburn CLFP

RJ Grimshaw

Miles Herman

Steven Hurd

Christopher Johnson

Michael Jones

Matthew Keown

Robert Moskovitz

Daniel Nelson CLFP

David Normandin CLFP

Ralph Petta

Lindsey Pollak

Scott Riehl

Dave Rosenthal

Larry Scherzer CLFP

John Silvia Ph.D.

Johnny Taylor

Joel Van Vark

Sponsors

Wintrust Asset Finance, Inc.

Omni Amelia Island Resort Hotel Information