The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association announced the agenda for its 2023 Credit & Collections Management Conference and recognized the members who are serving on the Credit & Collections Planning Committee. New this year, the Conference is offered both in-person June 7-9 at the Hilton Palacio Del Rio in San Antonio, TX and virtually at a special discounted rate. The event will address new and emerging issues relevant to credit and collections professionals and emerging professionals in the equipment finance industry.

“This is the event to get the big picture on what’s happening with credit and collections,” said Sarah Palmer, Chair of the ELFA Credit & Collections Planning Committee, which plans and hosts the Forum. “Our discussions are going to be timely and thought-provoking, ranging from shifting economic winds, to climate financing, to the distributed workforce. Plus, attendees will have outstanding opportunities to network with both senior professionals and newcomers.”

Topics addressed at ELFA Credit & Collections Management Conference will include:

• Climate Financing for Credit
• Tools, Tricks and Technology to Defend Against Fraud
• Results of the 2023 Collections Effectiveness Survey and the Credit Managers Survey
• 2023 Economic Outlook with Economist Jeff Jensen of Keybridge
• Legal Update
• How Would You Do the Deal?
• Recover, Settle or Sue?
• Underwriting: Key Market Risks and New Markets
• Credit Scoring in a Recessionary Environment
• Collections War Stories and Strategies for the Next Go-Around
• Workforce Trends in 2023
• Top 10 Trends with ELFA President and CEO Ralph Petta
• Roundtable sessions for bank and non-bank equipment finance companies

Attendees also will participate in networking opportunities—including a People Power Brunch, Newcomers Reception, Hosted Reception and more—and browse an interactive exhibit hall featuring the latest industry solutions.

Planning Committee
ELFA recognized the members of the 2023 Credit & Collections Planning Committee who are helping to plan the Credit & Collections Management Conference, including:

• Sarah Palmer, Underwriting and Asset Management Executive, Key Equipment Finance (Committee Chair)
• Lewis Cohn, Managing Partner, Cohn & Dussi, LLC
• Alexander Darcy, Shareholder, Darcy & Devassy PC (formerly Askounis & Darcy)
• Robert Fagan, Vice President of Customer Service & Collections, Eastern Funding LLC
• Daniel Goderis, Director, Portfolio Management, GreatAmerica Financial Services
• Christine Holguin, Industry Credit Lead, Fifth Third Bank, National Association
• Chris Jung, Director, Americas Credit & Risk Officer, Cisco Systems Capital Corporation
• Cecile Latouche
• Louis Maslowe, Chief Risk Officer, Commercial Domain, DLL (Immediate Past Chair)
• Scott McCann, Senior Credit Officer, Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
• Michael Mount, CLFP, SVP, Credit Executive, U.S. Bank
• Dana Pace, Senior Vice President, Director of Operations & Asset Resolution, PNC Equipment Finance
• Kevin Prykull, CLFP, Adjunct Professor in Finance, Duquesne University
• Martina Rider Porter, Partner, Hemar, Rousso & Heald, LLP
• James St. Clair, Outsourcing Director, DLL
• Jim Tobin, Director Retail Credit, VFS US, Volvo Financial Services
• Thomas Ware, President, Tom Ware Advisory Services, LLC

More Information
The agenda and registration details for ELFA Credit & Collections Management Conference are available at www.elfaonline.org/events/2023/CC.

For additional risk management tools and market insights for the equipment finance industry from the ELFA Knowledge Hub, visit the Risk Management page of the ELFA website.