SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing Corp. announced three hires on the originations team.

Jason Center has been named Director – Originations of the Greater Washington region and will be responsible for Commercial and Not-for-Profit & Government clients in Maryland, DC, and Northern Virginia. Center joins SunTrust with over 16 years of financial services experience, most recently with Bridge Funding Group where he was Vice President. Prior to that, he spent time at PNC Equipment Finance and BB&T Equipment Finance. Center is based out of Baltimore, MD and reports to Joe Hines, Managing Director – Commercial/Not-for-Profit & Government.

Chris Hobbs has been named Vice President - Originations of the Carolinas region and will be responsible for Commercial clients in North Carolina and South Carolina. Hobbs joins SunTrust with over 20 years of financial services experience, most recently with BB&T where he was Vice President of National Large Corporate Account Executives. Prior to that, he spent time at Wells Fargo and GE Capital. Hobbs is based out of Raleigh, NC and reports to Joe Hines, Managing Director – Commercial/Not-for-Profit & Government.

Dave Rooney has been named Director – Originations and will be responsible for Corporate Banking in the Midwest region. Rooney joins SunTrust with over 18 years of financial services experience, most recently with GE Capital where he was Senior Vice President – Corporate Finance. Prior to that, he spent time at The PrivateBank & Trust Company and LaSalle Bank National Association. Rooney is based out of Chicago, IL and reports to Arick Levine, Managing Director – Corporate Banking.