Board of Directors

Rosanne Wilson, CLP, began her leasing career in 1975 with Trans America Financial Services. In 1990, after gaining confidence and experience, she founded 1st Independent Leasing, Inc. in Beaverton, OR. Her company is a full service national leasing brokerage and handles all types of equipment leasing markets, as well as provides SBA Loan assistance. Always active in the leasing industry, 2009 marks Rosanne's fifth year as Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the NAELB. Leasing News recognized her with a nomination for the “Most Influential Women In Leasing” Award in 2009.

Vicki Shimkus, CLP has twenty years experience in the equipment leasing industry. She started her career as Vicki Meier at Colonial Pacific Leasing in 1991 where she worked her way from an entry level position to a regional sales representative before leaving the company in 1998. She has held various positions including credit and sales at MetLife/GE and Financial Pacific Leasing. Vicki is currently the Western US Broker Relations Manager for BSB Leasing. Vicki resides in Washington state and is married with two daughters. Vicki earned her CLP designation in 1998 and feels it has been an important tool in her finance career. She gets involved in promoting the CLP Foundation as much as possible and looks forward to continuing her support and service to the Board of the CLP Foundation.

D. Paul Nibarger, CLP is Managing Director of Nibarger Associates, an investment banking firm that specializes in providing commercial borrowers with advice and services regarding project and equipment financing. Since its founding in 1983, Nibarger Associates has provided its clients with creative solutions for various traditional and difficult-to-finance projects. Using its broad base of experience in equipment leasing and debt markets, Nibarger Associates delivers the capital its clients need for profitable expansion. The firm is a member of ELFA and NAELB with a CA Finance Lender/Broker license, # 603-8622.

John has 29 years experience in Financial Services, with 25 years spent in small ticket and middle market equipment leasing with Colonial-Pacific, FirstCorp, MetLife Capital, Financial Pacific Leasing and most recently, Radiance Capital LLC as Chief Operating Officer. His primary responsibilities included management of the credit, underwriting, portfolio and marketing groups. John recently 8/2010, moved to Portfolio Financial servicing group in Portland,OR as director of Risk Management. John currently serves on the NEFA Board of Directors and served as Chairman of the ELA Credit & Collection Committee from 2002-2004 as well as Treasurer of the CLP Foundation. He has been a speaker and panelist at numerous industry conferences on collection techniques, equipment and legal account management and fraud prevention and is a seasoned instructor for with the Institute for Leasing Professionals. John has also authored several notable articles, including two published by the Monitor: Collection Best Practices—Good or just average? - and Client-Lawfirm Relationships—are they as productive as they should be? John was also a contributing author for the Certified Lease Professionals’ Handbook and the Handbooks most recent edition.

I started my finance career in 1990 with ITT Commercial Finance, later known as Deutsche Financial with the Yamaha division until 1997 when a friend insisted I come to work with her at Advanta Leasing in Voorhees, NJ.  I held various positions in my 4 years there from funding coordinator to funding manager to sales manager (I fell in love with leasing).  From there I went to Canon Financial Services in Mt. Laurel, NJ where I was in sales and eventually sales manager for the Independent Channel.  I met my husband Scott, who was from Seattle, so I moved to the beautiful Pacific Northwest.  I took a job as a branch manager of a credit union until I could work my way back to leasing.  It was a real blessing when a position opened up in 2008 with Financial Pacific Leasing where I am currently a broker relations manager and still loving it every day.  

Mr. Bonanno is in his fifth consecutive term as a Director of the CLP Foundation. He is one of only three Attorneys in the United States to have earned the CLP designation and is legal counsel to the National Association of Equipment Leasing Brokers. He has conducted workshops for the NAELB, Eastern Association of Equipment Lessors, the United Association of Equipment Leasing and taught the legal, documentation and collection portion of the master CLP review course. He has also been an instructor in leasing and commercial law for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. He has participated in instructional series for leasing executives from the former Soviet Union and the Kosovo Bankers Association, through The World Bank. He has written numerous industry related articles for Leasing Logic, The Monitor and World Leasing News. He has been an expert witness in equipment leasing litigation and has been named one of the 25 most influential people in the leasing industry by Leasing News online magazine.

Jeffry is a Senior Vice President of Huntington National Bank, presently serving as Head of Strategy & Corporate Development. In that capacity, he has been responsible for product & marketing strategy, development of new products initiatives, mergers and acquisitions within the Equipment Finance group. Responsibilities include development and implementation of business strategies to meet profitability & budget goals, portfolio risk management, sales efforts, process improvements, hiring, credit decisioning, portfolio monitoring and operations.

Mr. Elliott began his banking career with Security Pacific a Subsidiary of Bank of America in 1993 in the consumer finance division. Prior to Huntington, He was Vice President with U.S. Bank as Manager of the Indirect Funding Group; he joined Huntington in 2001 as part of the newly established Huntington Equipment Finance Division.

Mr. Elliott holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from the Richard T. Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and a Masters of Business Administration from the Williams College of Business at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mr. Elliott is a Certified Lease Professional ("CLP") and a former advisory board member of Mid America Association of Equipment Lessors, where he served as Vice Chairman/Board of Director and is an active member of the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association. Jeffry is also a retired member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association as a High School Basketball & Football Official. He and his wife reside in Bay Village, Ohio and have two children.

Born and raised in the Arkansas River Valley. In 1984, Kyle joined the Arkansas Air National Guard while still a senior in high school and recently retired as a Master Sergeant in March of 2011. Just a few years out of college, Kyle began his banking career with what was then Merchants National Bank in Fort Smith, Arkansas in the mid 1990's as a commercial lender. He quickly realized that financing commercial equipment was his favorite part of his job. In 1999, Kyle joined Regions Leasing as a Commercial Leasing Officer. In 2003, Kyle joined Bank of the Ozarks Leasing where he became the acting Executive Vice President. In 2007, he had the opportunity to form Arvest Equipment Finance where he is currently serving as President. Kyle serves on two different industry boards. He is on the CLP Foundation Board of Directors, as well as the National Equipment Finance Association board. His hobbies include salt water fishing, snow skiing, basketball, duck hunting and flying.

Kyle and his wife Jackie have been married for over 21 years. They have two children, a son Grayson age 18 and a daughter, Madison age 15. The family attends Cavanaugh Free Will Baptist Church in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Shannon Green is Executive Vice President of Orion First Financial, LLC in Gig Harbor, WA.  She left Financial Pacific Leasing as a Vice President in 2003 and joined Orion.  With over 25 years in the leasing industry, Shannon's experiences and responsibilities have ranged from customer service and collections to credit and operations management.  Her passion is helping others succeed and is a big supporter of human development.  She has been a Certified Lease Professional since 1999.

Outside of work, Shannon enjoys spending time with family and friends at her home in Spanaway Lake in Washington.

As a leasing professional I believe that knowledge and accountability are two of the keys to our industries long term success. It is my personality to look for ways to contribute to ideals that I believe in thus I would be honored to contribute to the CLP Foundation as it shares my beliefs and I know that I can contribute in a positive way to this organization and the community.

Brian Schonfeld, CLP started his career in equipment leasing in portfolio management where his duties involved managing delinquent accounts, early terminations, end of lease options and was quickly promoted to sales. In 2006 he took a position with Pawnee Leasing Corporation, a funding source located in Ft Collins, Colorado specializing in a-typical transactions. Brian’s responsibilities included customer relationship management and new customer development. In 2011 he was promoted to Project & Information Manager, spearheading special projects and strategic initiatives for Pawnee. Brian holds a BA from the University of California Irvine, achieved his CLP certification in 2008 and continually demonstrates his commitment to continuing education most recently manifested in his studies for an MBA degree at Colorado State University.

Brian has now retained his CLP designation for almost four years and continually demonstrates his dedication, competency and well balanced understanding of the equipment leasing and financing sector. Brian is a frequent author in well known leasing periodicals including NEFA Newsline, NAELB Leasing Logic and World Leasing News. He will also serve as Conference Chair for the upcoming 2012 NAELB Annual Conference. Brian has clearly demonstrated leadership role in the industry and holds himself to the highest standards of conduct and ethical business practices applicable to the equipment leasing and finance industry.