Lipski Joins Advisory Board

Shari L. Lipski, CLP, joins the Leasing News Advisory Board. She was born

and raised in Chicago, Illinois.

Shari is the Marketing Manager at Edwin C. Sigel, Ltd (ECS.) Her responsibilities include originating new clients for the company’s Lease Portfolio Management Division and project development for the firm’s advertising and marketing. She joined ECS in 1999 as the Lease Portfolio Manger and was primarily responsible for marketing and managing the lease portfolio operations and advising clients as a consultant.

Shari has spent over 12 years in the equipment leasing industry. Her first nine years were with Public Funding Corporation, a financer of small-ticket governmental equipment leases. While employed with Public Funding, she held various positions including Lease Administrator, Corporate Secretary, and Vice President. In 1997, Public Funding was sold to First Sierra Financial, Inc. At First Sierra, Shari was responsible for managing operations in the Chicago branch office and a portfolio of vendor relationships.

In 1999, Shari earned her CLP designation. Over the years Shari has been involved with various leasing associations including various conference committees and has served as the United Association of Equipment Leasing Illinois Regional Chairperson. Currently Shari is a Director for the Mid-America Association of Equipment Lessors., Chairperson for the National Association of Equipment Leaisng Brokers’ 2003 Annual Convention, the Marketing Committee Chair for the Certified Leasing Professional Foundation, and administers the Certified Leasing Professional Foundation’s website.

She has a very handsome German Shepherd named Casino Chip, FDch, CD, AXJ, AX, CGC. He is a professional show dog that Shari has trained and shown for

Obedience, Agility, Flyball, and Schutzhund.

In her spare time, she has an internet business. www.eccentriccanine.com
Casino is on the website.

http://www.eccentriccanine.com/Index2.htm

The Leasing News Advisory Board Directors include:

Bob Baker, Wildwood Financial, St. Louis, MO
Steve Crane, Bank of the West, Walnut Creek, CA
Phil Dushay, Global Leasing, New York, NY
Steve Geller, Leasing Solutions LLC, Wesley Hills, NY
Ken Greene, Attorney, Greenbrae, CA
Bruce Kropschot, Kropschot Financial Services, Vero Beach, FL
Fred St. Laurent, Managing Director - Recruiting
Charlie Lester, LPI Financial, Marietta, GA
Shari Lipski, Marketing Manager, Edwin C. Segal Ltd., Northbrook, IL.
Bob Rodi, LeaseNow, Warrendale, PA
Bob Teichman, Teichman Financial Training, Sausalito,CA
Rob Yohe, Yohe and Associates, Stilwell, KS
Ginny Young, Brava Capital, Orange, CA

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Edwin C. Siegel, Ltd

3400 Dundee Road, Suite 180

Northbrook, Il 60062 1-800-826-7070

www.lease-management.com

In Business Since 1962,Edwin C. Sigel, Ltd. is one of only a few CPA firms in the United States that specializes in providing portfolio management services, as well as tax and management advisory services to the equipment leasing industry. Our lease management staff, including four certified lease professionals, are highly skilled accountants and income tax specialists with many years of experience in the equipment leasing industry. Edwin C. Sigel, Ltd. provides accurate and timely reports that enable management to make sound decisions and develop strategies for the optimum management of their portfolio and business.

Edwin C. Sigel, Ltd. can invoice your lessees, post cash receipts and provide you with timely and useful reports regarding delinquent accounts.

Edwin C. Sigel, Ltd. can prepare sales tax and personal property tax returns for each jurisdiction involved, including tracking of due dates. We also maintain lease receivable records, fixed asset and depreciations schedules, gross investment, residual and unearned income schedules, as well as tracking other data needed to manage a portfolio of leases.

In addition to our portfolio management services, Edwin C. Sigel, Ltd. 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, Edwin C. Sigel, Ltd. 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.

Outsourcing the management of your lease portfolio to Edwin C. Sigel, Ltd. will result in cost savings by providing your company with all of the resources of a team of experts without the overhead of maintaining a similarly qualified in-house staff. 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 management of lease portfolios.

They are active in many trade associations, plus maintain the Certified Leasing Professional Website.