Pictures from the Past
Featured on Leasing News: 3/27/2003

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“Dancing the Night Away”

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““Dancing the Night Away--From top right, Ginny Young, Brava Capital, and Robert Rodi, CLP, the American Lease Exchange, show off their moves at Saturday’s ‘Roaring 20’s Dinner Gala. Inset: Pat Roberts, M&R Leasing, Inc., and Phil Dushey, Global Leasing Services at the Roaring 20’s.”

November, 1995 United Association of Equipment Leasing Regional Reporter

Ginny Young is founder and president of Brava Capital in Orange, CA. Prior to Brava Capital she was president and partner of Pacific Funding Group for three years and Vice President of Topa Thrift and Loan for 14 years. She has 27 years of finance industry experience of which the last 13 years have been in equipment leasing. She has a BS in psychology form UCLA. She has held many positions with the UAEL leadership since 1988 and is currently Board Liaison to the Member Service Committee and the Orange County, Los Angeles, and Fresno

regional Committee.

Today:

“Thanks for the picture reminding us all of all the fun we had at that

UAEL Conference. If my memory serves me correctly, you and Sue placed

in the best costume contest that night. Rodi and the ladies (Candice

Conner, Lenna Currie, and I) all dressed like gangsters. Eat your heart

out, Tony Soprano!

“With war on the immediate horizon, I don't think we'll be partying much

in the near future. God bless our Troops and Peace for the World.”

Ginny Young

ginnyyoung@bravacapital.com

(Thank you for reminding me. I will run the picture of Sue and I winning

the costume contest. Kit )

Robert N. Rodi, CLP, President of ALEX, Inc. The American Lease

Exchange, has been active in the equipment leasing business for over

twelve years with experience as a Vendor, Broker, and Lessor. He has

been active for many years in the United Association of Equipment

Leasing, serving positions on numerous committees including Education

and Membership. He speaks often on behalf of the organization at both

Regional and National Conferences. Rodi passed the comprehensive

examination and extensive peer review process to earn the designation of

Certified Lease Professional in 1993. He currently serves on the Board

of Directors of UAEL. As president of ALWX, Inc, a national

Lessor/Broker based in Cherry Hill, NY, Rodi concentrates on primarily

middle-market transactions from $100,000 to $3 million. The company is

currently marketing its proprietary point-of-sale leasing system

software and can be accessed through the Internet.

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From: Bob Rodi <drlease@leasenow.com>

"Some things have changed since 1995. For one thing the company

celebrates 15 years this year. It was originally founded by my lovely

wife, Marina and our former partner Rich Masterson, in 1988. 2003 also

marks 21 years in the leasing business for me personally with all that

time spent as a broker/lessor.

My beard is almost all gray now. I also have 5 children, instead of the

3 I had when that picture was taken. Regina was born in December of 1995

and Alaina was born in January of 1998. Also, as of this May, My three

older children will be teenagers, all at the same time. Sarah, 17, Nick,

15 and Angela, 13. I'm not sure that any parent should have to endure

three teenagers at once.

In 1995 the name of the company was ALEX, Inc. It was only our website

and software that we called LeaseNOW. We officially changed the name of

the company to LeaseNOW, Inc. in 1997. In 1999 we moved the company

back to the Pittsburgh area (my hometown, GO STEELERS!!) and we bought

our own little building for LeaseNOW.

We have also made the transition, during that time , to a true lessor.

We have also developed a very well defined niche in small balance

franchise financing for franchisers like Subway, Quiznos, Mail

Boxes,Etc., and many others. Franchise financing and a continued

commitment to developing our technology platform have been the keys to

our success over the past 7 years . It was in 1995 when we obtained our

first warehouse line and started funding our own transactions and

selling them off in small bulk purchase packages to Jim Merrilees. He

was the only one who would listen to a hair brained scheme to let a

broker do his own credit using SBSS Credit Desk.

Thanks to Jim we continued to do things somewhat differently over that

time. In addition to Jim Merrilees I would like to thank Randy Ernst,

Rich Viola, Bob Fisher, Curt Lysne and Jim Adler, and most recently

Dwight Galloway and Charles Randall for giving me the latitude to do

things in a different way over that time . I would also like to thank

all of my employees and affiliates for their hard work and loyalty. Most

of all, thanks to Marina, my wife and business partner who, everybody

knows, is the real brains behind LeaseNOW. "

Bob Rodi

from Pat Roberts today:

Since I'm snow bound here in Denver (blizzard of 2003), I have lots of time

to reflect on those wonderful times. The times spent with friends at

WAEL/UAEL functions are some of the greatest memories anyone could have. The leasing business has been good, not only good from a business sense, but for

making life long friends. I still enjoy leasing and look forward to seeing

old friends at the upcoming conferences.

Pat Roberts

PERTS1@aol.com

Leasing News did not hear from Phil Dushey, Global Leasing, New York.