“This edition covers many of the financial, tax, and operational impacts of the new standard on equipment and real-estate leases and explains how to prepare and manage them. It serves as a a step-by-step pathway for lessees from current GAAP to the new FASB/IASB accounting standard,” stated Michael Keeler, LeaseAccelerator’s CEO and The Lessee Advocate’s publisher. “Lessees will need 6-18 months to implement processes and systems to comply with the new standard. But it’s not all about compliance. Lessees can also capture significant savings by adopting the best practices described in the whitepaper and generate a positive ROI for the transition project.”

“This second edition reflects the contents of the May 2013 FASB exposure draft. It also includes feedback from many readers about how to make the document more useful to controllers, accountants, treasurers, procurement, and other executives responsible for lease portfolios.”

Keeler explains, “The whitepaper describes how to create and maintain a database of documents and data in order to ensure completeness, accuracy, and auditability of your data on a sustainable basis. We added a new section to explain how lessees can apply asset-based lease accounting and portfolio management software to simplify the process and enable all stakeholders to contribute to accurate and timely financial reporting.”

Bruce Conway, VP of Operations at LeaseAccelerator, a lease accounting specialist and whitepaper contributor, states, “Most leases will soon be capitalized, and applying the new FASB standard to equipment leases will be administratively more complex and nuanced than real-estate leases. As a result, lessees must be able to perform accounting at the asset level. For example, if there is a clear economic inventive to renew asset(s), the renewal term must be included as part of the accounting amortization term, which means that the accounting term may differ from the contractual lease term on an asset-by-asset basis within the same lease. For this reason, the whitepaper focuses on equipment leasing examples.”

Conway explains, “The whitepaper presents a comprehensive 9-step plan for implementing a transition project and improving the financial performance and visibility of your lease portfolio in the process. Lessees can take immediate action with this document. If you have not done anything to prepare, this will help you get started. If it is already a work-in-process, it will help you sharpen your strategy and tactics.”

“We learned from our Year 2000 and SOX compliance experiences that a well-informed implementation plan reduces fear, risk, and cost. Changes like this don’t have to be scary,” Keeler assures.

About LeaseAccelerator:
LeaseAccelerator develops, sells, and supports a suite of software services for global equipment lessees called “LeaseAccelerator.” LeaseAccelerator software services are available today over the web at http://www.leaseaccelerator.com/. In addition to complete lease accounting capabilities for current GAAP and the news standard, LeaseAccelerator offers global capital sourcing for leased equipment including access to The Global Lessor Network (GLN), a community of more than 500 lessors around the world who compete to win our clients business. Using the GLN, global companies with a need for in-country leasing expertise and financing can identify and transact with local lessors.

Since 2001, LeaseAccelerator has supported transactions in 45 countries, spanning a wide variety of asset types, including corporate aircraft, construction, forklifts, furniture, IT, manufacturing, mining, networking, and transportation equipment.

Lessors are encouraged to register for the GLN at http://www.lessornetwork.com/ .

About The Lessee Advocate:
The Lessee Advocate is a research firm publishing practical information for corporate executives who want to improve their financial performance by improving their leasing operations. Our focus is on the community of equipment lessees. We publish interviews with Fortune 1000 executives, white papers, articles, case studies, benchmark data, and how-to information.

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Campbell said, “Let me first say it’s a great day in America for Black People – especially Black women. It is extremely gratifying to see Census data that reinforces what we already knew: despite rigorous systematic efforts to suppress our vote, Blacks voted at higher rates than whites in 2012. Black women outdistanced every demographic in America and made a difference in the outcome of the election.

“Given the enormous challenges facing our community, The National Coalition’s Board of directors, members and affiliates are proud to have played an integral role in a historic turnout. Working in partnership with A. Philip Randolph Institute and other coalition members, our Black Women’s Roundtable unified women in our communities to help us organize, educate, mobilize and protect the Black vote in 2012. Black women delivered in a powerful way.

“Fifty years after the historic March on Washington – when the Black vote was suppressed across the country – there is no better tribute to the leadership of A. Philip Randolph, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Dorothy I. Height and other civil rights leaders.

“So, today we celebrate the power of the sister vote as we continue to organize and mobilize to push our elected officials to act in our best interest.”

About The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation:
The National Coalition (www.ncbcp.org) is dedicated to increasing Black civic engagement, women and girls empowerment, youth civic leadership and voter empowerment through its 60-member national organization base, 12 state-based affiliates and networks.

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“We’re thrilled that our opening keynote speaker will be Amazon Web Services’ Global Digital Media Business Strategy Leader Mark Ramberg; and that our marquee keynotes include Disney’s Program Director, Cloud Hosting, Chris Launey, and IBM’s Lead Partner for Global Business Services, Saul Berman,” said DCIA CEO Marty Lafferty.

“We’re also very pleased to have on our agenda Patrick Macdonald-King, CEO/President, DAX, who will speak at our Monday session at 1 p.m. on Cloud Solutions for Content Creation,” added Lafferty.

DAX LLC, (formerly Sample Digital), is the leading provider of cloud workflow and media asset management applications and services to companies that produce, distribute and license audio-visual content. DAX is launching the latest version of its platform, DAX 4.0, at NAB 2013.

CCC at NAB will feature more than seventy speakers in a two-day event track that will demonstrate the new ways cloud-based solutions are providing increased reliability and security, not only for commercial broadcasting and enterprise applications, but also for military and government implementations.

From collaboration during production, to post-production and formatting, to interim storage, delivery, and playback on fixed and mobile devices, to viewership measurement and big-data analytics, cloud computing is having an enormous impact on high-value multimedia distribution.

More information is available at http://bit.ly/Y4wrII and delegates can register to attend at http://bit.ly/TGKgjV .

About the DCIA:
The DCIA is an international trade organization, established in 2003, with more than one-hundred industry-leading member companies, including software developers, broadband network operators, and content providers. The DCIA conducts working groups, oversees political initiatives, and publishes the weekly online newsletter DCINFO.

ABOUT DAX, LLC:
Formerly Sample Digital, in 2012 the company’s product became the company’s brand, and DAX ( www.daxcloud.com @daxplatform ) continues to lead the industry at center of the media universe. DAX is the leading provider of targeted workflow and media asset management applications and services to companies that produce, distribute and license audio-visual content.

The DAX platform is a highly-secure innovative web-based community used by most major studios and television networks for collaboration and distribution management of content during the production process, for marketing and distribution of final product, and for easily accessible library management for re-use of production elements, including video, audio, photos and documents. The company is based in Culver City, Los Angeles, close to the major Hollywood studios and networks it services.

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The second, Technology Group Think: “Who’s needed, What’s Needed, What’s Next.” This panel will focus on what is coming up in the political and technological realms and how people can get and stay ahead of the game. More information: www.conservative.org/cpac/ .

ElectionMall Technologies is also one of the many great sponsors of CPAC 2013. With a booth in the Exhibit Hall, ElectionMall is displaying its premier software, Campaign Cloud powered by Microsoft.

Learn more about Campaign Cloud at: http://www.electionmall.com/microsoft/ .

ElectionMall Technologies is proud to announce the development of a new Election Advertising division. One of the new technologies used in the division is social appending. This technology allows the user to append all social network subscriptions of a single user.

Ravi Singh mentioned, “This crucial combo of social appending combined with targeted advertising will be a key weapon in the upcoming 2014 and 2016 election cycles.” With that statement Mr. Singh has emphasized how every day is truly a campaign.

About ElectionMall, Inc.:
Established in 1999, ElectionMall is a non-partisan world leader in providing on demand cloud-based solutions for campaigns and elections worldwide, effectively utilizing technology and business know how to enable candidates, advocacy groups, and nonprofits to generate enhanced gains in awareness, funds and votes. ElectionMall.com is the exclusive partner for Microsoft in the campaigns and elections market. ElectionMall is headquartered in Washington, D.C, with international offices in Brussels and Mexico City. For more information, visit ElectionMall.com or follow on Twitter @CampaignGuru, join us on Facebook, and watch our latest videos on YouTube.

For additional information, contact: Matas Antanas Anuzis, Direct: +1-202-468-4404.

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Doug Slais, Ecologic’s Vice President of Capital Sourcing, said, “Ox Drilling Limited in Ndola needed a new drill rig for their expanding business for approximately US $500,000. Ox also wanted to use financing as a tool to align their monthly revenues from their drilling projects to their monthly expenses for the rig and improve cash flow. Our capital sourcing team here at Ecologic worked with the manufacturer’s local sales team to listen to Ox Drilling’s requirements, evaluate their credit, and structure a transaction that met their needs.”

Slais continued “We then tapped Alios Finance in Lusaka, a member of The Global Lessor Network, to finance the transaction. James Muwowo and Ali Saib Diallo of Alios listened to the opportunity and immediately immersed themselves in the transaction. We expect to do a lot more leasing and financing transactions in Zambia, which is a leader in economic growth among the members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). We also expect to do a lot more with Alios. They were a great partner and easy to work with.”

According to World Bank lead economist Praveen Kumar, speaking yesterday in Lukasa, Zambia’s capital, “Zambia’s economy is expected to grow by 7.3 percent this year, slightly higher than the 6.8 percent growth rate of 2011. The economy has seen robust growth during 2012 in construction, transport and communication services, manufacturing, and agriculture,” he said.

Michael Keeler, Ecologic’s CEO said, “Ecologic Leasing Service provides equipment financing outsourcing services to global companies – both international lessees and manufacturers. We source capital for our clients through The Global Lessor Network (GLN), a community of more than 500 lessors from around the world who are ready to provide local leasing expertise and transact with lessees that fit their credit appetite, equipment interests, and geographic footprint. That’s how we engaged Alios for this deal.”

Keeler continued, “While we run a variety of leasing programs for global manufacturers, over the last few years we have seen considerable growth from manufacturers who already have a mature vendor program that they run themselves or in partnership with an international lessor, such as DLL, CIT, GE Capital, Macquarie, or Societe Generale. Because the footprint of these lessors is typically limited to western industrialized and commonwealth countries, manufacturers engage Ecologic and the GLN to help them finance transactions everywhere else that they sell. Most manufacturers sell in well over 100 countries, while most of these lessors operations are limited to just 20-30 countries.

“Because we use local capital and expertise, we are not limited to bricks and mortar like banks. We can help our clients create incremental sales through financing in any country where they sell equipment and capital is available. So, many of our manufacturer financing programs and transactions are in emerging markets, especially Africa, Latin America, South and South-east Asia, and the Middle-East.”

Keeler explained how the GLN works: “New lessors register at www.lessornetwork.com for free by completing a profile about their company and the type of transactions they want to see. Our Capital Sourcing team will then interview the lessor and review their profile. When the Capital Sourcing team accepts the lessor’s profile, it becomes immediately available in Lease Accelerator, our web-based software service, which is used by our clients around the world to manage their leasing process, and perform GAAP-FASB lease accounting, including Cisco, Cummins, Eaton, Allegheny Technologies and NetApp – even not-for-profit hospital systems, such as Ascension Health use Lease Accelerator.”

About Ecologic Leasing Services:
Ecologic Leasing Services develops, sells, and supports Lease Accelerator, a suite of software and outsourcing services for global equipment manufacturers and lessees, delivered as a service (SaaS). Lease Accelerator software service is available today over the web at www.leaseaccelerator.com. It includes access to The Global Lessor Network (GLN), standardized contracts, expert support, and outsourcing services.

Using the GLN, global companies with a need for in-country leasing expertise and financing can identify and transact with local lessors. Since 2001, Lease Accelerator and the GLN have supported transactions in 45 countries, spanning a wide variety of asset types, including corporate aircraft, construction, forklifts, furniture, IT, mining, networking, and transportation equipment. Lessors are encouraged to register for the GLN at www.lessornetwork.com. Registration is free of charge.

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Michael Keeler, Ecologic’s CEO said, “LeaseAccelerator 8.0 is unique in that it creates the ability to generate debits and credits for any lease or leased asset under the current Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) rules – and also under the different proposed new accounting rules expected in the re-exposure draft. We are the first company to release capabilities related to the new standard because we want to eliminate the uncertainty and risks of transition currently facing equipment lessees as they wait for the new standard to be finalized.”

Keeler explained, “LeaseAccelerator is a web-based SaaS lease accounting solution that is expressly designed for equipment lessees and is currently used by major global companies such as Cisco, Cummins, Eaton, Allegheny Technologies and NetApp and not-for-profit hospital systems, such as Ascension Health. “It manages, controls and accounts for their equipment leasing processes and their portfolio,” he said.

Keeler stressed: “We have had confirmation from major accounting firms that there is no other web-based, enterprise software available today that produces a pathway for lessees from the current accounting standard to the new standard.”

Bruce Conway, Ecologic’s vice president of operations, said: “For many large corporate lessees, leasing is decentralized and managed on spreadsheets which leads to fragmented processes and systems, poor controls, inaccessible accounting details, lack of standardization, poor data quality and inaccurate reporting. This invariably results in cost leakage, compliance failures and accounting weaknesses.”

Conway said: “Many global companies lease equipment all over the world. Because they use spreadsheets and email to track their leases and assets they do not trust their data – and are unable to scale. Corporate finance executives know that spreadsheets alone are not enough to comply with the new lease accounting standards in which most leases are capitalized. Instead, these companies must adopt a software solution and best practices and centralize their documents and data to ensure the accuracy and completeness of their accounting and public reporting. This must take place well in advance of the implementation of the new standard.”

“With LeaseAccelerator 8.0,” Conway added, “lessees can perform what-if reclassification of their entire portfolio, manage and report on multiple sets of books for parallel reporting purposes, and identify renewal and other end-of-term options as being a clear economic incentive – all requirements that have emerged from the various draft standards.”

Jonathan Crawford Ecologic’s vice president engineering added: “Lessees using LeaseAccelerator 8.0 will be able to manage the lifecycle of their assets, leases and lessors. It has highly configurable workflow and tools for lease-versus-buy analysis, transaction management, portfolio management, accounting and financial reporting. In addition, LeaseAccelerator 8.0 can integrate with procurement systems such as iProcurement and Ariba, and enterprise resource planning applications such as Oracle, Peoplesoft and SAP. It serves as a lease accounting subledger generating debits and credits at the asset, schedule and portfolio levels.”

“By implementing many of the emergent requirements in advance of the final standard,” Crawford noted, “Ecologic is positioned to minimize the changes required for lessees to have full, automated support for the new accounting standard as soon as the final standard is released.”

Keeler summarized the impact of the new release: “These capabilities make it easy to reconcile your portfolio step-by-step at the asset level on a monthly basis and produce auditable financial statements with data that you trust – under the current lease accounting standard or the new one. By adopting LeaseAccelerator, lessees can remove the uncertainty of transitioning to the new lease accounting standard and continue to use equipment leasing as a strategic tool for their businesses.”

About Ecologic Leasing Services:
Ecologic Leasing Services develops, sells, and supports LeaseAccelerator, a suite of software and outsourcing services for global equipment lessees. LeaseAccelerator software service is available today over the web at www.leaseaccelerator.com. It includes access to The Global Lessor Network (GLN), standardized contracts, expert support, and outsourcing services. Using the GLN, global companies with a need for in-country leasing expertise and financing can identify and transact with local lessors. Since 2001, LeaseAccelerator and the GLN have supported transactions in 45 countries, spanning a wide variety of asset types, including corporate aircraft, construction, forklifts, furniture, IT, mining, networking, and transportation equipment. Lessors are encouraged to register for the GLN at www.lessornetwork.com.

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The Navajo Code Talkers were given much credit for the success of WWII in the Pacific but sadly, they received no accolades until years later when President Ronald Reagan declared August 14, 1982 “National Navajo Code Talker Day.” The year 2012 marks the 30th Anniversary of that special day and Young Marines will be in Window Rock, Arizona to honor these amazing veterans and are also assisting in ceremony preparations.

Volunteer-in-charge of the Young Marines efforts with National Navajo Code Talker Day, Brenda McNulty of Colorado, says this event is not only a veteran’s appreciation experience but also a learning opportunity for the Young Marines youth membership with an additional emphasis on Native American affairs. “I have personally been escorting hundreds of Young Marines to this event since 2006 and this year is expected to be the largest year considering the 30th anniversary and August 14 has been declared a Navajo Nation Holiday.”

The Young Marines national organization has assisted the Navajo Nation in commemorating ‘their day’ for several years, says Mike Kessler, National Executive Director, Young Marines. “Although lost on many calendars, the Young Marines take special pride in letting the Navajo Code Talkers know that their valued contribution to our victory in the Pacific during World War II is legendary, and we will never allow August 14th to pass without proper respect,” Kessler said, “As long as we as an organization are able to attend and as long as the descendants of the Code Talkers wish to commemorate that day, the Young Marines will be there to do so with them.”

Young Marines have been working hard for many months to assist the Navajo Nation with planning this year’s commemoration. The Young Marines have been eager to help and have been an integral part of the planning process as they have been attending this historic commemoration for the last 7 years consecutively.

Young Marines youths and adult volunteers have been busy for months with preparations such as obtaining event sponsorships, arranging gift bags for the veterans and their wives, practicing their marching skills and color guard performances for the parade, and keeping in close contact with coordinators of the Navajo Nation.

Young Marines will arrive a day in advance to assist with last minute details to include assisting the Navajo Nation with event arrangements and to help develop youth leadership.

On the day of the event, members of the Young Marines will lead the event attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance, the National Anthem, and march in the parade to honor the veterans of World War II. Young Marines youth members will also volunteer for numerous duties, such as serving as escorts to the estimated 25 Navajo Code Talkers, ensuring those in attendance have sufficient amounts of water, and placing a wreath at the memorial as part of the overall veterans appreciation event.

Distinguished guests include Arizona State Governor, Janice Brewer and Major General James Kessler, United States Marine Corps, Commander, Marine Corps Installations Command/Assistant Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics (Facilities).

About the Young Marines:
The Young Marines is a national non-profit 501(c)3 youth education and service program for boys and girls ages 8 through completion of high school. The program focuses on teaching the values of leadership, teamwork and self-discipline so its members can live and promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. The national organization is comprised of over 10,000 youths and 2,800 adult volunteers in nearly 300 units across the United States. The Young Marines official website: http://www.YoungMarines.com/ .

About the Navajo Code Talkers:
Known as Navajo Code Talkers, they were young Navajo men who transmitted secret communications on the battlefields of WWII. At a time when America’s best cryptographers were falling short, these modest sheepherders and farmers were able to fashion the most ingenious and successful code in military history. They drew upon their proud warrior tradition to brave the dense jungles of Guadalcanal and the exposed beachheads of Iwo Jima. Serving with distinction in every major engagement of the Pacific theater from 1942-1945, their unbreakable code played a pivotal role in saving countless lives and hastening the war’s end. The official website: http://www.navajocodetalkers.org/ .

Media Contact:
Young Marines
Janelle Johnsen, Director of Public Relations,
1-800-717-0060, media@youngmarines.com.

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As both organizations worked on developing criteria for the award, Drug Demand Deduction Resource Officer for the Young Marines, Joe Lusignan and the leadership of the Young Marines national organization suggested the award be name the Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Division award in honor of DEA Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. Special Agent Camarena was a Marine and in whose honor Red Ribbon Week is celebrated in communities across the nation in October annually. Lusignan says building a relationship with the DEA is a “plus” for our program and the DEA’s Demand Reduction Program.

“They are on the front line in our war against drugs and the scourge that influences all aspects of our society in a negative way,” says Lusignan. “We respect that they take the fight to the enemy (drugs), and for them to encourage and work with our youth, validates what we do and the positive, drug free life we encourage our future leaders to live.”

National Executive Director of the Young Marines, Mike Kessler says the Young Marines organization’s recent work with the Drug Enforcement Administration has been a long time coming. “We are really excited. Our organization has embraced Red Ribbon Week for many years and were the first recipients of the Defense Department’s Fulcrum Shield Award which recognizes the best youth programs for excellence in youth drug demand reduction,” Kessler said. “We are pleased to continue to share our drug demand reduction education work with the DEA.”

The DEA’s Demand Reduction Program will select and present one Young Marines unit from each of the six divisions as recipients of the Enrique “Kiki” Camarena award on an annual basis for their hard work in the area of Drug Demand Education.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a law enforcement agency; however, they also work to reduce the demand for drugs through the agency’s Demand Reduction Program. Through the Demand Reduction Program, they educate the public about the dangers associated with using illegal drugs and increase their awareness about emerging drug trends, such as synthetics like K2/Spice and bath salts.

Tammy Simpson, Drug Prevention Program Manager, Demand Reduction Section, Office of Congressional and Public Affairs says the Deputy Chief of DEA’s Demand Reduction Programs Eric Akers was so impressed with how much education and awareness that the Young Marines were doing during Red Ribbon Week and throughout the year promoting the anti-drug message their office wanted to bring recognition to the Young Marines organization’s good work.

“It is so gratifying to see the Young Marines involved in community efforts like planning their own regional training, or participating in DEA’s National Take Back Day,” says Simpson. “The Young Marines organization definitely stands out for spreading the anti-drug message and for the positive impact that they are having on their communities.”

Simpson says the DEA’s Demand Reduction Program’s mission aligns with what the Young Marines units are doing nationwide to promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. “We have to let our youth know how dangerous drugs are to their health and the best messenger for this is their peers. The Young Marines can get this message across in ways that adults can’t – and they are the best role models for living healthy, happy, drug-free lives.”

The DEA presented the first Young Marines Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Division Awards to the Shenandoah Valley (VA) and Tehama Valley (CA) units. The awards program will be expanded to all six Young Marines divisions in 2013.

About the Young Marines youth organization:
The Young Marines is a national non-profit 501c(3) youth education and service program for boys and girls ages 8 through completion of high school. The program focuses on teaching the values of leadership, teamwork and self-discipline so its members can live and promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. The national organization is comprised of over 10,000 youths and 2,800 adult volunteers in nearly 300 units across the United States.

The Young Marines official website: http://www.YoungMarines.com/ . The organization’s motto is, “Strengthening the lives of America’s youth.”

About the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Demand Reduction Program:
The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Demand Reduction Program is to support the agency’s drug control mission by enhancing prevention efforts across the nation. DEA’s Demand Reduction Program supports national efforts to reduce the demand for drugs by collaborating with federal, state and local governments, as well as prevention and treatment organizations, community coalitions, and youth serving organizations.

In addition, through the Demand Reduction Program, DEA educates the public about the dangers associated with using illegal drugs and increases awareness about substance abuse trends. The program has two websites – one for parents/caregivers, and educators called www.getsmartaboutdrugs.com – and one for teens called www.justthinktwice.com – which are full of facts about drugs, resources, and information about where to find help.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Young Marines: Janelle Johnsen, Director of Public Relations,
1-800-717-0060.

DEA’s Demand Reduction Program: Tammy Lomax Simpson, Drug Prevention Program Manager Demand Reduction Section, Office of Congressional and Public Affairs; 202-307-7427.

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“Ecologic Leasing Services hired Nella Schwarz to manage vendor captive programs for our U.S. and Canadian clients who want to sell more equipment in Latin America using leasing. Over the course of her career, Nella has managed several international leasing programs, including launching GE Capital Fleet Services Mexico from scratch and managing strategic and global accounts for CIT,” stated Michael Keeler, CEO, Ecologic Leasing Services. “Our vendor program clients view equipment leasing as a core, strategic product offering that helps them catalyze their equipment sales in many countries around the world. Nella has a unique set of talents that enable her to excel in strategic planning at a global level with senior executives and then coordinate her team to tactically execute in the field in each country and get results. She will be a great asset to our clients and our company.”

Ecologic Leasing Services runs global leasing programs on an outsourced basis for manufacturers that sell into emerging and mature market. Under the manufacturer’s brand, the Company executes the go-to-market strategy with the manufacturer’s sales force, including marketing, pricing, structuring, and credit, automates the leasing process using its web-based software services, LeaseAccelerator, and sources capital in each country using The Global Lessor Network.

“Our services enable manufacturers to offer highly differentiated leasing offerings without having to use their own cash because of our knowledge of leasing markets and relationships with lessors in many countries. Because of our unique approach, we can help our clients sell in almost any country where other vendor captive leasing specialists can’t go. We are especially strong in Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Nella Schwarz will also seek to expand and deepen our relationships with the lessor community in Latin America so that our clients can partner with the best-in-class, local lessors in each country where ever they sell their equipment,” said Keeler.

Prior to joining Ecologic, Ms. Schwarz held a variety of senior executive roles in sales, marketing, and management in the equipment financing industry, including with CIT and GE Capital. She started her leasing career at GE Capital as an auditor.

About Ecologic Leasing Services:
Ecologic Leasing Services offers outsourcing and software services to vendor captives and corporate lessees that need to finance equipment competitively around the world. Vendor captives employ Ecologic’s services to help them finance the sale of their equipment to their customers at the point-of-sale using the best available funding sources wherever they sell around the world. Using The Global Lessor Network, Ecologic enables vendor captives and lessees to find the best match lessor for each transaction in each country. For each client, Ecologic deploys, customizes, and integrates its unique web-based leasing and asset management software services, LeaseAccelerator. Founded in 2000, Ecologic is headquartered in Northern Virginia, with offices in Montreal, San Francisco, and Mumbai.

Ecologic can be found on the Web at http://www.ecologicleasing.com. Lessors can join The Global Lessor Network and see transaction opportunities that match their interests and geography at http://www.lessornetwork.com.

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Young Marine Sergeant Major McCall Behringer (17) joined the Hamilton Young Marines, Baltimore, Md. in 2006 when she was 10 years old. She has earned over 120 awards with the Young Marines program including three Personal Commendations, the Meritorious Service award issued at the national level and is the 13th recipient of the coveted Young Marines Distinguished Order of Merit.

Behringer says the Young Marines program provides the opportunity for young Americans like me to become great leaders, inside and outside of the program. “The title of National Young Marine of the Year comes with a responsibility to the 10,000 other Young Marines. There aren’t words to describe the feeling I had the moment my name was called as National Young Marine of the Year.”

National Executive Director Mike Kessler said Behringer will do very well as a national representative of the Young Marines organization. “She has truly done it all. Her demonstrated leadership, judgment, initiative and poise under pressure make her an outstanding selection to carry the mantle of her predecessor,” said Kessler. “Her interview with the selection board demonstrated that she was not only very knowledgeable of the Young Marines program but was able to articulate in such a way that she was proud of her association with the Young Marines. And what I like most about this selection is that she legitimately cares about the kids who make up our membership.”

Behringer’s accomplishments are exemplary and she has participated in numerous events to represent the Young Marines organization on a national level. Prior to her selection as National Young Marine of the Year, she has been active in promoting the organization from an interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney to most recently a guest on Voice America’s TAGG program.

In December, Behringer traveled to Oahu, Hawaii for the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor with 286 Young Marines from across the country. She was also selected to represent the national program with her fellow Division Young Marines of the Year on the Iwo Jima reunion of honor in March, 2012.

Young Marine SgtMaj Behringer says she has learned about leadership, citizenship, and most importantly about herself since joining the Young Marines, “These are values I would not have attained if it weren’t for the Young Marines,” she says, “Between the community service, and discovering a connection with our nation’s history and veterans, I have become a Young Marine every day of my life. I live by the Young Marines values of discipline, leadership, and teamwork and have become the person and Young Marine I have aspired to be.”

Behringer is currently a junior at Perry High school in Maryland. Upon graduation from high school, Behringer plans to attend college and become a lawyer.

About The Young Marines:
The Young Marines is a national non-profit 501c(3) youth education and service program for boys and girls ages 8 through completion of high school. The program focuses on teaching the values of leadership, teamwork and self-discipline so its members can live and promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. The national organization is comprised of over 10,000 youths and 2,800 adult volunteers in nearly 300 units throughout the United States and affiliates overseas. More information: http://www.youngmarines.com .

Contact: National Director of Public Relations, Young Marines: Janelle Johnsen. 1-800-717-0060 or media@youngmarines.com.

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