Tony Cracchiolo is president and CEO of U.S. Bank Equipment Finance.  He is a veteran of the financial industry with nearly 46 years of experience.  He leads and oversees all operations, including sales, marketing, credit and business strategies.  

Prior to joining U.S. Bank, Mr. Cracchiolo held the position of managing director of CitiCapital Vendor Finance for Business Technology, a division of Citigroup.  During his 29-year career at Citicorp, he also held other positions including EVP of corporate database management and EVP of corporate bank restructuring.  In those roles, he reported to the CFO and vice chairman of corporate services of CitiCorp. 

Mr. Cracchiolo was past chairman of the board of directors of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association and served on its board of directors for 9 years.  In addition, he has served on the development committee of New York City’s YMCA since 2012 and was previously on the board of the Albertina Kerr charity organization.

Duane Dewey is president and CEO of Trustmark National Bank and Trustmark Corporation. Mr. Dewey joined Trustmark in 2003 as president of wealth management. He brought with him an extensive background in corporate banking, retail banking and community banking. Throughout 2006-2018, he assumed additional management responsibility for the bank’s commercial real estate, institutional banking, corporate banking, treasury management and insurance divisions as well as regional duties in the Houston market and central Mississippi. In 2019, Mr. Dewey was promoted to COO for Trustmark National Bank and assumed additional management oversight of Trustmark’s mortgage division.

In 2020, Mr. Dewey was named president and COO adding new responsibilities of information technology, human resources and marketing. Effective January 1, 2021, Mr. Dewey was named president and CEO for Trustmark National Bank and Trustmark Corporation. He was elected to the board of directors of Trustmark Corporation and Trustmark National Bank in 2020.

Chuck Sulerzyski is president and CEO of Peoples Bancorp, Inc. and Peoples Bank, positions he has held since April 2011. Mr. Sulerzyski serves as a member of the boards of directors of Peoples and Peoples Bank and as a member of the board of managers of Peoples Insurance Agency, LLC.

Bob Rinaldi is president at Rinaldi Advisory Services.  He is a visionary and serial entrepreneur and he excels in creating business models and growth strategies.  With 2 successful exits to community banks, he’s a proven trailblazer in the equipment finance industry.  In 2018, Mr. Rinaldi founded Rinaldi Advisory Services (RAS), now considered to be the preeminent equipment leasing and finance advisory firm.  RAS’s expertise lies in crafting exit strategies for independent lessors and for bank entry plans.

Prior to founding Rinaldi Advisory Services, Mr. Rinaldi was an executive vice president of National City Commercial Capital Company (now PNC) and president of NC4 Canada.  He held key roles at Provident Bank and Information Leasing Corp. (ILC).  As an ILC founding partner, he helped grow it into the fifth-largest bank-owned leasing entity in the U.S.

Mr. Rinaldi is a past chairman of the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association and is still highly involved today.  He is currently serving as a board director of the National Equipment Finance Association.