{"id":28960,"date":"2018-04-19T09:20:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T16:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=28960"},"modified":"2018-04-19T09:20:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T16:20:18","slug":"leaf-promotes-michelle-speranza-to-senior-vice-president-chief-marketing-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2018\/04\/leaf-promotes-michelle-speranza-to-senior-vice-president-chief-marketing-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAF Promotes Michelle Speranza to Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Philadelphia (April 18, 2018)<\/em> \u2014 LEAF Commercial Capital, Inc. (\u201cLEAF\u201d), a leading U.S. equipment leasing and finance company and a \u001bsubsidiary of People\u2019s United Bank, N.A., today announced the promotion of Michelle Speranza to senior vice president, chief marketing officer.<\/p>\n<p>Speranza will be responsible for strategic marketing and branding, as well as for ensuring close alignment between marketing and sales functions. She will continue to lead LEAF\u2019s marketing department, which she previously served as vice president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the course of her 12-year career at LEAF, Michelle has demonstrated a deep grasp of our business, as well as an extraordinary talent for creative problem solving,\u201d said Crit DeMent, LEAF Chairman and CEO. \u201cShe\u2019s an indispensable part of our organization, and we\u2019re very pleased to welcome her onboard our executive leadership team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her new role, Speranza will guide LEAF\u2019s accelerating expansion into the small business finance space, in addition to working with the rest of the executive leadership team to develop LEAF\u2019s broader strategic plan. She will also lead the charge as LEAF continues to integrate advanced marketing and sales automation technologies into day-to-day operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs SVP and CMO, Michelle will become an even greater asset to the company of which she\u2019s been an invaluable part since its beginning,\u201d said LEAF President and COO Miles Herman. \u201cWe look forward to leveraging her insight, drive and vision as we plan and implement our strategy in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p><strong>About LEAF Commercial Capital Inc.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.LEAFnow.com\">LEAF Commercial Capital Inc.<\/a> is headquartered in Philadelphia, with offices in Moberly, MO and Orange, CA. From the server room to the office to the factory floor, wherever customers need equipment, we make it affordable. Trusted by nearly 250,000 companies of all sizes across the U.S., LEAF Commercial Capital, Inc., with the expanded strength of People\u2019s United Bank, offers customized financing that helps our customers solve real problems. When businesses need financing or need to offer financing, they achieve more with LEAF.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About People\u2019s United Bank<\/strong><br \/>\nPeople&#8217;s United Bank, N.A. is a subsidiary of People&#8217;s United Financial Inc. (NASDAQ: PBCT), a diversified financial services company with $44 billion in assets. People\u2019s United Bank, founded in 1842, is a premier, community-based, regional bank in the Northeast offering commercial and retail banking, as well as wealth management services through a network of nearly 400 retail locations in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia (April 18, 2018) \u2014 LEAF Commercial Capital, Inc. (\u201cLEAF\u201d), a leading U.S. equipment leasing and finance company and a \u001bsubsidiary of People\u2019s United Bank, N.A., today announced the promotion of Michelle Speranza to senior vice president, chief marketing officer. Speranza will be responsible for strategic marketing and branding, as well as for ensuring close alignment between marketing and sales functions. She will continue to lead LEAF\u2019s marketing department, which she previously served as vice president. \u201cOver the course of her 12-year career at LEAF, Michelle has demonstrated a deep grasp of our business, as well as an extraordinary talent for creative problem solving,\u201d said Crit DeMent, LEAF Chairman and CEO. \u201cShe\u2019s an indispensable part of our organization, and we\u2019re very pleased to welcome her onboard our executive leadership team.\u201d In her new role, Speranza will guide LEAF\u2019s accelerating expansion into the small business finance space, in addition to working with the rest of the executive leadership team to develop LEAF\u2019s broader strategic plan. She will also lead the charge as LEAF continues to integrate advanced marketing and sales automation technologies into day-to-day operations. \u201cAs SVP and CMO, Michelle will become an even greater asset to the company of which she\u2019s been an invaluable part since its beginning,\u201d said LEAF President and COO Miles Herman. \u201cWe look forward to leveraging her insight, drive and vision as we plan and implement our strategy in the years to come.\u201d ### About LEAF Commercial Capital Inc. LEAF Commercial Capital Inc. is headquartered in Philadelphia, with offices in Moberly, MO and Orange, CA. From the server room to the office to the factory floor, wherever customers need equipment, we make it affordable. Trusted by nearly 250,000 companies of all sizes across the U.S., LEAF Commercial Capital, Inc., with the expanded strength of People\u2019s United Bank, offers customized financing that helps our customers solve real problems. When businesses need financing or need to offer financing, they achieve more with LEAF. About People\u2019s United Bank People&#8217;s United Bank, N.A. is a subsidiary of People&#8217;s United Financial Inc. (NASDAQ: PBCT), a diversified financial services company with $44 billion in assets. People\u2019s United Bank, founded in 1842, is a premier, community-based, regional bank in the Northeast offering commercial and retail banking, as well as wealth management services through a network of nearly 400 retail locations in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[3049],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28961,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28960\/revisions\/28961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}