Driving the Industry Forward
Association Involvement and Leadership
Mike DiCecco
Executive Managing Director
Huntington Asset Finance
Talk Overview
Getting involved in the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association provides tools, resources, and advocacy opportunities necessary to create real change in member business success and individual careers.
Why Select this Talk?
This Talk will provide tangible insights on how careers and businesses have been created, broadened, and accelerated through engagement with the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association.
How You Learn
A panel of industry Icons will share perspectives how industry engagement, networking, and advocacy has shaped their careers, build their businesses, and create value for the equipment leasing and finance industry.
Takeaways
Through industry engagement, advocacy, and networking, participants will learn how to add more value, increase successes, and drive the equipment leasing and finance industry forward.
Mike DiCecco
Michael DiCecco is Executive Managing Director of Huntington Bank’s Asset Finance business which includes; asset-based lending, equipment & technology finance, public capital, renewable energy, premium finance, and lender finance. DiCecco, along with a group of colleagues, established Huntington’s equipment finance capabilities in 2001 after starting his career at Star Bank (nka US Bank) in 1988. Over the last 30 years DiCecco has earned increasing responsibilities in equipment finance and commercial banking, including leading Huntington’s commercial bank for Northeast Ohio from 2005-2008. Active in the industry and community, DiCecco, has served on the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association’s Membership Committee, Financial Institutions Business Council, and from 2014-2017 served on the ELFA Board of Directors and Executive Committee. DiCecco rejoined the ELFA Board of Directors in 2018 and is currently Chair-Elect. Michael is also on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club in Cleveland and an active fundraiser for cancer research through Pelotonia. DiCecco holds a Bachelor of Science with a concentration in Finance from the College of Mount St. Joseph, and he is a member of the Leadership Cleveland class of 2008. Michael lives in Avon Lake, Ohio with his wife Amy and has three children.