Woody Sutton to leave equipment leasing association at end of year, will be replaced by COO Ralph Petta Sutton Petta Woody Sutton will retire as president and CEO of the $9 million-revenue Equipment Leasing and Finance Association at the end of the year, the organization announced Friday. COO Ralph Petta will take over as head of the association at the start of 2016. Sutton has led ELFA since 2010. He previously was assistant secretary, manufacturing and services, at the U.S. Department of Commerce and, before that, president of the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute for more than five years. He also spent 30 years in the U.S. Navy, retiring with the rank… Read More