Coleman Movers & Shakers – Shelly Medina, Patrick Becker, and John Ross

June 9, 2022

Delaney Sexton
Contributing Editor

Coleman Movers & Shakers – Shelly Medina, Patrick Becker, and John Ross

Shelly Medina Joins Santa Cruz County Bank as SVP and Asset-Based Lending Operations Manager

Krista Snelling, President and CEO comments, “We are so happy to welcome Shelly to our newly-formed Asset-Based Lending Division team. The expertise she brings to her role, and her familiarity with the Silicon Valley region, will benefit the ABL Division, the clients they serve, and the Bank as a whole.”

Ms. Medina has a 34-year history in banking with extensive experience in asset-based lending, factoring, and loan operations with major regional and national financial institutions. She is well-respected as a team leader and specialist in the area of loan documentation and commercial loan operations. Ms. Medina served as Team Leader for Specialty Finance Loan Documentation and Operations Specialist at Silicon Valley Bank. She served as founding Operations Manager of the Bridge Capital Finance Group at Bridge Bank and more recently held the title of Divisional Loan Production Manager and Senior Vice President for Western Alliance Bank, where she implemented factoring and ABL platforms, wrote loan operations policies, and managed a loan documentation and operations unit as well as a factoring operations unit.

Commenting on her new appointment, Ms. Medina states, “I am honored to join Santa Cruz County Bank and to again work with Lee Shodiss in leading an Asset-Based Lending Division for a highly regarded financial institution.”

Metairie Bank and Trust Co. Hires Patrick Becker as Vice President, Commercial Lender

Patrick Becker, the bank’s new Vice President, Commercial Lender, is a proven relationship manager with an accomplished record in business development and client management. He comes to Metairie Bank with extensive experience in relationship management, sales prospecting, lending, cash management solutions, and merchant services.

Most recently, Becker served as Business Relationship Manager III at JP Morgan Chase. Before joining JP Morgan Chase in 2015, he honed his craft as both a small business banker and a relationship banker at Capital One Bank in Mandeville.

Becker is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa where he received a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business Administration. In 2016, he received the JP Morgan Chase National Achiever Award.

Wilson Bank & Trust Announces John Ross as Assistant Vice President – Commercial Lender

“John Ross’ banking and proven lender experience make him a great addition to our already accomplished group in Sumner County,” says John Goodman, SVP Regional President.

Ross brings more than 10 years of banking experience offering a wealth of knowledge and experience to serve Sumner County customers.

Prior to joining WBT, Ross worked as a branch manager for Citizens Bank. He earned his Finance and Economics degree from the University of Alabama as well as completed the Southeastern School of Banking through Vanderbilt and the Graduate School of Banking through LSU.