Coleman’s 2017 SBA Lending Awards
The Coleman Report awarded 2017 small business lending professional awards in six categories.
- Main Street Lenders of the Year
- SBA 7(a) Lenders of the Year
- SBA 504 Lenders of the Year
- Rural Small Business Lenders of the Year
- Mission-Based Small Business Lenders of the Year
- Emerging Leader Small Business Lenders of the Year (Under 40)
Congratulations to the following winners!
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2017 Coleman Emerging Leader Awards for Small Business Lending Professionals
 Jessica Gassmann, SBA Lead Loan Processor Fidelity Bank, Georgia  John Hand, First Vice President, Independent Community Bankers Association, Washington DC  Ashley Horner, Vice President & SBA Program Administrator, Summit Bank, Oregon  Paul Long, Vice President, Timberland Bank, Washington  Jon Main, Director of Loan Operations, HCDC, Ohio  James Matteson, Commercial Loan Officer, First American Bank, Illinois |
 Neal Patel, President, Reliant Business Valuation, New Jersey  Sherwin Patidar, Senior Vice President, First Colorado Bank, Illinois  Adam Seery, Managing Director/Chief Origination Officer, Harvest Commercial Real Estate Finance, California  Stella Zhang, Chief Operating Officer, American Lending Center, California |
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Coleman 2017 Main Street Lenders of the Year
 Kurt Chilcott, President & CEO, CDC Small Business Finance, California  Gary Griffin, President and CEO, Capital Growth Solutions, Tennessee  Barbara Morrison, President & CEO, TMC Development, California  Evan Singer, CEO, SmartBiz, California  Ami Kassar, President & CEO, Multifunding, Pennsylvania |
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SBA 504 Lenders of the Year
 Kim Willis, President & CEO, Ameritrust CDC, Washington  Barbara Vohryzek, President & CEO, NADCO, Washington DC  Chris Hurn, CEO & Founder, Fountainhead Commercial Capital, Florida  John Shen, CEO, American Lending Center, California  Mark Stebbins (1953-2017) |
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Coleman 2017 Mission-Based Small Business Lenders of the Year
 Mary Peters, Associate Director, University of Texas SBDC, Texas  Linda Rusche, Director, SBA Office of Risk Management (Retired)  Logan Birch, President & CEO, Alaska Growth Capital, Alaska  Rachel Baranick, SBA Deputy District Director, Orange County and Inland Empire, California  Mitchell Blue, Senior Vice President, Traverse City State Bank, Michigan |
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Coleman SBA 7(a) Lenders of the Year
 Stephenie Frazier Whitfield, Senior Vice President, SBA Market Manager, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Georgia  Rajiv Bhavsar, Senior Vice President, Wallis State Bank, Texas  Michele Light, Senior Vice President & Market Leader, Centric Bank, Pennsylvania  Leigha McLendon, Vice President & the Director of Government Guaranteed Lending, BankPlus, Mississippi  Brad Lebsack, SBA Senior Relationship Manager, Pinnacle Bank, California |
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Coleman Rural Small Business Lenders of the Year
 Darren Davis, SBA Manager, Fidelity Bank, Georgia  Wayne Evans, Founder, Small Business Lending, California  Jeremy Gilpin, Vice President of Commercial Services, Greater Nevada Credit Union, Nevada  Bruce Lammers, President, Small Business Capital at ByLine Bank, Wisconsin  Vasu Srinivasan, CEO & President of Thomas USAF Group, Georgia |