Coleman’s 2022 SBA Lender Professional Award Show is Tomorrow at 1 p.m. Eastern

February 8, 2022

Delaney Sexton
Contributing Editor

Coleman’s 2022 SBA Lender Professional Award Show is Tomorrow at 1 p.m. Eastern

Tomorrow, February 9, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, we are holding a Coleman Report Live! Special show. We will be announcing the winners of the 2022 SBA Lender Professional Awards and honoring their contributions to the SBA lending community.

The winners of the following award categories will be announced:

• Main Street Lender of the Year
• SBA 7(a) Lender of the Year
• PPP Lender of the Year
• Woman SBA Lender of the Year
• Rural Lender of the Year
• Mission-Based SBA Lender of the Year
• CDFI SBA Lender of the Year
• Secondary Market Person of the Year
• Emerging Lenders of the Year
• Fintech SBA Lender of the Year
• Best SBA Marketing Campaign
• Best SBA Social Media Campaign
• Best SBA Podcast

Please join us this Wednesday for the Coleman Report Live! Special.

Coleman’s 2020 SBA Lending Awards Winners

Coleman 2020 Main Street Lenders of the Year
John Kropf – Growth Capital Corporation
Tareasa Harrell – Signature Bank of Georgia

Coleman 2020 Woman Lender of the Year
Merri Adams – CDC Small Business Finance

SBA 504 Lender of the Year
Tim Souther – Capital Partners CDC

Coleman 2020 Mission-Based Small Business Lender of the Year
Gary Holmquist – Community Reinvestment Fund, USA

Coleman SBA 7(a) Lender of the Year
Paul Pickhardt – Countybank

Coleman Rural Small Business Lender of the Year
Scott Sailors – Nebraska Economic Development Company, CDC

2020 Coleman Emerging Leader Awards for Small Business Lending Professionals
Matt Craig – Fountainhead Commercial Capital
Shay Mora – FranFund, Inc.
Javier Jorge – Pilot Bank
Daniel Pische – First American Bank
Chris Levy – New York Business Development Corporation

Coleman 2020 SBA Secondary Market Person of the Year
Mary Mims – Signature Bank

Coleman 2020 Business Development Officers of the Year
Jimmy Jarrell – TD Bank
Edward Tuvin – City First
Jason Stewart – Hometown Bank
Paul T. Long – Timberland Bank
Maria Lawson – Touchmark National Bank

Coleman’s 2018 SBA Lending Awards

Coleman 2018 Main Street Lender of the Year
Pat Mackrell – New York Business Development Corporation

Coleman 2018 Woman Lender of the Year
Brooke Marks – Sunshine State EDC

SBA 504 Lenders of the Year
Dean Aloe – CDC Small Business Finance
Armen Madatyan – CDC Small Business Finance
Zena Gardner – CDC Small Business Finance

Coleman 2018 Mission-Based Small Business Lender of the Year
Jennifer Ericson – Community Reinvestment Fund

Coleman SBA 7(a) Lenders of the Year
Christine Heckert – Heritage Bank
Robert Polito – Webster Bank

Coleman Rural Small Business Lender of the Year
Trae Dorough – Touchmark National Bank

2018 Coleman Emerging Leader Awards for Small Business Lending Professional
Maggie Bonnell – Fidelity Bank
Ray Drew – Ready Capital
Paola Garcia – Excelsior Growth Fund
Tye Massey – Paragon Bank
Brett Vehrs – Ameritrust CDC
Christopher McFatter – HomeTrust Bank

Coleman’s 2017 SBA Lending Awards

2017 Coleman Emerging Leader Awards for Small Business Lending Professionals
Jessica Gassmann – Fidelity Bank
John Hand – Independent Community Bankers Association
Ashley Horner – Summit Bank
Paul Long – Timberland Bank
Jon Main – HCDC
James Matteson – First American Bank
Neal Patel – Reliant Business Valuation
Sherwin Patidar – First Colorado Bank
Adam Seery – Harvest Commercial Real Estate Finance
Stella Zhang – American Lending Center

Coleman 2017 Main Street Lenders of the Year
Kurt Chilcott – CDC Small Business Finance
Gary Griffin – Capital Growth Solutions
Barbara Morrison – TMC Development
Evan Singer – SmartBiz
Ami Kassar – Multifunding

SBA 504 Lenders of the Year
Kim Willis – Ameritrust CDC
Barbara Vohryzek – NADCO
Chris Hurn – Fountainhead Commercial Capital
John Shen – American Lending Center
Mark Stebbins

Coleman 2017 Mission-Based Small Business Lenders of the Year
Mary Peters – University of Texas SBDC
Linda Rusche – SBA Office of Risk Management
Logan Birch – Alaska Growth Capital
Rachel Baranick – SBA Deputy District Director, Orange County and Inland Empire
Mitchell Blue – Traverse City State Bank

Coleman SBA 7(a) Lenders of the Year
Stephanie Frazier Whitfield – Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Rajiv Bhavsar – Wallis State Bank
Michele Light – Centric Bank
Leigha McLendon – BankPlus
Brad Lebsack – Pinnacle Bank

Coleman Rural Small Business Lenders of the Year
Darren Davis – Fidelity Bank
Wayne Evans – Small Business Lending
Jeremy Gilpin – Greater Nevada Credit Union
Bruce Lammers – ByLine Bank
Vasu Srinivasan – Thomas USAF Group

Past Winners:
Coleman’s 2020 SBA Lending Awards
Coleman’s 2018 SBA Lending Awards
Coleman’s 2017 SBA Lending Awards