Coleman’s 2022 SBA Lender Professional Award Nominations
November 29, 2021
Delaney Sexton
Contributing Editor
Coleman’s 2022 SBA Lender Professional Award Nominations
Nominations for Coleman’s 2022 SBA Lender Professional Awards are open for submissions. Nominating statements and/or testimonials should address why the nominee should be honored and how the nominee has made a positive impact on SBA lending and the small business community.
The deadline for nomination submissions is December 31, 2021. All winners will be announced on January 11, 2022, and winners are invited to join a Winners Luncheon in Las Vegas that will be scheduled for April 2022.
Coleman’s 2022 SBA Lender Professional Awards
Nominations for outstanding SBA lending professionals and companies are in the following categories:
Lender Award Nominations
• Main Street Lender of the Year
• PPP Lender of the Year
• SBA 7(a) Lender of the Year
• SBA 504 Lender of the Year
• Rural SBA or USDA Lender of the Year
• Mission-Based SBA Lender of the Year
• SBA Secondary Market Person of the Year
• SBA Business Development Officer of the Year
• SBA Woman Lender of the Year
• Emerging SBA Lender of the Year (Under 40)
Company Award Nominations
• SBA CDFI of the Year
• SBA Best Podcast of the Year
• SBA Best Marketing Campaign of the Year
• SBA Best Social Media Campaign of the Year
• SBA Best Fintech Lender of the Year
• SBA Best Export Lender of the Year
Rules for nominations:
• There is no entry fee.
• There may be more than one winner per category.
• All nominations must be submitted through Survey Monkey.
Here are the previous winners for Coleman’s 2020 SBA Lending Awards:
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
Past Winners:
Coleman’s 2019 SBA Lending Awards
Coleman’s 2018 SBA Lending Awards