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Small Business Banking Committee

CBA’s Small Business Banking Committee is to focus on education, legislation and benchmarking for small business banking. This Committee is dedicated to taking a leadership role in providing CBA members with networking opportunities and an appropriate open forum for discussing best practices and emerging trends.
The Committee's goals are to:
- Facilitate and support legislation to enhance the continued growth of products and services designed for the small business owner.
- Provide reliable data to industry and lawmakers on small business banking trends in order to properly assess and advance the interests of today’s small business owner.
- Develop well organized and structured conference programming in order to provide for well-informed small business bankers.
Questions?
For more information about the mission and goals of CBA's Small Business Banking Committee, contact David Pommerehn or call (202) 552-6368. For information about participating on this or other CBA Committees, contact Kevin O'Connor or call (202) 552-6376.
Small Business Banking Committee Members
Kristopher Puskar
Chair
Senior Vice President Business Banking Sales & Innovation Director
Eastern Bank
Boston, MA
Christina Brozyna
Vice Chair
Head of Business Banking Sales and Operations/ Executive Vice President
M&T Bank Corporation
Buffalo, NY
Christopher Adams
Financial Solutions Market Manager
First Commonwealth Bank
Indiana, PA
Steve Adams
Chief Commercial Banking Officer – Community Banking
Synovus Financial Corporation
Columbus, GA
Eric Anderson
Director, Business Lending Small Commercial
BMO
Naperville, IL
Eric Babbert
Senior Vice President, Business Banking Sales Delivery
WesBanco Bank, Inc.
Columbus, Ohio
Devon Bray
Director, Small Business Group Manager
U.S. Bancorp
San Francisco, CA
George Buchanan
Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, Consumer & Wealth Management
Regions Financial Corporation
Birmingham, AL
Colin Campbell
Small Business Banking Strategy Lead
First Horizon National Corporation
Coral Gables, FL
Chantel Chase
Senior Vice President, Director Business Banking Loan Center
Zions Bancorp
Salt Lake City, UT
Joe Chasteen
Director, Business Banking
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
Troy, MI
Todd Clark
President, Small Business Banking
Old National Bancorp
Ann Arbor, MI
Lamar Daley
Special Projects, Loan Automation
Hancock Whitney Bank
New Orleans, LA
Christina DeLay
Senior Director
Santander Bank, N.A.
Boston, MA
Evan Dickinson
Senior Vice President, Business Banking Market Executive
S&T Bank
New Cumberland, PA
Richard Foster
Executive Vice President
Frost Bank
San Antonio, TX
David Hiller
Small Business Product & Client Segment Director
Truist Financial Services
Charlotte, NC
Keith Hoelzer
Head of Business Banking
Atlantic Union Bank
Arlington, VA
Jonathan Holmes
California Division Director
JPMorgan Chase
Los Angeles, CA
Scott Houghtaling
Managing Director-Business Banking
Berkshire Bank
Albany, NY
John Jenkins
Managing Director of Commercial Banking
Bank OZK
Little Rock, AR
Kos Joshi
Head of Small Business Lending
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Washington, DC
Darren Kaufman
Director, Retail Business Banking Strategy and Vendor Management
Citigroup Inc.
Encino, CA
John Kenefick
Director, Central Credit Underwriting Senior Vice President
KeyBank
Amherst, NY
Andrew Libonati
Manager
Webster Bank, N.A.
Southington, CT
Sarah Lindstrom
Executive Vice President, Head & President of Business Banking
Citizens Financial Group
Dedham, MA
Bob Marshall
National Small Business Development Leader
Wells Fargo and Company, Inc.
McLean, VA
Pamela Martin
First Vice President, Group Manager
Flagstar Bank
Sterling Heights, MI
Navia McCloud
Business Banking Area Manager, SVP
Fifth Third Bancorp
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Leona McCoach
CRA Lending and Development Officer
The Mechanics Bank
Redding, CA
Michael Minerva
Senior Vice President
Capital One Financial Corporation
Melville, NY
Laura Nelson
Senior Vice President, Small Business
First National Bank of Omaha
Omaha, NE
Jennifer Nowak
First Vice President
MidFirst Bank
Phoenix, AZ
Steven Pipes
Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer
First United Bank & Trust
McKinney, TX
Alexander Rhue
Senior Manager of Analytics & Insights Lead
TD Bank
Portland, ME
Omar Salah
Executive Vice President, National Director of Small Business Banking
Comerica
San Diego, CA
Hillary Savoie
Managing Director, Chief Banking Officer
Manufacturers Bank
Los Angeles, CA
Craig Sievertsen
Senior Vice President, Business Banking & Consumer Lending
Banner Bank
Walla Walla, WA
Lynetta Steed
Senior Vice President, Market President-Central FL
Valley National Bank
Orlando, FL
Brett Sussman
Vice President
American Express
New York, NY
Vik Venkataraman
Senior Vice President, Head of Specialized Verticals Product
PNC Financial Group, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
Brian Ward
SVP, Senior Director Business Banking Credit
First Financial Bank
Columbus, IN
Christopher Ward
Small Business Underwriting Executive
Bank of America
Charlotte, NC
Dirk Yoshizawa
Senior Executive Vice President, Hawaii Commercial Banking Centers Manager
Bank of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
Patty Young
Director Small Business Strategy and Innovation
Arvest Bank
Overland Park, KS