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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
Senior Vice President/ Manager Business Banking Sales
M&T Bank Corporation
Buffalo, NY
EVP, National Director of Small Business Banking
San Diego, CA
Steve Adams
Chief Commercial Banking Officer – Community Banking
Synovus Financial Corporation
Columbus, GA
Christopher Adams
Financial Solutions Market Manager
First Commonwealth Bank
, SC
Eric Anderson
Director, Business Lending Small Commercial
BMO Harris Bank
Naperville, IL
Eric Babbert
Senior Vice President, Business Banking Sales Delivery
WesBanco Bank, Inc.
Columbus, Ohio
Gary Barker
Vice President, Senior Product Manager
Webster Bank, N.A.
Southington, CT
Devon Barrack
Director, Small Business Group Manager
MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
San Francisco, CA
Caleb Beckford
Group Product Manager
TD Bank
Portland, ME
George Buchanan
EVP - 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
Joe Chasteen
Director, Business Banking
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
Troy, MI
Robert Cozzone
EVP & Chief Operating Officer
Rockland Trust Company
Plymouth, MA
Lamar Daley
Special Projects-Loan Automation
Hancock Whitney Bank
New Orleans, LA
Jason Forman
Executive Vice President, Director of Consumer Banking
S&T Bank
Powell, OH
Richard Foster
Executive Vice President
Frost Bank
San Antonio, TX
Jill Higa
Senior Executive Vice President and Branch & Community Banking Manager
Bank of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
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
John Kenefick
Director, Central Credit Underwriting Senior Vice President
KeyBank
Amherst, NY
Sarah Lindstrom
President and Head of Business Banking
Citizens Financial Group
Dedham, MA
Bob Marshall
National Small Business Development Leader
Wells Fargo and Company, Inc.
McLean, VA
Pamela Martin
FVP, Group Manager
Flagstar Bank
Sterling Heights, MI
Navia McCloud
Business Banking Area Manager, SVP
Fifth Third Bancorp
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Severo Miglioretti
Director, Business Banking Sales & Strategy
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
Michael Minerva
Senior Vice President
Capital One Financial Corporation
Melville, NY
Craig Sievertsen
Senior Vice President, Business Banking & Consumer Lending
Banner Bank
Walla Walla, WA
Patrick Smith
Head of Small Business Banking
Santander Bank, N.A.
,
Lynetta Steed
SVP, Market President-Central FL
Valley National Bank
Orlando, FL
Sam Taussig
Special Product Development
American Express
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Katherine Van Brocklin
National Credit Manager
Citigroup Inc.
Weaverville, NC
Vik Venkataraman
SVP, Head of Specialized Verticals Product
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
Craig Veurink
Senior Vice President | Lead Regional Business Banking Manager
U.S. Bancorp
Edina , MN
Brian Ward
SVP, Senior Director Business Banking Credit
First Financial Bank
Columbus, IN
Christopher Ward
Small Business Underwriting Executive
Bank of America
Charlotte, NC