SBA Names Members to its Small Business Lending Advisory Council

The results are finally in. After a six-month review period, the SBA finally announced the applicants that have been approved to serve on its inaugural small business lending advisory council.

They are:

• Paul Brown, Managing Partner, Michigan eLab Investment Co.
• Sheryl Cameron, Executive Director SBA Solutions, JPMorgan Chase
• Kevin Carey, Interim President and CEO, American Hotel and Lodging Association
• Ellis Carr, President and CEO, CDC Small Business Finance
• Jill Castilla, President and CEO, Citizens Bank of Edmond
• Tammy deClercq, COO Head of Operations SBA, Lendistry SBLC
• Jeff Dick, Chairman and CEO, MainStreet Bank (VA)
• Nicole Dilts, VP of Commercial Solutions, Michigan State University Federal Credit Union
• Maggie Ference, SVP Small Business and SBA Director, Huntington National Bank
• Jeff Hansel, 1st VP, Rockland Trust Company
• Amy Hereford, President and CEO, LiftFund Inc.
• Ernest Hunter, CEO, Frenchy’s  
• Duane Lewis, Interim Co-CEO, Black Business Investment Fund Inc.
• Deborah Partin, SVP of Lending, Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc.
• Amy Patel, EVP Head of Commercial Distribution, TD Bank
• Giovanna Piovanetti, Executive President, Corporacion para el Financiamiento Empresarial del Comercio y De Las Comunidades
• Lane Rhodes, VP Senior Loan Officer, Live Oak Bank
• Mark Robertson, President and CEO, PCR Small Business Development Corporation
• April Schneider, Head of Small and Business Banking, Wells Fargo

The published list is about six members short of the planned 25 so it is likely a few more will be added. To be eligible, applicants had to have “experience and technical expertise in such areas as commercial lending, small business finance, government-guaranteed lending, small business advocacy or advisement, and expertise needed to provide advice on SBA’s loan programs.”

LiftFund and Lendistry are arguably the only two from the fintech space.