
COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARDS | DEEP DIVE: THIRD PARTY LENDERS PANEL | HALL OF FAME AWARD
Wednesday, November 13
11:40 AM – 12:30 PM
JW Grand Ballroom Salons 1-5
Deep Dive: Third Party Lenders
Paenlists:Greg Freeman, Business Development Officer
Mountain America Credit Union
Shelly Johnson, EVP, Operations, Strategy and Risk
Zions Bank
G. Todd Massas, Chief Operating Officer
Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC
Drew Piazza, Senior Vice President
Bank of America
Bill Sommer, Senior Director, SBA 504 Lending
First Citizens Bank
Nick Stoneman, VP, SBA Lending and Credit Administrator
CalPrivate Bank
Moderator:
Erik Adams, Executive Vice President
Bay Colony Development Corp.
Chris Topping, Chief Lending Officer
504 Capital Corporation
Erik Adams and Chris Topping will host a panel with our Third Party Lender award winners, highlighting how to leverage collaborative relationships and sharing best practices for becoming a lender's preferred CDC.
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NADCO Community Impact Awards
As we mentioned, a big part of NOW is to CELEBRATE FY24! We will be recognizing our lending partners that elevated our work this past year.
2024 Community Impact Award Categories
- Community Bank Lender of the Year: awarded to the most active 504 bank partner with less than $10 billion in assets
Winner: CalPrivate Bank - Regional Bank Lender of the Year: awarded to the most active 504 bank partner with between $10 billion and $100 billion in assets
Winner: Zions Bank - Super Regional Bank Lender of the Year: awarded to the most active 504 bank partner with between $100 billion and $500 billion in assets
Winner: First Citizens Bank - Large National Bank Lender of the Year: awarded to the most active 504 bank partner with over $500 billion in assets
Winner: Bank of America - Credit Union Lender of the Year: awarded to the most active 504 credit union partner
Winner: Mountain America Credit Union - Non-Bank Lender of the Year: awarded to the most active 504 non-bank partner
Winner: Harvest Small Business Finance
** Bank assets determined by Federal Reserve data as of June 30, 2024
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NADCO Hall of Fame Award
The Hall of Fame Award is presented to individuals that throughout their career have contributed above and beyond to ensure the success of the 504 industry. Many of these individuals were instrumental in the creation of the 504 Loan Program and they have all worked tirelessly to improve and grow the program over time. These individuals are dedicated advocates for the 504 Loan Program and the CDC industry. The winners are nominated and voted on by the current members of the Past Chairmen of the Board.

2024 Winner Zola Finch
Previous Inductees:
2024: Frank Keane
2023: Zola Finch
2022: Jean Wojtowicz
2019: Sally Robertson
2018: David Main
2016: Tim Pierce, Steve Suite
2015: Kurt Chilcott
2014: Tom Cator, Steve Van Order
2008: Sam Beard
2005: Barbara A. Vohryzek
2004: Richard Palank
2003: Paul Wellstone
2000: James M. Talent
1999: John Ball
1998: Thomas Powers, James Baird
1996: Scott Davis
1994: John LaFalce, Charles Hertzberg
1993: John Sower
1992: Wayne Foren, Arthur Goodman, Mary Jean Ryan
1991: Roland Cook
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