AVANA CUSO ANNOUNCES STAFF REALIGNMENT AND PROMOTION OF EMPLOYEES IN RESPONSE TO THE CONTINUING INCREASE IN LOAN PRODUCTION!
AVANA CUSO, one of the nation’s most seasoned credit union service organizations (CUSO), is proud to announce staff realignments and the promotion of key staff in response to the increased commercial loan production during the first half of 2020. We congratulate these outstanding team members on their new positions and look forward to their continued contributions.
Derek Matjeka, who joined AVANA CUSO’s Loss Mitigation team in 2018, brings his experience and expertise to AVANA CUSO’s Loan Production department. This comes as the CUSO strategically migrates to a more conservative approach to new loan production. As Vice President, Credit Administration, Derek not only brings essential and timely knowledge to AVANA CUSO’s core business, he is uniquely qualified to bring analytical and operational insight to the lending space impacted by COVID-19 as well as the increased volume stemming from lenders that have withdrawn from the market in the wake of the pandemic.
And, in concert with the CUSO’s continuing effort to both focus on and further develop our borrower relationships, Sharon Fleeman joins the Relationship Development team as our new Business Relationship Officer. Sharon joined the CUSO nearly 10 years ago and has developed many strong relationships with our current borrowers. While successfully refinancing nearly $450MM of existing loans, she simultaneously brought in over $20 MM worth of new borrower and broker relationships to AVANA CUSO.
AVANA CUSO also congratulates Rodney Jones, a 20-year veteran of the CUSO, on his promotion to Loan Production Manager. In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing the Production team as well as managing a $350MM pipeline from participation through funding. His extensive experience with loan processing, documentation and closing practices makes this well-deserved promotion a natural progression for Rodney.
“Please join me in congratulating Derek, Sharon, and Rodney on their new roles. These valued team members have demonstrated great dedication to both AVANA CUSO and its customers during a time of strategic growth. Our collective goal is to continue educating and empowering credit unions of all sizes to realize enhanced revenue and meet production goals through commercial real estate lending. Again, our congratulations and thanks go out to each of these team members for their years of contribution and hard work.”
— Craig S. Page, President/ CEO
AVANA CUSO, one of the nation’s largest Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO) dedicated to serve our customer-partners as the most trusted, most utilized commercial real estate member business lending CUSO in the country.