(Top Row Left to Right – Sherrill Stockton, Larry Conley, Annemarie Murphy, John Moshier, Cal Regan, Davina Bergin, Kendra Vincenty, Julie Cripe, Eduardo Sosa, Ashley Horner, Tony Wilkinson; Bottom Row Left to Right – Sherry Martin, Diane Gallion, Ethan Smith, Caroline Taylor, Charles Bailey, Julie Huston, Lynn Ozer; Not pictured – Kale Gaston, David Green, Cece Mitchell, Jeff Nager, Neal Patel)
The Association’s governing body is comprised of 23 Board of Directors representing banking institutions of all sizes and industry partners from various backgrounds. Each year, a representative for each organization (member of record or MOR) vote to elect 5 lending members and 1 associate member to serve a 3-year term on NAGGL’s Board of Directors.
During NAGGL’s 2022 Annual Awards Ceremony, Tony Wilkinson, President & CEO, officially announced the names of the newly appointed Board of Directors, who will serve beginning January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2025 –
Lending Members:
Diane Gallion, Bank of the West
Diane Gallion has been in banking and SBA lending for over 30 years. Presently she is SVP, SBA Division Credit Manager at Bank of the West, BNPParibas. Diane is very active with NAGGL, she is a board member and has served as an instructor since 2002.
Ashley Horner, Summit Bank
Ashley Horner has been a commercial lender for over a decade and has focused on SBA lending the past six years since establishing the SBA Division at Summit Bank in 2014. Horner also teaches Continuing Education courses to other industries on the topic of SBA Financing. Horner chairs NAGGL’s Region X Liaison Committee, serves on its Technical Issues Committee and Small Lender Committee. She earned the association’s Advanced Lender Diploma in 2017.
Cece Mitchell, Zions Bank
With more than 30 years of banking experience, Cece Mitchell currently is Senior Vice President and Enterprise SBA Administrator for Zions Bankcorporation. She joined Zions Bank in 2005 to serve as the Zions Bank Business Resource Center’s founding director and later served as manager of the bank’s Women’s Financial Group and SBA Manager for Zions Bank in Utah and Idaho. Prior to her SBA Administrator position, she was the manager of the Small Business Group for the corporation. She is an active NAGGL member and serves on the association’s board of directors, its executive committee and co-chairs its Technical Issues Committee.
Annemarie Murphy, First Bank of the Lake
Annemarie Murphy is President of SBA Lending for First Bank of the Lake, where she is accountable for the success of the SBA lending program and a variety of other guaranteed loan programs. She directs all facets of government guaranteed lending with responsibility for strategic planning, product definition, training, and team leadership, as well as for ensuring compliance with all aspects of the bank’s credit policy while securing eligibility for government guaranty lending programs. Murphy previously served as United Community Bank’s President of SBA lending as well as the SBA Chief Operations Officer. With more than two decades of multiple roles with First Bank of the Lake, United Community Bank, Live Oak Bank and United Western Bank, she is expert in driving positive outcomes in business banking operations, team leadership, process improvement, business development, risk management, and project management.
Sherrill Stockton, Live Oak Bank
Sherrill Stockton is currently Executive Vice President and a Senior Credit Officer for Live Oak Bank, headquartered in Wilmington, NC, where she is responsible for SBA training, credit review, process improvement, loan approval and on-call technical expertise to a growing national SBA lender. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President and SBA Manager at Exchange Bank in Santa Rosa, CA, from 2009-2015. Prior to this, she worked at Sonoma National Bank for 11 years, where she oversaw double digit growth year-over-year. She has nearly 30 years of SBA lending experience, and prior to that she was a successful small-business owner of two companies. Stockton is the past chair of NAGGL’s Technical Issues Committee and serves on the association’s board of directors and as an instructor for the association.
Associate Member:
Neal Patel, Reliant Business Valuation
Neal Patel, CBA, CVA is the Founder and Chief Appraiser at Reliant Business Valuation, a tech-enabled business valuation and equipment appraisal firm specialized in SBA related valuations nationwide. Neal is also the Co-Founder of Valzy.com, a cloud-based internal valuation tool created for SBA lenders and SBDC Counselors. Neal is a Certified Business Appraiser through the Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) and a Certified Valuation Analyst through the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA). Neal previously served on the Ethics Oversight Board of NACVA and is also the ex-Chair of the Board of Governors at the IBA. Neal currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee at the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders (NAGGL).
Congratulations to the newly elected directors, and thank you to all of those who participated in this year’s electoral process.
