MCALLEN, Texas – A McAllen-based senior mortgage officer Marlene Rodriguez has been promoted to market director for micro-lender LiftFund.
As a part of her new job position, Rodriguez will now be capable of provide bigger loans of as much as $500,000 within the Rio Grande Valley.
LiftFund President and CEO Janie Barrera mentioned the impression of Rodriguez’s promotion will probably be felt all through all the South Texas area as a result of she is going to strengthen her relationships with key leaders and increase LiftFund’s assist for small companies.
“This promotion permits Marlene to additional her dedication and dedication to her shoppers, neighborhood, and our mission,” Barrera mentioned.
Over the course of the pandemic, Barrera mentioned Rodriguez helped native small companies keep afloat. She mentioned she then helped them to stabilize after which, lastly, to flourish by way of her laborious work and dedication to her neighborhood.
“Nobody is aware of our work and shoppers like Marlene; she has developed key relationships with small companies and the small enterprise neighborhood. She is a confirmed champion and the chief we all know our shoppers and communities deserve.”
LiftFund is a nonprofit small enterprise lender that goals to rework lives by opening doorways and leveling the monetary enjoying discipline in entrepreneurship.
Established in 1994, in San Antonio, LiftFund seeks to supply accountable capital and enterprise schooling to small enterprise homeowners and aspiring entrepreneurs.
LiftFund has supported South Texas small enterprise homeowners with over 25,000 $40.2 million in small enterprise loans. Since its inception, LiftFund has remodeled loans totaling greater than $415 million throughout its 15-state footprint, which incorporates: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, New York and Texas.
Rodriguez has served small companies of the South Texas area for greater than 21 years as a senior mortgage officer for LiftFund, offering greater than $21 million in funding to small companies in the neighborhood, a mean of $1 million per yr since she joined LiftFund. As a part of her new job position, Rodriguez will now be capable of provide bigger loans of as much as $500,000 within the Rio Grande Valley.
Rodriguez mentioned her work is centered on serving to shoppers scale their small companies by serving to them safe the funding they want. She mentioned she is going to proceed serving McAllen and South Texas enterprise homeowners, fostering relationships, and growing responsive funding applications and assist for small companies within the area.
“I’m grateful to take our work and mission to the following stage.” Rodriguez mentioned.
“Along with rising the assist for our small enterprise neighborhood, I’ll proceed to do what I get pleasure from essentially the most, guiding and championing small enterprise homeowners of their journey to success.”
Editor’s Observe: Marlene Rodriguez appeared on a Zoom with the Rio Grande Guardian Worldwide Information Service final yr to debate micro-lending alternatives with LiftFund. We anticipate to do extra Zooms together with her sooner or later.
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In the meantime, Barrera, LiftFund’s CEO, says the nonprofit is working laborious to construct a extra inclusive economic system. She mentioned she could be very happy with the group’s impression over time and looking out ahead to the long run.
“Our mission to stage the monetary enjoying discipline stays stronger than ever, serving because the guiding star for our enhanced enterprise mannequin and rising portfolio of services. This evolution can also be mirrored in our govt management suite,” Barrera mentioned.
Barrera mentioned she is proud to welcome Amy Hereford and Ronita Pinckney to the LiftFund household in addition to have fun the promotions and contributions of Adrian Gonzalez, Nelly Rojas-Moreno, and Celina Peña. These are longstanding executives with LiftFund. To study extra about their roles, go to LiftFund’s weblog.
“We’re additionally grateful for Wealthy Ruebe’s time at LiftFund as COO/CFO and need him a cheerful retirement,” Barrera mentioned.
“With a heavy coronary heart we mourn the lack of Tom Clausen who served on our govt management staff for over a decade. He will probably be deeply missed and we are going to keep in mind him for his massive coronary heart. I hope you’ll proceed journeying with us as we carry small companies to financial prosperity.”
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