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Employee Spotlight:
Gregg is one of our most senior Underwriters. As an Underwriter he is responsible for the analysis of a company's overall financial condition, its industry, management, economic trends and other factors which may affect the strength and stability of its cash generating sources.
Also, Gregg is our Rural Loan Advisor, our in-house expert on the US Department of Agriculture's Intermediary Relending Program.
Gregg is a proud third generation Oregonian. He brought with him many years of financial education and experience in SBA lending, primarily as an SBAexpress department manger for a national bank.
If you were to start your own small business, what would it be?
A brewery in a small mountain town
What do you like most about working for Evergreen?
I enjoy the culture of open collaboration that we have as a small nonprofit.
Gregg's coworkers describe him:
"Gregg Swanson approaches loan deals with a positive and forward-thinking approach. He works extremely well with our banker and borrower clients. When my deals are in his hands I have full confidence that he will not only preserve the relationships I have worked hard to build, but that he will also enhance them."
"Gregg is a pleasure to work with. If he confronts a challenge, he looks for a solution with energy. His depth of government lending programs is significant and his experience diverse, which really helps him expedite the approval of every loan he works on."
'Gregg makes the most challenging of days fun with his great sense of humor. With his SBA back ground he brings a great wealth of knowledge to the organization and our clients."
"Gregg is a valuable resource for SBA information, having many years of experience in 7(a) and 504 lending. His sense of humor is well appreciated amongst the underwriting department."
"Gregg is great to work with. He is very patient, easy to work with and a great resource (I have learned a lot from Gregg)."
"What can we say about Gregg...he's awesome, patient and tenacious with difficult credits!"
"Gregg is great to work with and very thorough! He works with great integrity and strives to understand the small businesses that come to us to fulfill one of the most important decisions they can make. He is very supportive of us loan officers, but is not shy about pointing out the weaknesses as well as the strengths of our credits. I am always glad when Gregg gets to work on one of my deals."