RELA ANNOUNCES New NYC Chapter Officers

The Real Estate Lenders Association (RELA) is pleased to announce the addition of new officers for its 2015-16 association year. Karen Ramos, Director of Loan Syndications at Capital One, N.A. has been named President and has been an active officer since 2012.

“The New York chapter is our anchor chapter, which contributes to over half of RELA’s 400+ national membership. We are delighted to have Karen lead our NYC chapter for the next two years,“ said Chairman of the Board Kip Sanford (Fifth Third Bank).

RELA New York thanks its 2014-2015 officers, especially outgoing President Matthew Downs (ULLICO), for their hard Karen Ramos work, dedication and contributions in making RELA a successful Director of Loan Syndications organization. Capital One, N.A.

New RELA New York officers include:

Vice President Membership Committee William Knickerbocker Sponsorship Committee BBVA Lisa Komm CO-CHAIRS CHAIR Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Kevin McCullough Douglas Marron Andrew Huggett BBVA Raymond James Bank, N.A. Realty Finance Trust Treasurer Jonathan Oh Wendy Schwartzberg OFFICERS Richard Grani TD Securities (USA) LLC Securities, LLC East West Bank Burke Davis OFFICER Educational Panel Committee J.P. Morgan Communications Committee Michelle Liu CO-CHAIRS David Lee CHAIR CIT Lisa Komm CIT Paul Kesicki Programming Committee Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Young Members Committee Capital One, N.A. CO-CHAIRS Kristin Larson Khanna CO-CHAIRS OFFICER HSBC Bank USA Christopher Niederpruem Bryan McGovern Sarah Miller CIT Events Committee CIT CIT Aoife Burke CO-CHAIRS Craig Dowd Lynch Andrew Fleming MUFG Union Bank, N.A. OFFICERS Landesbank Baden-Württemberg OFFICERS Jonathan Smith Jonathan Hirshey Jordan Mendell Capital One, N.A. Citizens Commercial Banking Wells Fargo, N.A. Jonathan Bloomberg Capital One, N.A.

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