SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE SBDC TEAM BIOS

Tim Bates has been with the Center since 2000. He received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Saint Vincent College. Tim began his career in the banking industry. From 1987-1990, he was employed with First Virginia Bank of Falls Church, Virginia, where he managed a retail branch office. He specialized in business loan development and relationship development as well as consumer loan development. Following this, he worked for National City Bank of Pennsylvania from 1990-1999. His duties with the institution included business development in all industry sectors for loan needs under $500,000. He also worked to develop a SBA Loan portfolio for a 3 branch network. During this time, he became proficient in agriculture lending through the use of the Farm Service Agency (FSA), the Guaranteed Lending arm of the USDA. Through this work, he developed a working relationship with the Westmoreland County Penn State Cooperative Extension Office.