Chris is First Senior Vice President, Director of SBA and Business Banking and has more than 20-years of banking experience. He joined Valley National Bank in 2011 to grow and manage the business banking team and create the bank's SBA program. The bank's SBA program operates throughout Florida, Alabama, New York, and New Jersey. In a short period of time, the program has closed more than $200 million in new loans to help small businesses grow and flourish.