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Meet the Staff FFCFC's Central and North Florida Sales Force

May 2009

Meet FFCFC's Central and North Florida sales team, a talented group of seasoned and enthusiastic small business lending professionals, at your service.

Brad Owens

serves as a Business Development Officer for the Tampa/St. Petersburg area and is based in Lutz. He brings more than 20 of years experience in commercial and small business finance to FFCFC.

Previously, Brad served as a Vice President/Credit Solutions Specialist for Bank of America. He has also served on Bank of America's Executive Council as well as the USF Small Business Development Center Advisory Board, and he is an inductee of the Florida Small Business Development Center Lender Hall of Fame.

Brad is responsible for five counties in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area: Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Polk.

You can reach him directly at 813-777-4366 or by email at brad@ffcfc.com..

John Hanrahan

serves as a Business Development Officer for the Central Florida area and is based in Orlando. He has more than 10 years of experience in finance and marketing.

Prior to joining the company, he was Vice President and Account Executive for GE Commercial Finance in Orlando. John also served as a Credit Manager for Wells Fargo & Company. He received an MBA from Rollins College.

John is responsible for 10 Central Florida counties: Brevard, Citrus, Lake, Levy, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia.

You can reach him directly at 407-276-4961 or by email at john@ffcfc.com.

Kristen L. Tackett

serves as a Business Development Officer for the Northeast Florida territory and is based in Jacksonville. She earned a B.A. in Business Administration and a B.A. in Marketing from the University of North Florida. Kristen has successfully completed various banking courses through the Risk Management Association and the National Association of Development Companies.

Prior to joining FFCFC, she worked as a Business Development Officer for the Jacksonville Economic Development Company.

Kristen is responsible for 16 Northeast Florida counties: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Suwannee and Union.

You can reach her directly at 904-861-2270 or by email at kristen@ffcfc.com.

Stacy Thorrington serves as a Business Development Officer for the Northwest & Florida Panhandle territory and is based in Pensacola. She received a B.S. degree in marketing and an MBA degree from the University of West Florida.

Formerly, Stacy served as a business analyst for the Small Business Development Center in Pensacola.

Stacy is responsible for 18 Northwest and Florida Panhandle counties: Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton and Washington.

You can reach her directly at 850-393-0496 or by email at stacy@ffcfc.com.

For more information on Florida First Capital and its 504 loan program, visit www.ffcfc.com, email us at insider@ffcfc.com or call 888.320.5504.