Kara Irvin

About Kara Irvin

Empowering People. Driving Growth. Building Community.I’m a business banking leader passionate about empowering others and creating meaningful impact. With nearly two decades of experience in commercial lending and strategic financial solutions, I thrive on building strong relationships, driving growth, and helping businesses succeed.I lead a dynamic team focused on delivering tailored solutions for businesses in the $2.5M–$50M segment. My leadership philosophy centers on collaboration, mentorship, and continuous learning; because when people grow, organizations flourish. I lead with the heart of a teacher and the drive of a go-getter.What inspires me most? Seeing entrepreneurs turn vision into reality. Every day, I combine financial expertise with a genuine commitment to helping clients succeed, because their success fuels my own sense of purpose.Let’s connect and explore how we can grow together!

Experience

1. Business Banking Team Manager

   U.S. Bank

   Jun 2016 — Present

   Manages a team of eight business banking lenders and three support specialists responsible for relationship banking; with a primary focus in business financing. Ensures team sales goals are achieved. Oversees and trains Business Bankers, ensuring individual banker production goals are met. Collaborates with Market Leader to establish sales and budget goals, and develops market objectives and strategies for the products/services sold. Develops revenue, volume, and market share objectives for assigned staff and market area. Recruits, retains, coaches and manages performance of assigned Business Bankers. Partners with key individuals in the retail branches to develop, communicate and implement the sales strategy in order to meet/exceed business objectives, and exchange leads/referrals. Maintains and develops profitable relationships with customers and industry associations.

Education

• Western Washington University

  BA, Business Management

  2001 — 2006

Skills

• Customer Service
• Consumer Lending
• Loans
• Sales Management
• Lines of Credit
• Small Business Lending
• Strategic Planning
• Commercial Banking
• Commercial Lending
• Financial Analysis
• Small Business
• Credit Analysis
• Budgets
• Finance
• Credit
• Banking