The Freedom Bank of Virginia announced that it has hired Kevin Ferryman as Senior Vice President & Head of SBA Division and a team of his former colleagues responsible for building a new SBA business for the bank. Mr. Ferryman will serve as a member of the Freedom Bank senior management team focused on establishing the bank's SBA Division's goals relating to independent origination, underwriting, closing, sale and servicing of SBA loans. He will work in collaboration with the commercial and community banking groups to ensure strong cross-sale and success of all deposit and treasury products. Additionally, Mr. Ferryman will grow the Division through active participation and fostering strong ties to SBA industry trade organizations and community groups and utilize those connections to build the bank's brand among business owners and brokers. Joining Mr. Ferryman in the SBA Division are Kerry Borosh, Vice President & Business Development Officer; Dhruva Patel, Vice President & Underwriter; Dawn Giorgi-Nethercott, Assistant Vice President & Loan Closer; and Lakisha Grant, Loan Closer. Freedom's new SBA Lending team has a demonstrated track record together of meeting the needs of small businesses customers and originating new clients to growth fee-based revenue through sale of government guaranteed portion of SBA loans and interest and servicing income from an SBA unguaranteed loan portfolio. Mr. Ferryman was most recently Senior Vice President and Director of SBA Lending at Patriot Bank in Connecticut where he built a successful SBA program.