2010 Speakers
Featured Speaker –
Malia Hifner
Vice President
Relationship Manager | SME Specialty Finance Division, Bank of the West
With more than 11 years of SBA lending experience Malia Hifner has spent the past 9 years at Bank of the West. Specializing in Construction Management and risk mitigation Malia Hifner has developed a keen sense of construction financing. She has diligently worked through projects experiencing delays, cost overruns, and projects on the verge of being not completed due to the complexities of construction finance. Malia is very familiar with how to manage distressed assets, risks, and complete the long-term goal for successful management of completion, timeline, and cost. Malia guides many borrowers and Business Development Officers through the important steps necessary when you consider the fastidious nature of a construction and SBA 504 and 7A lending.
Past projects that Malia has managed range from small tenant improvements of $125,000 to ground up construction of over $5,000,000; with a 100% success rate for completion observing minimal deviation from the original timeline for construction completion and preservation of the SBA guarantee or Debenture takeout.
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