Kathy Trautman Joins SOREDI as New Business Development Loan Manager

Kathy Trautman Joins SOREDI as New Business Development Loan Manager
Alex Pawlowski to Retire June 26

Medford, OR – Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development, Inc. (SOREDI) is pleased to announce that Kathy Trautman has joined SOREDI as the new Business Development Loan Manager, replacing Alex Pawlowski who will retire on June 26, after 5 years of service to SOREDI.

Trautman has 34 years of banking experience in the Rogue Valley.  Most recently, she spent 15 years with PremierWest Bank which became AmericanWest Bank in 2013.  Kathy’s background includes commercial lending, branch oversight, sales and service, and personnel management.

In 2013, Kathy graduated from Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington, a 3-year master-level extension program for senior officers in the banking industry.

Executive Director Ron Fox states “Kathy brings the needed commercial banking expertise necessary to assist the numerous companies and entrepreneurs we serve.  She complements our existing staff with a passion for small business success.”

“I am grateful for the opportunity to work with SOREDI as I have been looking for the right employment fit since leaving the banking industry,” Trautman says. “SOREDI is a great regional asset and I’m eager to dive in.”

Born in Minnesota, Kathy became an Oregonian at an early age and graduated from Phoenix High School.  Kathy lives in Central Point with her husband Ken and three labs.  She enjoys fishing, reading, and family time with their 4 grown children and 5 grandchildren who all reside in the region.

SOREDI is a private, membership based, non-profit organization, governed by a 23-member board of directors. Its six-person staff is charged with local business expansion and new business recruitment efforts, financial assistance to start-up companies through its business loan fund, and management of Enterprise Zones in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The agency was formed as a regional economic development agency in 1987.

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