Community First Bank of Indiana Hires Jeff Magginnis as SBA Program Director

headshot of Jeff Magginnis, SBA Program DirectorMarch 10, 2022  – Robb Blume, President and CEO of Community First Bank of Indiana, is pleased to announce the hiring of Jeff Magginnis as Senior Vice President, SBA Program Director.

Jeff joined Community First Bank in February and brings 29 years of industry experience to the team. For the past 22 years, Jeff has been involved with commercial lending, increasingly focusing his time on delivering the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) programs to small businesses in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. For the past five years he has focused solely on building a strong SBA team with a small regional bank where he also was instrumental in delivering the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to over 11,000 small businesses. Jeff is very passionate about the SBA program and its impact on the local business community.

Bob Hickman, Chief Credit Officer at Community First, said, “Jeff has an outstanding track record of managing SBA lending programs here in Indiana. We are excited to have him join our team as we seek to expand our SBA lending efforts, and I am sure his experience and expertise will be a key factor in our future success.”

Jeff is a 1992 graduate of Wabash College with a degree in Economics and has an MBA from Anderson University. He has earned the honor of serving on the loan committee for Bankable, which helps start, grow, and build Indiana small businesses, since 2017 and on the loan committee for Premier Capital, which empowers the growth of businesses through access to the SBA 504 loan program, since 2018. Jeff has lived in Westfield with his wife Joanna for 27 years. They have three children ages 13-22. When not helping businesses with their lending needs, you will find Jeff enjoying a round of golf, listening to music, or driving his muscle car.

Community First Bank of Indiana (CFB) was chartered in 2003 in Kokomo, Indiana where it currently has banking centers in Indianapolis, Kokomo, Noblesville, and Westfield. Additional information can be found at www.CFBIndiana.com. MEMBER FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.