Jeffrey grew up in a small eastern Oregon town near the Idaho border where he was active in sports, outdoor activities, and a family business. He “headed west” to attend Oregon State University, graduating with a BS in accounting and finance.

As a Relationship Manager, Jeffrey enjoys providing sound financing and banking solutions for businesses and their owners. He appreciates the opportunity to develop relationships with the people and management teams at his customers and the opportunity to help them execute their strategies and achieve their goals.

Jeffrey has many years of experience in commercial and corporate finance, management, investment banking, portfolio management, and consulting. He has extensive experience structuring and negotiating complex loan, lease, merger, acquisition, and divestiture transactions for a wide variety of customers in many industries. His experience has covered the following types of loan transactions: asset-based, healthcare, cash flow, real estate, subordinated, and mezzanine. Other financing activities have included providing leveraged leases, designing programs for vendor and fleet financing, venture capital, and mergers and acquisitions. Jeffrey joined The Commerce Bank of Oregon to continue providing financing solutions to new and existing customers.

Jeffrey enjoys time with his family, participating in sporting activities, raising dogs, and all things outdoors.