Tara Kelly

Tara joined Lendstream Small Business Finance as a BDO in the first quarter of 2020. In her capacity she originates SBA loans in the New York Metropolitan area. She has 20+ years of experience in commercial lending of which 10 years were in SBA lending. Prior to joining Lendstream SBF Tara was a Commercial Lender for Carver Federal Savings Bank for six years financing CRE and SBA loans in the New York and New Jersey market. She was the top lender at Carver exceeding her annual goals of $20MM to $30MM. Tara started her lending career with Citibank, went on to Hudson United Bank, CIT SBA lending, Bank of America as a Client Manager, and found her calling at Lendstream SBF. Tara has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Nyack College, NYU credit analysis and Omega credit trained.