VANESSA MONTAÑEZ
Head of Community Lending
City National Bank
Vanessa Montañez, DEL, is head of community lending at City National Bank. Since she was hired for this newly created role in November 2021, she has created a lending program from scratch, and built a talented team of more than two dozen professionals.
With more than 25 years of experience in residential lending and sales and business development management, Montañez and her team are working hard to build better communities by making an impact on sustainable homeownership through the bank’s “Ladder Up Home Loan Grant Program.” She is managing a nationwide team that is responsible for building strategies and programs to expand mortgage lending to serve historically underserved communities through community outreach and financial education. Reinforcing City National’s commitment to serving underserved communities, she leads a community loan program aimed to increase homeownership that started in California and is also available in New York and New Jersey.
