KAREN BROWN
Senior Vice President, Team Leader
First Bank
Throughout her career, Karen Brown has focused on integrating commercial and asset based finance knowledge and experience and managerial skills to build a diversified, profitable and high quality portfolio. Since 2014, she has served as Team Leader and Senior Vice President for First Bank’s North Los Angeles Commercial Regional office. In this role, Brown is responsible for the solicitation and management of Relationship Managers. Her primary focus is on new business generation, and to oversee prospect, client and referral source visitation for the entire team. She is also involved in marketing concentrated to small and middle market businesses with revenues in the $15 million to $200 million range, and with loan needs in the $2 million to $30 million dollar range for manufacturers, distributors, service businesses and high net worth individuals located in the greater Los Angeles area. Previously, she worked at 1st Enterprise Bank as Regional Vice President of the bank’s San Fernando Valley office after leadership roles in a number of other banks.
