Our Team
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Principal
Walter Tomlinson joined Statesman as a Principal in 1998 and has over 22 years of experience in middle-market…
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Principal
Scott Actkinson is a co-founder of Statesman and Director of the firm’s Due Diligence and Debt Placement…
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Senior Advisor
Barry Kelly is Statesman’s Senior Advisor of Mergers & Acquisitions. Barry assists clients in effecting mergers, acquisitions…
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Senior Advisor
David Sargent is Statesman’s Senior Advisor of Mergers & Acquisitions. David assists clients in effecting mergers, acquisitions…
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Senior Advisor
Sid Shaver is Statesman’s Senior Advisor of Mergers & Acquisitions. Sid has substantial experience providing investment banking…
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Director
Larry Schumann is a Director of the Austin, Texas office of Statesman Corporate Finance. In this role, Larry serves the…
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Director
Phillip Wilhite serves as a Director of the Austin office of Statesman Corporate Finance. Phillip uses…
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Director
Erik Konicki joined Statesman as a Director in 2016 and has over 20 years of financial experience…
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Director
Jim Briggs joined Statesman in 2016 as Director of Mergers & Acquisitions. He has 15 years of…
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Director
Gary Cannon performs both Business Valuation and Merger & Acquisition advisory services on behalf of the firm…
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Director
Mark Vance joined Statesman in 2018 as a Director. Mark is part of a new initiative by Statesman…
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Director
Peter Chiu is Director of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Investment Banking Group. Pete has been with Statesman for…
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Director
Jessica Seff joined Statesman in 2018 as Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions. She brings more than…
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Director
David Carrasco serves as an Investment Banking Director at Statesman. He previously served as a Managing…
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Vice President
Sarah Dibbern joined Statesman in 2021 as Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions. She brings more than 9 years…
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Vice President
Philip Rodriguez serves as an Investment Banking Vice President at Statesman. Philip assists in the overall…
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Vice President
Nathan Hurst is an Investment Banking Vice President at Statesman. In this role, Nathan is responsible for…
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Senior Associate
Anna Talarico is an Investment Banking Senior Associate at Statesman. In this role, Anna is responsible for…
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Associate
Sam Cancienne joined Statesman in 2022 as an Analyst of Mergers & Acquisitions. Sam assists…
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Analyst
Marvin Hernandez is an Analyst of Mergers & Acquisitions at Statesman. Marvin assists…
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Analyst
Walker Wright joined Statesman in 2024 as an Analyst of Mergers & Acquisitions. Walker assists…
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Administrator
Mary Longshore has been with Statesman since 1999. She is responsible for scheduling all field examinations and…
Small Business Financing
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Director of SBA Loan Packaging
Susan George serves as Vice President of Lender Services at Statesman Business Advisors. She joined Statesman in…
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Director of 504 Loan Packaging
Sheila Gibbs is the SBA 504 Program Manager at Statesman Business Advisors. Sheila works with Certified Development…
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Credit Associate
Lubna Fazal has been with Statesman Business Advidors, LLC since 2014. Lubna currently works as a Credit Analyst in the…
Financial Due Diligence
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Vice President, Field Exam Manager
Karla Fusto joined Statesman in 2009. She has over eleven years of experience in the banking industry…
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Administrator
Mary Longshore has been with Statesman since 1999. She is responsible for scheduling all field examinations and…
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Senior Field Examiner
Kristi Carpenter has been a field examiner for Statesman since 2008. She has over ten years of experience in accounting…
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Senior Field Examiner
Robert Valdivia is a Senior Field Examiner with fifteen years experience at Statesman Business Advisors. In this role, Bob serves…
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Senior Field Examiner
Gary Reding is a bank examiner with Statesman Business Advisors. Gary joined Statesman in 2022, and brings over…
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Senior Field Examiner
Austin Kershaw joined Statesman in 2014. He has over seven years of commercial banking experience from small businesses…