Kristy Sanford Joins OMB Bank’s KC-area Commercial Lending Team

OMB Bank is pleased to announce that banking veteran Kristy Sanford has joined its Kansas City-area lending team as assistant vice president, loan officer.

Sanford brings more than three decades of experience in banking and financial services, specializing in customer service and branch management, portfolio management and commercial lending. Most recently, she served as loan operations manager at Lead Bank and, before that, loan portfolio manager at Silver Lake Bank, overseeing end-to-end loan processing and leading operational performance initiatives for both consumer and commercial portfolios and assisting the market presidents in Lawrence and Overland Park, Kan.

Sanford began her career in 1989 as a teller/personal banker for then-Bank IV in Lawrence, Kan., followed by progressive leadership roles at institutions including Commerce Bank, Bank of Blue Valley, Sunflower Bank, then-Gold Bank, Peoples Bank and First Citizens Bank. At First Citizens, Sanford helped manage a $100 million business and commercial loan portfolio, where she maintained ongoing credit servicing of the portfolio from inception to closing, ensured credit file and documentation accuracy, assisted the banking teams and market leadership with business clients and strengthened overall customer relationships over a 14-year tenure.

Sanford has also held key positions at CrossFirst Bank in syndications and restaurant finance and Silver Lake Bank in portfolio management for the Lawrence, Kan. market. Across her career, she has built a reputation for extraordinary customer service, process efficiency improvements and relationship building within the commercial real estate and business lending arena.