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Terrence Rogers Promoted to Community Lending at Carrollton Bank in St. Louis T here comes a time in most people’s lives in which they must reinvent themselves. The process can be scary and ever done before. I went on the retail side and worked at Regions Bank for two years as a small business banker. In 2012, Carrollton Bank reached out to me, and the rest is history.” Part of Rogers’ role in 2012 as a home By Nicholas Cole
uncomfortable. But for Brother Ter- rence Rogers, the decision to reinvent himself is proof of what making a bold move can do for your career. In less than 10 years, Rogers went from being a regular loan officer to President at the same bank. Rogers (Mu Zeta 1992) was promoted to President of Community Lending at Carrollton Bank in St. Louis. Carroll- ton Bank is a 3.2 billion privatley held, employee owned bank. Rogers, 49, joined the bank in 2012 as a home loan officer, and has helped build a Community Lending Partner- ship Program that is recognized as a model for banks across the country. Rogers has helped 1,100 families with their home loans during his 10 years at Carrollton Bank. He has also obtained more than $2.5 million in down-pay- ment assistance to get them started on home ownership. “I’m grateful for the opportunity I’ve been given, and the support I’ve received from so many friends in the St. Louis lending community,” Rogers said. His role as President of Community Lending includes leading the bank in origination of consumer home loans and sourcing capital for consumers in the metro St. Louis region. Rogers has been instrumental in the development of home buying educa- tion programs in the St. Louis com- munity and creating partnerships with community development financial institutions, non-profits, realtors, and banks and credit unions in Missouri and Illinois. Prior to joining Carrollton Bank in 2012, Rogers worked at Wells Fargo for 13 years as a Sales Manager in
loan officer was to help Carrollton Bank build its Community Lending Partnership Program. The program consisted of me working with nonprofits, realtors, partnering with other banks, and tapping into the wide network that I had built up over the years, through friends, and a lot of Brothers in Kappa Alpha Psi,” Rogers said. “I really tapped into all of my relationships I’ve built over the past 10 years, and ultimately, that’s what led me to getting into this role – in addi- tion to a lot of hard work.” Rogers is a St. Louis born and based banking professional. Over the past 20 years, he has worked in a wide variety of financial capacites with both consumers and businesses. He earned his business degree in 1996 from the University of Missouri St. Louis. Rogers is a member 100 Black Men, National Sales Network. He is also the Vice President/Board Member for Little Urban Smiles, Regional Steer- ing committee member for Home- GrownSTL, and member of NAREB of Metro STL. A Life Member os the Fraternity, Rogers is a member of the St. Louis (MO) Alumni Chapter. He is married to Patrice Rogers and has two daughters, Alanah and Sydney. While not working, his hobbies in- clude traveling, sports, and golfing. Rogers considers himself an educator, volunteering is time teaching home buying and finanical education in the St. Louis community. He believes that knowledge is power and is com- mitted to paying if forward whenever he can. For more information, visit www.carrolltonbanking.com.
St. Louis and Illinois, and District Manager in Colorado. In addtion, he worked at Regions Bank in Chester- field as Vice President and Small Busi- ness Banker from 2010 to 2012. Rogers stressed that one of the things he is most proud of is being able to source down payment assistance funds for African Americans in St. Louis. “St. Louis is one of the most un- banked cities in the African American community and the entire country,” Rogers revealed. “We have the lowest banked community, so that was one of the challenges for me. When I first started in banking, I quickly noticed that there were a lot of payday loan and checking cashing offices, and people did not have bank accounts and good lending institutions, mean- ing that there was an education gap on the financial side. Which caused many of the people in the community had little experience with banks and have very little trust. The hardest thing for me was figuring out a way to solve this problem and bridge the gap.” Regarding having to reinvent himself, Rogers noted that the mortgage crisis in 2008 had an effect on his profes- sional career. “I ended up coming back home and had to kind of recreate myself,” Rogers recalled before adding, “I decided to do some things differently than I had
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