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Lana Bolotina, MBA
Calabasas,CA
Summary
Holistic, systems-oriented executive and practitioner-scholar with 25 years of experience in commercial lending, enterprise risk, and organizational transformation. Expertise in integrating advanced management theory, adult development science, and embodied leadership practices to elevate leaders, teams, and organizational culture. Renowned for synthesizing complexity into clarity while aligning cultural evolution with operational excellence, crafting developmental pathways that enhance human capability, strengthen collaboration, and accelerate strategic growth. Proficient in orchestrating transformation across technology, culture, risk, and strategy—effectively translating big-picture vision into grounded, scalable solutions while safeguarding institutional integrity and enabling sustainable expansion.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
SVP, Regional Credit Manager
Liberty Bank, N.A.
05.2022 - Current
- Provide holistic leadership across lending and risk-management functions; serve as strategic advisor to the Chief Credit Officer.
- Evaluate, structure, and authorize complex credit proposals, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations and risk appetite.
- Shape credit philosophy through policy-level recommendations that strengthen governance and long-term resilience.
- Develop lending officers and credit staff through coaching grounded in adult-development theory and vertical development.
- Integrate advanced risk-management practices and data-driven insights into daily decision-making.
- Serve as active member of all Credit Committees, providing expert recommendations across diverse industries.
- Monitor and report key credit-risk metrics to Senior Management and the Board.
- Partner with the Chief Credit Officer on strategic planning, team development, and organizational capability building.
- Design and implement leadership-development and mentoring programs rooted in DDO principles.
- Lead and mentor the credit team to ensure alignment between individual growth, organizational strategy, and cultural values.
SVP, Underwriting
Banc of California
11.2019 - 05.2022
- Led enterprise credit strategy, underwriting policies, and risk-management practices, including ownership of credit-rating systems and fraud-prevention frameworks.
- Oversaw 40 direct and indirect reports across multiple lending units.
- Partnered with lending teams to evaluate new and renewal credit requests across diverse industries.
- Played a key leadership role in bank-wide initiatives, translating business challenges into actionable credit strategies.
- Co-designed an end-to-end loan-lifecycle process, improving workflow cohesion and customer experience.
- Facilitated cross-functional collaboration with senior leaders across credit, risk, compliance, legal, operations, treasury, and HR.
- Established a formal six-month credit-training program integrating adult-development and deliberate-development practices.
- Designed onboarding, training, and career-path frameworks that strengthened team capability and culture.
VP, Underwriting Team Lead
Banc of California
03.2018 - 11.2019
- Provided strategic leadership and developmental guidance to an 11-person underwriting team.
- Led evaluation and execution of complex lending opportunities, preparing high-quality credit materials and recommendations.
- Ensured adherence to rigorous risk-management practices and regulatory expectations.
- Managed workflow allocation to meet production, quality, and turnaround goals.
- Led restructuring of distressed and workout credits, achieving full repayment outcomes.
- Served as primary liaison for internal and external audits.
- Oversaw key portfolio-management reporting to support early risk identification.
Director, Portfolio Manager
Opus Bank
02.2015 - 03.2018
- Structured, underwrote, and managed a diversified portfolio of 50+ C&I credit facilities.
- Directed workflow for analysts and loan assistants, providing coaching and developmental guidance.
- Served as strategic advisor to clients, coordinating with product partners to meet complex financial needs.
- Prepared comprehensive credit-approval memoranda and negotiated legal documentation.
- Identified opportunities to enhance portfolio profitability through pricing optimization and relationship expansion.
- Synthesized internal-control reports to ensure compliance and early risk identification.
- Managed problem-loan reporting and led workouts and restructurings, achieving zero loan losses.
Relationship Manager / Senior Analyst / Credit Analyst
Wells Fargo Capital Finance
08.2001 - 02.2015
- Managed a diversified portfolio of syndicated loans for publicly traded corporate clients.
- Prepared underwriting memoranda and amendment requests for Credit Committee approval.
- Built strong relationships with lead and participant banks.
- Assessed financial and collateral performance across complex capital structures.
- Conducted detailed collateral and financial analyses for Federal Reserve reporting.
- Identified opportunities to enhance portfolio profitability through cross-selling.
- Led workouts and liquidations on distressed credits.
- Contributed to enterprise initiatives including system integrations, mergers, and portfolio acquisitions.
Education
PhD - Conscious Leadership & Organizational Development
California Institute for Human Science
Encinitas, CAMBA - Finance
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA01.2007
BBA - Finance
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA01.2001
Skills
- Conscious Leadership & Vertical Development
- Systems Thinking & Complexity Navigation
- Organizational Transformation & Culture Design
- Enterprise Risk & Credit Strategy
- Developmental Coaching & Team Capability Building
- Adaptive Leadership & Change Facilitation
- Cross-Functional Collaboration & Strategic Alignment
- Embodied Practice Design & Integrative Leadership
Languages
Russian
Native or Bilingual
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeLocation Preference
HybridRemoteTimeline
SVP, Regional Credit Manager
Liberty Bank, N.A.
05.2022 - Current
SVP, Underwriting
Banc of California
11.2019 - 05.2022
VP, Underwriting Team Lead
Banc of California
03.2018 - 11.2019
Director, Portfolio Manager
Opus Bank
02.2015 - 03.2018
Relationship Manager / Senior Analyst / Credit Analyst
Wells Fargo Capital Finance
08.2001 - 02.2015
MBA - Finance
California State University, Northridge
BBA - Finance
California State University, Northridge
PhD - Conscious Leadership & Organizational Development
California Institute for Human Science