Everett K. Sands

Everett K. Sands has 20+ years of experience in national and community banking. He has served as a sales leader while also sitting on various committees, including commercial lending, compliance, and rate-risk. He has managed both credit, operation and sales departments and has closed over $3 billion in transactions. Everett served as a Board Member and an Executive for two minority deposit institutions where he helped the banks’ lending teams to grow exponentially prior to joining Wells Fargo. While at Wells Fargo, he led teams on both the east and west coasts. 

Everett started Lendistry with the goal to make funding more accessible and affordable for small business owners particularly those in underserved communities. Through Everett’s leadership, Lendistry has secured both Community Development Financial Institution and Community Development Entity approvals, reached 2nd place ranking among SBA Community Advantage lenders nationwide, received membership to the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, developed proprietary technology, and closed several strategic partnerships with both community and national banks.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Everett is a board member for The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR), a university-wide body that informs urban decision-making and public policy on issues of sustainable urban growth and development based on multi-disciplinary research, instruction, and outreach.  He is a board member for The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development, a non-profit offering technical assistance and business coaching services to underserved communities.