While at the Great Lakes Lenders Conference 2015, in Detroit, Jeffrey catches up with Timothy D. Dixon, Senior Vice President and SBA Program Manager for First Merit Bank of Cleveland, Ohio. Dixon had been on with Chris Holman last year at this same event.

Dixon updates us on highlights from the past year for the bank. He also covers what he gets out of this annual conference, small business lending and other aspects of First Merit Bank. The segment concludes with some excerpts from a keynote delivered by Jane Butler, Vice President, NAGGL, the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders.