Community Business Lenders

Jim Bunn

Senior Vice President

Jim Bunn

Jim Bunn joined Community Business Lenders in August of 2017 and has been involved in the financial services industry for over 30 years, 20 of which have been in the Eastern Iowa market.

Jim attended the University of South Dakota and graduated with a BS in business administration with an emphasis in marketing. From there Jim and his wife Lisa moved to Colorado Springs where Jim obtained his MBA with an emphasis in finance from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Over Jim’s 30-plus years, he has been involved in bank acquisitions, financing several tax credit projects which have led to affordable housing in several communities, and providing roughly $650 million in commercial loans to assist local businesses and boost the economy in local communities he has served.

Jim has also tried “the customer side of financial institutions”. This included providing services to assist an entity in obtaining capital to help work-out out an issue with the IRS, providing working capital to help a business to expand, working as a general manager at a buy-here, pay-here auto dealership, and assisting a start-up company to obtain working capital and work on establishing a fund to purchase selected financial institution owned assets.

All of these experiences have given Jim the very unique experience and perspective to understand how financial institutions and businesses think, how they interact with one another, and their concerns, which have led Jim to take a pragmatic approach toward commercial lending.

Jim and his wife Lisa have resided in Bettendorf, IA for over 20 years where they raised three boys, two of which are currently actively serving in the United States Armed Forces. Jim has been heavily involved in youth sports in the Quad Cities and has coached several sports teams including swimming, basketball, football, baseball, and triathlon.

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