Wintrust Mortgage Announces New Area Manager Donald Tilkins

    SARATOGA, NY, September 17, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Wintrust Mortgage has announced that Donald Tilkins, NMLS# 420542, is the new area manager in upstate New York.

Donald Tilkins has worked in the banking industry for more than 15 years. After graduating from Niagara University in 2000 with a degree in business and marketing, he started his career at Wells Fargo. While there, he worked his way up from sales to branch manager. In his previous experience, Mr. Tilkins has worked at Cole Taylor Bank and EverBank as a branch manager.

He will capitalize on this experience as he transitions into the area manager of New York, servicing the Buffalo to Albany region. In addition to his duties in that role, Donald will also be responsible for growing a strong area presence as the primary recruiter for Wintrust Mortgage's new location in Saratoga.

"We are excited to bring Donald in as part of our leadership team," said Wintrust Mortgage Regional Vice President Amy Tierce, NMLS# 15695. "Donald is the perfect fit to create a lasting and prolific footprint in upstate New York. We needed to employ an area manager who can rise to challenges of this region. We think Donald is uniquely qualified to develop these branches and lead them to continued success."

Mr. Tilkins was awarded the Leaders Club National Sales Conference Management and Personal Production and Customer Service Rating 100% Award eight times. In 2013, he was one of the Top 5 Nationally ranked Producers.

Wintrust Mortgage was created to assist in the realization of the American dream of home ownership. Our large volume and the ability to lend in all 50 states make us one of the largest mortgage bankers in the country. In 2015 alone, we originated $4.3 billion in loans. Wintrust Mortgage hosts over 190 retail, operations and bank locations across the country. Wintrust Mortgage is a division of Barrington Bank & Trust Company, N.A., a Wintrust Community Bank, NMLS# 449042. Equal Housing Lender. For more information, visit the company website at www.WintrustMortgage.com, "Like" us on Facebook by visiting www.facebook.com/WintrustMortgage and follow us on Twitter @WinMortgage.

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