Mr.Vincent Dicara

Vincent DiCara has been involved in evaluating and meeting the credit needs of small and medium-sized businesses for over thirty-five years as a business advocate, lender, credit analyst and trainer. Since 1995, he has been providing expert training for lending professionals throughout the country who work in the public, private non-profit, and private sectors. Mr. DiCara was an owner and founder of Development Finance Training and Consulting, Inc. (DFTC) which he established in 2003. Upon leaving DFTC in early 2013, Mr. DiCara established DiCara Training and Consulting, LLC where he continues to provide the highest quality services to his clients in the banking, credit union, and economic development sectors. Mr. DiCara has developed a number of partnerships with organizations whose missions include training and education. He is a co-creator and faculty member of the Credit Union National Association’s (CUNA) Business Lending Certification Institute. He has also established relationships with chapters of the Center for Financial Training (CFT) and state banking associations throughout the country. Mr. DiCara also served as a faculty member of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for sixteen years and developed a number of courses that he has taught for that organization. In addition to his experience as a financial trainer, Mr. DiCara also provides consulting services to banks, credit unions, economic development organizations and other lenders who require assistance in developing, implementing, monitoring and reviewing their loan practices and portfolios. He has conducted a number of loan reviews for small-to-medium sized lending institutions who have small business loan clients. Mr. DiCara also serves as a loan practitioner and on a consulting basis provided commercial loan officer services to the Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG) from 2002 to 2018. He currently provides commercial loan services to the Portland (ME.) Development Corporation (PDC), and the Kennebec Valley Council of Governments (KVCOG). His specific responsibilities with those organizations include loan underwriting, liaison to financial institutions, and the structuring of complex financing packages that utilize multiple sources of funds from the private and public sectors.