Natalie Beane, grew up around small businesses: her father, grandfather, and uncle all ran their own. She spent her early career as the third employee at a founder-led company, helping it grow 50 times through its sale. She knows what ownership looks like from the inside, and that’s the lens she brings to lending. Today she is a national Small Business Administration (SBA) sales leader at Provide, powered by Fifth Third Bank, where she leads a team. She’s also a top producer, and across 15 years and hundreds of deals, her favorite part hasn’t changed: sitting down with a buyer early and figuring out together how to make the deal work. She earned an AB from the University of Chicago, an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, and recently completed the Harvard Business Analytics Program with distinction.