JOSH KLENDA

Experience

 

Community First National Bank

Vice President, Mortgage Division

April 2014 - Present 

• 2021 funded 199 VA mortgages with over $68,000,000 in loan volume. Ranked as the #55 VA Loan Originator in the Nation - #1 in Kansas by The Scotsman Guide
• 2020 funded 213 VA mortgages with over $79,000,000 in loan volume. Ranked as the #86 VA Loan Originator in the Nation - #1 in Kansas by The Scotsman Guide
• 2019 funded 148 VA mortgages with over $43,000,000 in loan volume. Ranked as the #62 VA Loan Originator in the Nation - #1 in Kansas by The Scotsman Guide
• 2018 funded 105 VA mortgages with over $27,000,000 in loan volume. Ranked as the #41 VA Loan Originator in the Nation - #1 in Kansas by The Scotsman Guide
• 2017 funded 123 VA mortgages with over $34,000,000 in loan volume. Ranked as the #53 VA Loan Originator in the Nation - #1 in Kansas by The Scotsman Guide
• 2016 funded 156 VA mortgages with over $47,000,000 in loan volume. Ranked as the #48 VA Loan Originator in the Nation - #1 in Kansas by The Scotsman Guide
• 2015 funded 140 VA mortgages with over $38,000,000 in loan volume.
• 2014 funded 131 VA mortgages with over $34,000,000 in loan volume.

 

Guadalupe National Bank

Director of VA Lending Department

February 2011 - March 2014 (3 years 1 month) Overland Park, KS

• 2013 funded 95 VA mortgages with over $25,000,000 in loan volume.
• 2012 funded 133 VA mortgages with over $37,000,000 in loan volume.
• 2011 funded 65 VA mortgages with over $14,000,000 in loan volume.

 

Bank Mortgage Solutions, a subsidiary of 1st National Bank

Senior Mortgage Originator (VA Specialist)

November 2008 - January 2011 (2 years 3 months) Lenexa, KS

• 2010 funded 92 VA mortgages with over $24,000,000 in loan volume. Ranked the #10 VA Loan Originator in the Nation for 2010 by the Scotsman Guide
• 2009 funded 101 VA mortgages with over $32,000,000 in loan volume.

 

Franklin Bank

Senior Mortgage Originator (VA Specialist)

February 2007 - September 2009 (2 years 8 months)

• Co-managed the #1 retail mortgage loan office out of 35+ in terms of overall loan volume and units closed.
• Ranked the #54 VA/FHA loan officer in the nation by Mortgage Originator’s Magazine for 2007.
• Increased annual mortgage production by 30% from the prior year.
• launched www.SmartVALoans.com, a website for veterans trying to obtain a VA mortgage

 

Texas Capital Bank

Senior Mortgage Originator (VA Specialist)

November 2005 - February 2007 (1 year 4 months)

 

Education

University of Kansas 1997 - 2003

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 2003

Emphasis in Economics

Concentration in Information Systems