Non-Profit Lending

Brian Norris is the Manager of Home Federal Bank’s Commercial Real Estate Lending Department. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1995 with a bachelor’s of business administration in finance. Brian began his banking career with Home Federal in 1996 and has more than a quarter-century of real estate finance and banking experience. He joined the Commercial Real Estate Lending Department in 2000.

Brian is a graduate of the Southeastern School of Commercial Lending and the Southeastern School of Advanced Commercial Lending. Brian has previously served on several boards, working to strengthen his local community. He is currently involved with Junior Achievement of East Tennessee and the Boy Scouts.

A Knoxville native, Jonathan has spent his entire career at Home Federal Bank after majoring in Finance and graduating with honors from the University of Tennessee in 2003. He was a Top Honor Graduate of the Southeastern School of Commercial Lending in 2006, a member of the Knox.biz 40 under 40 class of 2018 and a graduate of the Leadership Knoxville class of 2023. Jonathan currently serves as Chief Lending Officer and Commercial Lending Manager at Home Federal.

Active in the community, Jonathan previously served as Chairman of the Grace Christian Academy School Board and currently serves as a member of the Emerald Youth Foundation Advisory Board/Finance Committee, the Change Center Board of Directors/Finance Committee and the Ronald McDonald House Finance Committee. He is also on the KCDC Transforming Western Heights Neighborhood Planning Team and coaches youth basketball and soccer.

Born in West Virginia, Ryan moved to Knoxville to attend the University of Tennessee. He graduated in 2006 with a bachelor’s of business administration in finance and began his banking career at Home Federal Bank in 2008. He held several roles within the bank before joining the Commercial Real Estate Lending Department in 2016. Ryan serves on the board of directors for the Cerebral Palsy Center.

Patrick graduated from Tennessee Technological University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He has worked at Home Federal for over 25 years and has a background in Residential and Commercial Real Estate Lending. Patrick joined the Commercial Real Estate Lending Department in 2020, after working as a Branch Manager in the Halls community. Patrick serves on the board of directors for the Halls Business and Professional Association, as well as Halls Community Schools. Patrick is a volunteer with Junior Achievement of East Tennessee and enjoys teaching students at the Biz Town campus.