Adam Foley

ATLANTA — ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs announced Saturday that Adam Foley of Rabun County has been named chief credit officer. He will be supervising the credit team and oversees risk management in the loan portfolio.

Foley has 26 years of financial industry experience serving in various credit, lending, and regulatory roles, including commercial lender with The First Bank in McDonough and VP/credit services manager and division president with Persons Banking Company. He also has extensive analytical/risk management training and experience managing the underwriting function, ACE said in a press releaase. He believes very strongly that locally owned small businesses are vital to healthy, thriving communities and looks forward to helping ACE fulfill its mission of promoting entrepreneurship in underserved communities, the release said.

Foley is a graduate of Mercer University and the LSU Graduate School of Banking and a past officer of Rotary and Kiwanis clubs.

ACE is a 501©(3) nonprofit and community development financial institution that provides loans and business development resources to help its borrowers create and grow sustainable businesses. It has offices throughout Georgia — in Westside Atlanta, Cleveland, Dalton and Tifton, and ACE Women’s Business Center locations in Norcross and Savannah.

For more information, visit https://aceloans.org/.