Paola Garcia-Villari

Managing Vice President, Business Advisory Services and Business Development Officer

Paola Garcia-Villari serves as a Managing VP for Pursuit and business development officer. In her role, Paola is responsible for overseeing and operating the Business Advisory Services (BAS) team. This includes hiring, training, and overseeing the advisory team.

Paola initially joined the Pursuit team as an underwriter in 2013 for the Hurricane Sandy II loan & grant program. Upon the completion of the Sandy II loan program, Paola began developing significant lending relationships with banks, non-bank lending institutions, technical assistance providers and other lending professionals in the industry. Paola has been able to help thousand of businesses obtain the capital they need to grow.

Prior to Pursuit, she worked at NYC Business Solutions - Lower Manhattan Center as a Finance Account Manager. NYC Business Solutions is a program run by the Department of Small Business Services of the City of New York. Paola also served as Senior Loan Officer at Accion USA.

She is a graduate of Hunter College, where she received her B.A. in Psychology, with a minor in Chemistry and Biology.

Paola was originally born in Colombia and now lives in New York with her husband and their 2 year old son, Lucas.