Jason Rome Email & Phone Number

Illinois

Officiating indoor and outdoor matches that range from youth, high school, college, and semi-pro. I know. I'm a glutton for punishment, but at the end of the day I love the sport and I enjoy being able to play a small part in helping humans become better humans on the pitch - whether that be teaching kiddos or mentoring and learning from my fellow officials.

Danville, Illinois

I was given the leadership opportunity (and challenge) of a lifetime of taking the Historic Fischer Theatre from a half-restored landmark with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt obligations (and little to no cash position) and turn it into a viable operation, allowing the Vermilion Heritage Foundation to begin to operate and continue to restore the Fischer. The goal - avoid bankruptcy within the first six months. I became the only employee, had a board and volunteers to work with, and a community that hoped for our success but wasn’t counting on it. And then a global pandemic was added to the list of obstacles to the success of the project.I am proud to say that during my roughly five year tenure VHF and the Fischer Theatre survived the impossible and became a leader in our community. We grew into a stable operation that was positioned to continue to grow responsibly. Under my direction the Fischer became a hub for the arts in our community for EVERYONE, and became a leading driver of economic development in Danville.I created and negotiated contracts, wrote grants, raised money, led a team, a board, and a community. I also cleaned the bathrooms when needed. I did a lot, and I loved it. When handed a pandemic in our early phases we worked with public health professionals to identify and make the most of our opportunities - earning a national award for partnering with public health officials and the National Guard to turn the Fischer into a mass vaccination clinic. Everything is an opportunity with the right attitude and, even then, we moved forward.I remain passionate about the mission and proud that I played a part in making this dream a reality. Historic preservation. Creating access to the arts for our whole community. Economic development. One role allowed me to do so much. My team, our hundreds of volunteers, and our supporters are what made this possible. For this I will be incredibly proud and remain eternally grateful!

Danville, Illinois

• Established Vibrant’s residential mortgage lending program and sales pipeline in the newly acquired markets resulting from the First IL Credit Union merger.• Implemented all business banking functions in the First IL CU market, growing the commercial banking footprint outside of the home offices.• Proactively engaged existing members and centers of influence within the community as well as trained regional branch management and staff to generate new relationships which generated strategic and measurable results in commercial loan and deposit growth.• Regularly performed critical analysis of complex personal and commercial financial documents, made credit determinations and presented recommended files to the loan committee which led to the growth of the commercial portfolio, meeting and exceeding all compliance and quality standards.

Danville, Illinois

• Solicited, originated, and managed a multi-million-dollar pipeline of residential mortgage loans. • Reviewed and analyzed financial documents ranging from simple to complex tax returns and schedules, corporate profit and loss statements, etc., to determine the credit quality of all client requests. • Actively supervised a staff of mortgage professionals to ensure the strictest adherence to multiple layers of regulations and internal quality control requirements.• Led and trained employees in customer service and sales behaviors, being named a company trainer in my first year of employment.• Developed and constantly expanded a network of professionals and community leaders, sourcing over 40% of closed deals from referrals. This activity played a large role in being named Iroquois Federal’s top generator of cross-selling and referral opportunities.

Danville, Illinois

• Responsible for the supervising, training, and leadership of all levels of staff, as well as the successful development and implementation of all business and sales functions of the branch. • Executed a strategic growth plan that resulted in the increase in total branch deposits by 95% and installment loan production by over 230%.• Increased average customer sales and service metrics to 93.27% and beat all established branch cross-sell and referral goals by training and modeling industry best sales and service behaviors among all staff. • Impacted revenue by analyzing P&L trends and applying creative business management strategies to areas such as vault funds management and targeting clients with specific cash management patterns which complimented increased sales revenues resulting in net income figures 105% above budget.• Orchestrated an outside sales calling program that increased new client acquisitions and leveraged this expertise to train other management colleagues after the FreeStar Bank acquisition.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Engaged existing and prospective clients in a proactive relationship that provided targeted financial analysis and sold recommended solutions for all financial needs.• Utilized and led a team of financial specialists, ranging from such disciplines as asset and investment management, farm management, trust services, commercial credit and cash management, and mortgage lending to allow for a more complete range of analysis and complex solutions for mass affluent clients.• Promoted to the position of Business Banking Specialist after demonstrating expertise in bank policy, procedures, and regulations, while consistently being nationally ranked in the top 25% of all retail and financial services bankers in production and cross-selling metrics.• Spearheaded the growth of business banking production by leading and training a team in industry and firm best practices by recognizing key client prospects and referring their business, increasing new client acquisitions by 225% and Business Banking P&L net revenue by 379% in my branch.• Appointed to JPMorgan Chase Bank’s conversion team following the acquisition of Washington Mutual and assigned the Los Angeles, West Hollywood and Burbank market in California. Responsible for the training of staff and the implementation of branch banking operations, products, and services, ensuring a successful transition.

In my two-year contract I maintained an agency office in Champaign, IL and organically developed an additional private office in Danville, IL, selling insurance and investment products. Deploying a targeted marketing strategy and a sales practice that centered on building trust and relationships. I earned the firm's President's Citation and was the Greater Illini Agency's top new producer in my first year.

Immediately became a top producing loan officer with American General Financial Services- and AIG company. Ranked in the top 5 (of 80) representatives in ancillary insurance product sales and increased branch external business finance products by 250%. Charged with representing the firm in district federal bankruptcy hearings before a trustee and negotiate reaffirmation agreements. Sourced a multi-million-dollar portfolio acquisition from a local community bank.

Fourth Judicial District, State Of Illinois

Tasked with the execution of campaign logistics, including travel timelines and multi-event planning, I primarily appeared with and aided Justice Garman at all campaign and public events. Responsibilities also included organizing travel, working with a team of experts to develop a grassroots network of volunteers and likely donors, and successful fundraising activities that ranged from rural picnics to high dollar meet-and-greets at corporate law firms.

Decatur, Illinois, United States

During my undergraduate studies at Millikin University I was given the opportunity to manage Kirkland Fine Arts Center. I managed a staff of over 40 part time ushers, all front of house operations for events ranging from Broadway musicals to speaking engagements presenting leaders in national government, and operated the box office during business hours in between classes.