Elise Petras-Roper
Vice President, SBA Business Development Officer III
CELL: (205) 910-4079
Ms. Petras-Roper brings 35 years of commercial banking experience to her role, including 28 years specializing in SBA lending. During her career, Ms. Petras-Roper has provided more than $500 million in financing to businesses throughout the United States.
Her previous leadership roles include senior vice president and national SBA lender at Veritex Community Bank (now Huntington National Bank), senior vice president and market president at First Landmark Bank, vice president and national SBA lender at Colony Bank, senior account manager at GE Capital and corporate secretary at Highland Bank, which later became BancorpSouth.
Her professional accomplishments include being named among The Victory Magazine’s 2025 Most Influential Business Women of the Year and featured on the publication’s cover. She previously served as a board member for a Georgia SBA Certified Development Company and remains active in community outreach through her local church, where she participates in seasonal charitable programs and teaches financial responsibility to high school students and young adults.
She attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of California, Los Angeles.
