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Mr. Davitt is the Managing Director - Commercial Lending of the bank, responsible for the Commercial Lending Group, which includes residential construction, multi-family and commercial real estate lending. He is involved in our management team serving on our Credit, Community Reinvestment Act and Risk Management committees. Prior to joining the bank, Mr. Davitt was Managing Director of Commercial Lending at Bank United from 1990 to 2001, where he was responsible for the commercial lending group. Prior to Bank United, he was Executive Vice President Commercial Lending at Commonwealth Federal Savings. Mr. Davitt has over 33 years of experience in commercial lending. He received the National Housing Award in 1993 from the National Home Builders Association. Mr. Davitt participated as part of a U.S. delegation to Mexico to create a secondary mortgage market in Mexico. He serves on the Board of directors of the Texas Housing Finance Corporation and Royal Oaks Country Club, and is a past board member of Dallas Affordable Housing Corp. and Greater Houston Builders Association. He was Chairman of the 1999 Special Olympics Torch Run. Additionally, he has been a speaker at the national CREF conference of the Mortgage Bankers Association, Western Mortgage CREF conference and the National Home Builders annual convention. Mr. Davitt received a B.S. in Business from The Citadel. | 