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Dona Svehla

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Executive Vice President Chief Operationa and Lending Officer at GTE Financial
📍 Greater Tampa Bay Area, United States

Dona Svehla is the Executive Vice President, COO, and CLO at GTE Financial, with extensive experience in leading teams, strategic planning, and lending. An MBA graduate from Saint Leo University, she has been recognized as a Tampa Bay Business Journal Business Woman of the Year Honoree.

Deeply invested in her community, Dona has a strong connection to the Campo Family YMCA, where she was named Volunteer of the Year. She frequently shares her passion for youth development, community wellness, and corporate philanthropy, celebrating her teams generosity and local impact.

She was honored with the CU Times Trailblazer Award as the 2013 Lending Officer of the Year.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Executive Vice President Chief Operationa and Lending Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Tampa Bay Area, United States
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Community Wellness
Recognized as the Campo Family YMCA's "Volunteer of the Year" and actively shares her passion for supporting community wellness and youth development.
Women in Leadership
Actively celebrates the resilience, vision, and innovation of women in leadership roles and was recently honored as a TBBJ Business Woman of the Year.
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Career

Work history

11-2024
Executive Vice President Chief Operationa and Lending Officer
GTE Financial
5-2016 - 11-2024
Sr. Vice President, Chief Lending Officer
GTE Financial
2-2016 - 5-2016
Vice President - Fraud, BSA and Member Resolution
GTE Financial
8-2011 - 11-2015
SVP Retail Lending/Loss Prevention
Grow Financial Federal Credit Union
12-2009 - 8-2011
SVP, Loss Prevention
Grow Financial Federal Credit Union
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Education
2013 - 2014
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Saint Leo University
1994 - 1997
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
National Louis University
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