Name: Patrick MacKrell
Title: President and CEO
Company: New York Business Development Corp.
Location: Albany, Buffalo, Melville, N.Y.C., Rochester, Syracuse and Watertown
Birthplace and year: Brooklyn, N.Y., 1953
Family: Wife, Peggy; Children: Leslie, Meagan, James and Keagan.
College: York College (CUNY), B.A., and Albany Law School, J.D.
First job outside of real estate: U.S. Marine Corps
First job in real estate or allied field: NYBDC
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Manage a dedicated and creative staff that is committed to facilitating access to capital for NYS's small businesses and developing collaborations and lending partnerships with banks and economic development agencies. We plan to continue to be a financial resource for small businesses in good times and bad. We also plan to continue to grow our loan portfolio and maintain our position as NYS's leading SBA lender.
Hobbies: Golf, skiing and reading
Favorite book: "Fields of Fire" by James Webb
Favorite movie: "Full Metal Jacket"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Franklin D. Roosevelt
Keys to success: Listen, prepare and execute
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? U.S. Marine (once and always) Tags: