Courtney Gardner
About Courtney Gardner
Courtney Gardner is a Secondary Market Mortgage Specialist at Evans Bank with extensive experience in the mortgage and banking industry.
Current Role at Evans Bank
Courtney Gardner is currently employed as a Secondary Market Mortgage Specialist at Evans Bank. She began her tenure in this role in 2020. Her responsibilities include managing and coordinating activities in the secondary mortgage market, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations, and optimizing mortgage processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
Previous Experience at Fairport Savings Bank
From 2017 to 2020, Courtney Gardner worked as a Secondary Market Specialist at Fairport Savings Bank in Pittsford, NY. During this period, she was responsible for the management and sale of mortgage loans in the secondary market. Her role involved optimizing the bank's mortgage portfolio and ensuring regulatory compliance in all secondary market transactions.
Tenure at M&T Bank
Courtney Gardner has an extensive background with M&T Bank, where she held multiple roles from 2005 to 2017. She started as a Customer Service Specialist in Secondary Marketing (2005-2006), gradually progressing to more complex positions such as Business & Planning Analyst, Secondary Marketing (2006-2010), and Business Analyst II (2010-2014). From 2014 to 2015, she served as Banking Officer Business Analyst II in Secondary Marketing, followed by her role as Business Process Specialist - Regulatory Mortgage Risk from 2015 to 2017. Her work at M&T Bank spanned over a decade and included significant contributions to secondary mortgage marketing and regulatory risk management.
Early Career at Harris Beach PLLC and Hewlett-Packard
Before her roles in the financial industry, Courtney Gardner worked at Harris Beach PLLC as a Legal Assistant from 2002 to 2004, before transitioning to an Office Coordinator from 2004 to 2005. Prior to her tenure at Harris Beach, she was employed by Hewlett-Packard as a Customer Service Representative in 2002.
Educational Background
Courtney Gardner holds a BS in Human Resources from the University at Buffalo School of Management, The State University of New York, which she completed from 1999 to 2001. Additionally, she earned an AAS in Business Administration from Erie Community College, where she studied from 1997 to 1999. Her educational qualifications have provided a strong foundation for her extensive career in finance and business.