RMA Event Details

RMA New England Chapter Zoom Meeting

Lunch and Learn Sponsor Series with ORMS:
SBA and Conventional Lenders – Best Practices for Environmental Due Diligence and SBA Environmental Tips

Tuesday, August 29
12:00-1:00 p.m.
via Zoom

There is no cost to attend - Registration required

  • This Zoom meeting will help lenders address hot topics in environmental risk management;
  • Learn how the new SOP 50 10 7 changes environmental risk management for 7a and 504 loans and how you CAN close SBA loans that have environmental contamination;
  • What do the new ASTM Standards for Phase I (E1527-21) and Transaction Screens (E1528-22) mean for your institution;
  • Learn how there are more ways to manage “environmental” with various levels of due diligence products;
  • Learn best practices to allow you to better understand environmental risk so you can close more loans;
  • Learn how outsourcing is being utilized in the lending industry

This meeting will be a high level discussion about how to make the due diligence process simpler and more effective for your institution and an update to the environmental rules and regulations. There will be ample time for questions.

Speaker: Derek Ezovski, President of Outsourced Risk Management Solutions LLC (ORMS)

Derek Ezovski is the President of Outsourced Risk Management Solutions LLC (ORMS), a company dedicated to helping financial and real estate firms manage their environmental risks. As an outsourced risk manager for its clients, ORMS helps them evaluate, develop, implement and monitor their environmental due diligence policies and procedures to manage these risks in a simple and cost-effective manner.

Before founding ORMS, Derek, a civil/environmental engineer with an MBA from the University of Connecticut, served as managing director of Environmental Data Resources (EDR), a national environmental information company. His previous experience includes management positions with Marsh USA, where he was an insurance risk management professional; FleetBoston, where he served as the environmental risk manager for the bank’s Small Business Services Division and oversaw the redesign of their environmental risk management policy; and The Travelers, where, as an engineering manager, he helped resolve complex environmental cases and manage environmental remediation projects.

The author of several articles on environmental due diligence and other property risk management topics, Derek played a lead role in developing desktop environmental products that are simplifying the due diligence process throughout the country. As a resource to the Small Business Administration, he also used his expertise in the small balance arena to make the due diligence process for SBA loans easier than ever before. He also maintains relationships with regulators and government officials responsible for the development and implementation of environmental due diligence policies.

Register in advance for this meeting:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

For more information contact:
Julie Conroy, Chapter Executive Director
Julie@rmanewengland.org