Meet Our Lenders

Dan joined American Pride Bank in April 2017 as the Market Executive for the bank’s newly created Athens-Clarke/Oconee market. Prior to joining the bank he was with State Bank/National Bank of Georgia and Georgia Central Bank. He is a University of Georgia graduate and has been in the banking industry for 17 years with over 26 years of financial and human resource management experience. Dan is active in the community, engaged with numerous civic and charitable organizations through board involvement. He and his wife, Kasey, reside in Athens with their two sons. Dan enjoys spending time with family and coaching various youth sports including wrestling, soccer and Little League baseball.

Vik Patel joined American Pride Bank in 2013 and serves as the bank’s SBA Division Manager. He has over 11 years of experience in small business lending including credit administration, commercial loan origination/servicing, and portfolio management. Prior to joining American Pride Bank, Vik was with Bank of Atlanta. He lives in Atlanta and is active in the Indian American community. Vik graduated from the University of Toledo with a Bachelors in Business Administration.

D.D. joined American Pride Bank in February 2020 as a Commercial Relationship Manager. He is an Athens native and a graduate of the University of West Georgia with a BBA in Finance and also a graduate of the Georgia Banking School and The Graduate School of Banking at LSU. D.D. has 34 year banking experience with his career starting at Athens First Bank and Trust where he worked in many areas of the bank. He ultimately settled with the majority of his experience being in the lending arena and he came to American Pride Bank from Newton Federal where he served as the Market Executive for the Athens/Oconee Market. D.D. and his wife Leah live in Watkinsville where he is a member of the Oconee County Rotary Club. In his spare time, D.D. enjoys the outdoors.