Blue Bridge Financial appointed Brandy Corcoran Carlson vice president of Strategy & Business Development. Carlson most recently served as managing director of RailField Partners where she led strategic planning efforts and was instrumental in expanding partnerships with institutional investors.

An experienced leader in strategic planning and client relations, Carlson has nearly 25 years in the development and structuring of strategic relationships, banking, finance and marketing. Carlson has previously served as vice president of Client Relations, Customer Success and Marketing with Primatics Financial, manager of Government, Industry and Regulatory Affairs with LexisNexis and manager of Financial Services and Solutions at BearingPoint.

As the newest member of Blue Bridge Financial’s management team, Carlson will be responsible for developing strategies to expand the company’s origination and distribution channels through business development, investor outreach and marketing. She will work out of the company headquarters in Reston, VA.

“Brandy’s addition to our management team provides Blue Bridge with significant talent and proven leadership,” said Steve Dervenis, executive chairman of Blue Bridge Financial. “As we embark on a period of significant growth, we look forward to the contributions of Brandy as a leader and driving force of our business development activities in the specialty finance sector.”

Speaking of the opportunity, Carlson commented, “With the exceptional growth of both Blue Bridge Financial and the specialty finance industry, I am excited about the opportunity to help deploy capital to serve our borrowers and spur further small business expansion. Providing the necessary liquidity to foster business growth is something I am passionate about and I look forward to making a major contribution on behalf of Blue Bridge Financial.”