Originally from Union City, New Jersey, Rudy has 20 years of financial services experience in consumer and commercial lending. He studied psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ, has Certificates of Completion in accounting from Seattle Community College, and formal Credit training by Moody’s Analytics. An avid supporter of the community, Rudy is a Board member & loan committee chair for Rainier Valley Community Development Fund; supporter/volunteer at Food Lifeline, FareStart, Foster School of Business, and Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington. In his downtime, Rudy’s interests include woodworking, camping, cornhole, craft beer, wine, live music, movies, traveling, and co-parenting two incredibly smart and talented children.