Sheasgreen will be responsible for overseeing new deal underwriting and portfolio management and will be based at the company’s Portland headquarters. Hill will lead origination of new business from MHF’s new southern California marketing office in Los Angeles. Both positions are effective immediately.

Marquette Healthcare Finance provides asset-based financing to healthcare organizations nationwide in the lower middle market. The company serves a wide array of healthcare clients, including hospitals, home healthcare agencies and long-term care facilities with financing needs from $1 million to $20 million. The business is backed by Marquette Financial Companies, a $2.6 billion privately held financial services organization.

“I am pleased to welcome Jennifer and Jason to the team, and am confident that their respective expertise in healthcare lending will help us grow our base of clients,” said Marty Golden, executive vice president and managing director of MHF.

Sheasgreen brings 15 years of commercial lending, operations and accounting experience to her new position. Prior to joining MHF, she served as senior vice president of operations for Aequitas and CarePayment at Aequitas Capital Management in Lake Oswego, Ore., where she managed operations for the company. Previously, she spent 11 years with GMAC-RFC Health Capital in positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as executive vice president of operations. Sheasgreen is a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from California State University at Sacramento.

About Marquette Financial Companies
Marquette Financial Companies is a $2.6 billion privately held financial services company owned by the Carl Pohlad family in Minneapolis, Minn. Marquette Financial has a nationwide presence with consumer, commercial finance, residential construction lending and commercial real estate financing. Pohlad family holdings also include significant interests in the beverage, entertainment and real estate industries, as well as the ownership of the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball team. For more information, visit www.marquette.com.

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