GE Money’s Home Improvement Team Awarded Certified Graduate Associate Designation From NAHB
ST PAUL, MINN. -- March 12, 2007 – Seven sales professionals from GE Money's Sales Finance unit recently became one of a select group of building industry professionals nationwide who have earned the Certified Graduate Associate (CGA) designation, identifying them among the top professionals in the building industry. The CGA program is administered by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) University of Housing.
CGAs earn the building industry’s premier professional designation by successfully completing an intensive series of six eight-hour courses. The CGA curriculum incorporates training by leading building industry practitioners and academics on a range of topics, including business management, emerging technologies and market trends. After earning the CGA designation, program graduates are required to maintain their designation through completion of an additional 12 hours of training every three years.
Members of GE Money’s Home Improvement team who earned the CGA designation included Greg Rogers, Frank Kurth, Tucker Worsham, Jerry Culpepper, Rudy Yvellez, Don Reddaway and Dave Anderson (not pictured).
“The designation is another demonstration of GE Money's commitment to the remodeling industry, and brings added credibility to our people who have earned it,” said Bruce Christensen, vice president and general manager, Home Improvement industry, GE Money – Sales Finance. “Our sales representatives are committed to providing the best service possible to our customers, and have years of experience in the home improvement industry that they bring to the table every day.”
Over the past 15 years, GE Money’s Home Improvement division has been an industry leader, providing more than $13 billion in home improvement financing to nearly half a million homeowners
About NAHB
The National Association of Home Builders is a Washington-based trade association representing more than 220,000 members involved in home building, remodeling, multifamily construction, property management, subcontracting, design, housing finance, building product manufacturing and other aspects of residential and light commercial construction. Known as “the voice of the housing industry,” NAHB is affiliated with more than 800 state and local home builders associations around the country. NAHB’s builder members will construct about 80 percent of the almost 1.6 million new housing units projected for 2002, making housing one of the largest and most powerful engines of economic growth in the country.
About Sales Finance and GE Money
Sales Finance, based in Kettering, Ohio, is part of GE Money, formerly GE Consumer Finance, and provides private label credit card programs, marketing, installment lending, service contracts and financial services for national and regional retailers in more than 20 industries including: powersports, home improvement, sporting goods, outdoor power equipment, automotive, recreational vehicles, consumer electronics and appliances, furniture, floor covering, marine, music, jewelry, and health care.
With more than $190 billion in assets, GE Money, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), is a leading provider of credit services to consumers, retailers and auto dealers in more than 50 countries around the world. GE Money, based in Stamford, Conn. (USA), offers a range of financial products, including private label credit cards, personal loans, bank cards, auto loans and leases, mortgages, corporate travel and purchasing cards, debt consolidation and home equity loans, and credit insurance. More information can be found at www.gemoney.com.
GE is Imagination at Work -- a diversified technology, media and financial services company focused on solving some of the world's toughest problems. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing and security technology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing, media content and advanced materials, GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.ge.com.
©2007 General Electric Company, All rights reserved.
Members of GE Money’s Home Improvement team who earned the CGA designation included Greg Rogers, Frank Kurth, Tucker Worsham, Jerry Culpepper, Rudy Yvellez, Don Reddaway and Dave Anderson (not pictured).
“The designation is another demonstration of GE Money's commitment to the remodeling industry, and brings added credibility to our people who have earned it,” said Bruce Christensen, vice president and general manager, Home Improvement industry, GE Money – Sales Finance. “Our sales representatives are committed to providing the best service possible to our customers, and have years of experience in the home improvement industry that they bring to the table every day.”
Over the past 15 years, GE Money’s Home Improvement division has been an industry leader, providing more than $13 billion in home improvement financing to nearly half a million homeowners
About NAHB
The National Association of Home Builders is a Washington-based trade association representing more than 220,000 members involved in home building, remodeling, multifamily construction, property management, subcontracting, design, housing finance, building product manufacturing and other aspects of residential and light commercial construction. Known as “the voice of the housing industry,” NAHB is affiliated with more than 800 state and local home builders associations around the country. NAHB’s builder members will construct about 80 percent of the almost 1.6 million new housing units projected for 2002, making housing one of the largest and most powerful engines of economic growth in the country.
About Sales Finance and GE Money
Sales Finance, based in Kettering, Ohio, is part of GE Money, formerly GE Consumer Finance, and provides private label credit card programs, marketing, installment lending, service contracts and financial services for national and regional retailers in more than 20 industries including: powersports, home improvement, sporting goods, outdoor power equipment, automotive, recreational vehicles, consumer electronics and appliances, furniture, floor covering, marine, music, jewelry, and health care.
With more than $190 billion in assets, GE Money, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), is a leading provider of credit services to consumers, retailers and auto dealers in more than 50 countries around the world. GE Money, based in Stamford, Conn. (USA), offers a range of financial products, including private label credit cards, personal loans, bank cards, auto loans and leases, mortgages, corporate travel and purchasing cards, debt consolidation and home equity loans, and credit insurance. More information can be found at www.gemoney.com.
GE is Imagination at Work -- a diversified technology, media and financial services company focused on solving some of the world's toughest problems. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing and security technology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing, media content and advanced materials, GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.ge.com.
©2007 General Electric Company, All rights reserved.
