St. Louis native Terrence Rogers is in the business of helping others realize their dreams of home ownership. As president of community lending for Carrollton Bank, Terrence has provided more than $1.2 million in down payment assistance funding during the past three years to low-income families seeking to purchase homes in the St. Louis area. Since first joining Carrollton Bank in 2012, Terrence has helped build a community-lending partnership program that is recognized as a model for banks across the country, helping more than 1,100 families with their home loans.
“My work feels more like a calling,” Terrence said. “I’m a lifelong learner who is eager to share knowledge with others to help them achieve their long-term goals.”
Terrence says his career was influenced by his childhood experience as a North St. Louis kid who attended the Ladue School District in middle school as part of a school desegregation program. After high school, Terrence attended Southeast Missouri State for two years, then transferred to the University of Missouri–St. Louis, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1996.
“One of the things I remember the most is just how accessible all my professors were,” Terrence said. “I also started my career in banking with the help of UMSL’s career center assisting me with my resumé and preparing me for my first bank job.”
Before joining Carrollton Bank, Terrence worked at Wells Fargo for 13 years as a sales manager in St. Louis and in Illinois. He also worked for Regions Bank in Chesterfield as a vice president and small business banker from 2010-12.
Terrence is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, 100 Black Men of America and National Sales Network. He is also the vice president and board member for Little Urban Smiles and regional steering committee member for Home Grown STL.
