(Feb. 5) President Obama met with long time SBA lending professional Eddie

Tuvin of Capital Bank. In the national address from the offices of one of

Eddie's borrowers in Lanham, MD, the President commended Eddie and Capital Bank

for its support of small business lending initiatives in the US. Eddie is Vice

President of Small Business Lending for Capital Bank, the Acting Executive

Director of The Main Street Initiative, and Vice President of the Maryland

Commercial Lenders Association. Eddie received the 2009 ARC Lender of the Year

Award from the US Small Business Administration Washington DC District.