Siena Healthcare Finance hired Linda Kasian as vice president of underwriting. In her new role, Kasian will be responsible for underwriting new healthcare transactions and working with the business development team in reviewing new opportunities.

Located in New Jersey, Kasian has spent the past twenty years working at X-Caliber Capital, Gemino Healthcare Finance, Siemens Financial Services and CIT / Healthcare Business Credit in underwriting, closing and portfolio management positions with a variety of healthcare providers. Prior to that, Kasian worked in portfolio management, internal audit, credit risk management and senior credit analyst positions at regional banks.

“Linda brings a unique and valuable skill set of underwriting asset-based transactions for a variety of business types in the healthcare industry. She is certain to be a strong addition to the Siena Healthcare team and will expand our capacity to meet the needs of prospective clients,” Jason Schick, managing director and head of underwriting at Siena, said.

“I am excited about the opportunity to join the Siena Healthcare Finance team and look forward to helping the team grow the portfolio,” Kasian said.