Mr. Porterfield joined Arbor Commercial Mortgage in 2007 as a Vice President in Arbor’s Plano, TX office. He is responsible for originating Fannie Mae and FHA transactions throughout the Southwest. 

Prior to joining Arbor, Mr. Porterfield served as a Senior Vice President at Countrywide Commercial Real Estate.  In this position, he managed the 50-person Plano, TX regional office with a territory that included Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Colorado and Nebraska.

Before Countrywide, Mr. Porterfield was a Director for LaSalle Bank Real Estate Capital Markets (ABN AMRO), where he ran the Dallas office for LaSalle’s CMBS lending group.  Additionally, he has held posts at General Electric Commercial Finance Real Estate and Archon Financial (A Goldman Sachs Company).

Mr. Porterfield earned both his Master of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from Texas A&M University-Commerce.