About Us
Ark-La-Tex Financial Consultants is a privately owned company, specializing in origination and servicing of the direct and guaranteed loan programs of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Explore our site and discover how we can help your company
achieve its goals. We are available to you for a private consultation anytime, and look forward to hearing from you.
DONNIE WOOLEY
Before he founded ALTFC in 2008, Mr. Wooley held the position of Sr. Vice President of Agricultural and Commercial Lending with a community bank in northwest Louisiana. In this position, Mr. Wooley was responsible for developing and maintaining one of the largest USDA guaranteed loan portfolios in the state of Louisiana. Prior to his banking career, Mr. Wooley was employed with USDA as a senior loan specialist, holding positions in the front line delivery of USDA loan and economic development programs.
His twenty-nine years of experience as a USDA program specialist and private sector lender combine to provide our clients with answers to structuring even the most complicated deals. He maintains relationships with our strategic partners to guarantee the complete needs of both business and lending clients are met with the highest sense of urgency.
Mr. Wooley is a graduate of Northwestern State University in Louisiana with a degree in Agri-Business, and continues his education by keeping abreast of the latest in economic development initiatives, both private and governmental. Mr. Wooley recently graduated from the Louisiana State University Agricultural Leadership Program.
MARY BATSON
Mrs. Batson joined the team of ALTFC in 2010. She is responsible for assisting our business clients in the development of a complete and well documented business plan. For lender clients, Mrs. Batson is primarily responsible for providing credit analysis, credit review, loan closing, and routine loan monitoring services.
Her employment history includes commercial loan officer as well as branch manager with a number of banks in northwest Louisiana. She has also served as a securities investment broker and life insurance agent.
Mrs. Batson has a degree in mathematics from Louisiana Tech University with a minor in finance. She is also a graduate of the LSU Graduate School of Banking.
She is an experienced credit analyst with knowledge and skills acquired over 20 years in the finance industry. This has resulted in our clients being able to have full confidence in their business plans and ability to secure financing. Her analytical skills consistently result in our bank clients receiving favorable examination ratings.
NNAMDI THOMPSON
Nnamdi I. Thompson joined Ark-La-Tex Financial Consultants in 2024. He is responsible for Business Development and assisting our clients structuring their loans and working with lenders on their existing portfolio.
He became familiar with ALTFC while serving as a Municipal Advisor to various cities, counties, parishes and school districts across the southern United States. He has 25 years of extensive experience in water & sewer, healthcare, capital improvements, higher education, and public school district issues. He assisted those public entities on their municipal bond issues to construct public buildings, infrastructure improvements, schools, airports, etc. Before his work as a Municipal Advisor, he worked with a Regional Investment Bank in Public Finance. Mr. Thompson is proud of his time teaching in the Little Rock School District (Algebra & Geometry), the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Algebra I & II) and Pulaski Technical College (Algebra I & II).
Mr. Thompson holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Morehouse College and a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.