Megan Scheffel

Megan Scheffel is a global senior credit officer for Silicon Valley Bank's Life Sciences and Healthcare Practice. In this role, Megan is responsible for loan quality including the approval of new loan and investment transactions with SVB's portfolio of biopharma, diagnostics and tools companies.

Formally, Megan served as the region manager for the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Division. In this role, she led teams dedicated to serving emerging, growth and established technology and life science companies and worked closely with a number of private equity and venture capital clients, playing a role in the bank’s business development efforts.

Since joining Silicon Valley Bank in 1997, Megan has served in a number of offices around the US. She began her career at Silicon Valley Bank’s Santa Clara, Calif. headquarters, where she was responsible for handling credit functions and compliance issues and providing analyst support for lenders in the Northern California and Northwest regions. Megan later moved to Silicon Valley Bank’s Boulder, Colo. office, working with local technology companies.

Megan is active in supporting entrepreneurial organizations and events throughout the Washington D.C. area. Megan earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, specializing in finance, from the University of Colorado in Boulder.