East Smithfield (PA)

Michelle Rae is a Regional Mortgage Loan Originator at C&N covering Bradford and Sullivan Counties as well as New York State. She had 19 years of experience in a similar capacity prior to joining C&N's Lending Team in 2012. In her role, Michelle is responsible for originating residential mortgages, including purchase, refinance, construction and land financing. Michelle's office is in our Sayre Branch located at 1827 Elmira Street, Sayre, PA 18840.

Michelle has her Bachelor's Degree in Business with Minors in Communications and Human Resources, and graduated from the NY Penn Leadership Program.. She is also very involved with C&N's Giving Back, Giving Together program, often volunteering and helping to raise funds to benefit her local community. 

In her spare time, she enjoys camping, traveling and spending time with her family, including her three grandchildren. 

"I'm a truly blessed to work for an organization that cares so much about their community, while having the ability to help our customers with the ultimate goal of becoming an homeowner."

Kathi Heimbach is a Mortgage Loan Originator working out of the Troy office at C&N. She primarily covers Bradford and Tioga Counties in Pennsylvania, and the Southern Tier counties New York. She received her certificate from PBA School of Banking in 2009. Prior to starting her lending role in 2009, she began her banking experience as a Customer Service Representative, and transitioned into loan support to gain experience in the back-end of lending and documentation. Kathi has accumulated to 34 years with C&N and 35 years of total banking experience.  Her current lending role covers purchases, purchase rehabs, refinance, construction and land mortgages.  

Kathi grew up on a dairy farm and has continued to be involved in the small business enterprises area with ownership roles. She credits her family and her experience on her farm with building a strong work ethic, the need to think your way through a challenge and the ability to see a task all the way through to completion.  Community is especially important to Kathi. She spends time volunteering at the Troy Fair Dairy Promotion and is heavily involved in C&N’s Giving Back, Giving Together program through volunteering and fundraising for the immediate local needs. 

In her spare time Kathi enjoys spending time with her family and grandchildren, visiting the Finger Lakes region, gardening, listening to audio books and travelling. 

“I am so thankful to work with for a company that also believes in developing their existing employees and building on their experiences to expand into new roles.”