James Poole joined the William Pender Team, a branch of CrossCountry Mortgage, as a business development specialist.
He will be responsible for building and maintaining new business relationships for the branch.
Poole served in the Army in various roles, including serving in its 3rd Infantry “The Old Guard” official escort to the president; a member of the military district of Washington Special Reaction Team; noncommission officer in charge for the SWAT sniper team for the 17th Military Police Detachment; biometrics trainer for the Combined Joint Inner Agency Task Force 435; and U.S. liaison for NATO Special Operations Task Force 47.
He is a member of The Old Guard Association, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Military Police Regiment Association and Currahee Club.
Poole also serves as a national senior mentor/group leader for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, a peer-support network for families of fallen service members, and is chairman of the Laurens County Chapter of the South Carolina Waterfowl Association.
Poole is a graduate of Laurens Academy and Army Airborne School, as well as the U.S. Military Police Academy, FBI Firearms Instructor School and FBI Foreign Weapons Advisor School.
