Get To Know Shane
Shane Miller was born in Easley, South Carolina, a rural community geographically in the western part of the state. The product of a single mother, Shane quickly became a caregiver to his two younger sisters, requiring him to mature very quickly as the sole male in the home. Shane's childhood was often spent in transient housing due to the socioeconomics that can affect single-mother households. These experiences instilled in Shane, at a noticeably early age, the value of faith, family, friends, and community advocacy — and a deep love for helping people achieve the American dream of having a place to call home.
Though he witnessed many challenges as a youth, Shane is a resolute individual who believes in "making adjustments, not excuses" — a mentality that stuck with him as he began working at nine years old and continued through his teenage years, working and attending school simultaneously. After graduating high school, Shane attended community college, earning an associate in arts while working local jobs.
"Everyone deserves to create a new story around homeownership."
A believer in hard work, education, and lifelong learning, Shane joined the United States Army while simultaneously working for a local bank as a greeter — the company's most entry-level position. It was this first banking job that would propel Shane's love for mortgage banking and his subsequent career in the industry. With the help of grants, scholarships, and reaching number one on the order of merit list for his senior class in the Army, Shane worked to put himself through college. As the only person in his immediate family to graduate from higher education, Shane earned a bachelor's in political science and a master's in human resource development, both from Clemson University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership with a business concentration from the University of the Cumberlands.
Relying on the knowledge gained over the past 20 years in the mortgage industry, Shane co-founded New Story Lending. Today, Shane is intent on growing and developing New Story Lending as the best mortgage company in the industry, its Affordable Housing initiatives, and helping each consumer, in all the communities served, break barriers to achieve the American Dream of homeownership. As someone who has personally experienced barriers in life, Shane believes anyone can break barriers to achieve their dreams and create their own new stories. He continues his community advocacy and is intent on expanding philanthropic initiatives and charitable activities, while establishing an extraordinary work culture at New Story Lending.
