The

HousingWire’s Marketing Leaders award is recognizing the marketers in housing who represent the brains and creativity behind the growth and success of their organizations.

The following list of 100 honorees includes many examples of exceptional leadership from some of the industry’s most accomplished women.

Appraisals are an important and complex step in the homebuying process. Accuracy is key — but so is speed. Read more about how Jaro is revolutionizing the appraisal process, plus get the inside look at one of the industry’s prominent banks in this month’s company spotlight.

By Gary Acosta

Fort Mill, S.C.-based lender Movement Mortgage appointed Jake Fehling to serve as its new chief marketing officer. Fehling has been with Movement since 2017 and has served in a variety of roles during that time, including as the vice president of content and social strategy; vice president of public relations and communications; and vice president of marketing.

Ewing, N.J.-based mortgage sub-servicer Cenlar FSB appointed Marlon Groen as the company’s chief compliance officer. Groen previously served as chief risk and compliance officer for AHP Servicing and as both head of legal and regulatory affairs and later as chief compliance officer for PHH Mortgage, a division of Ocwen Financial Services. He also served as senior counsel for both Arlington Capital Mortgage and later Sovereign Bank between 2002 and 2011.

Jessica Manna

Columbus, Ohio-based lender Go Mortgage appointed industry veteran Jessica Manna as its new chief marketing officer. Most recently Manna worked a five-year stint in numerous roles at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. Manna previously served as founder and principal at her own mortgage marketing firm; and as a consultant at Planet Home Lending and CrossCountry Mortgage.

Christine Chandler, the executive vice president, chief credit officer and chief operating officer of M&T Realty Capital Corporation (RCC), has been nominated to serve as the Mortgage Bankers Association’s vice chair for the 2024 membership year. The installation of Chandler took place at the association’s 110th Annual Convention in Philadelphia in June. Chandler brings more than 30 years of experience in commercial real estate finance to the role, having been with M&T since 1991.

New York-based real estate investment trust Rithm Capital — the parent company of NewRez and Caliber Home Loans — appointed Satish Mansukhani as its managing director in investment strategy. Mansukhani comes from an 11-year stint as head of agency MBS research at Merrill Lynch and has previously served as the chief investment officer for Gold Creek Capital Management and as managing director and head of mortgage strategy at Credit Suisse.

Former Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Dana Wade, who served as the final FHA Commissioner during the presidency of Donald Trump, announced on social media that she is returning to politics by acting as senior adviser to the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee. After her term as FHA Commissioner, Wade served as the chief production officer for FHA lending at Walker & Dunlop.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Regions Bank named Steve Gildersleeve as its syndications lead in the affordable housing group of its secondary markets division. Having previously served at Freddie Mac, Gildersleeve will assist in the sourcing and relationship development for low-income housing tax credits as well as assist in organizing their disbursement. In addition to a previous tenure at Freddie Mac, Gildersleeve also served in several roles at Bank of America.