SPECIAL REPORT
ELITE WOMEN 2017 ANN FULMER Chief strategy and industry relations officer FormFree
Ann Fulmer is a nationally recognized subject matter expert, thought leader and speaker specializing in data integrity, fraud and federal/CFPB regulatory compliance in mortgage loan originations. She currently serves as chief strategy and industry relations officer for FormFree, the industry’s leading provider of automated verification solutions. In this role, Fulmer drives strategic planning and implementation, manages the firm’s institutional relationships and interactions with federal and state regulators, and oversees outreach to industry associations and advocacy groups. Although Fulmer only officially joined FormFree in May, she has been advising the firm on a consulting basis for the last several years, and her guidance has been instrumental to FormFree’s staggering growth. In 2016, FormFree grew by leaps and bounds, signing more than 200 of the industry’s leading lenders. In all, FormFree saw a 19,897% increase in orders from 2015 to 2016 and expects to increase its year-overyear revenue by a factor of 10 in 2017. Prior to her work at FormFree, Fulmer was vice president of industry relations and strategy for First American Mortgage Solutions following its 2014 acquisition of mortgage fraud solutions provider Interthinx. Her mortgage fraud expertise has been featured in People magazine, CNN and the New York Times, as well as numerous mortgage and valuation trade publications, and she continues to make frequent appearances as a speaker at industry conferences.
JESSICA VISNISKIE Vice president, operations and strategic initiatives GMH Mortgage Services
Upon graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, Jessica Visniskie secured a position at Wilmington Finance as a junior secondary marketing analyst, where she thrived in the fast-paced, ever-changing mortgage industry and was soon promoted to manager of whole loan trading. After the market crash of 2009, Visniskie took a hiatus from the industry to raise her young son. In 2012, she rejoined the business as a secondary marketing analyst with GMH Mortgage, where she recently made the move from vice president of secondary marketing to vice president of operations and strategic initiatives.
JONI KEPLER-FLEENOR Senior vice president and branch manager InterWest Mortgage
As branch manager of InterWest Mortgage, a division of Iberia Bank, Joni Kepler-Fleenor has consistently ranked as the number-one originator throughout the entire Iberia Bank organization, in addition to being the number-one originator for the Southeast Idaho Housing Agency. She attributes her success to having built an excellent team, and she continues to be an effective leader by keeping up with the steady stream of regulatory changes in the industry. Outside of the mortgage industry, Kepler-Fleenor is vice president of the board for her local Habitat for Humanity, a role she has maintained for the past three years. She also serves on the committee for the Idaho Falls Blue Angels Air Show, which is headlined by the Navy Blue Angels.
32
www.mpamag.com