SPECIAL REPORT
ELITE WOMEN 2018 VALERIE AUSBAND SVP national field sales Arch Mortgage Insurance Company
As senior vice president of national field sales at Arch Mortgage Insurance Company, Valerie Ausband is responsible for the largest contribution to the company’s top-line revenue. Her responsibilities also include managing 70 salespeople, profitability and budget, management of client relationships, and hiring and developing sales talent. With 20 years of mortgage insurance experience, Ausband has led both Arch MI and United Guaranty’s sales organizations to write historic levels of mortgage insurance and achieve extraordinary sales growth year after year. Ausband has spent her entire career in the mortgage lending and mortgage insurance industries. She started with a market share retail mortgage lender in Atlanta and also worked for a title services business prior to joining United Guaranty in 1998. She is also the creator of the Executive Women’s Conference, serves on the board of advisors for XINNIX The Mortgage Academy, is an active member of Hope’s Circle at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and is a participant in the Executive Scholars Program at the Kellogg School of Management.
ERIN HARRIS Manager HQ Vendor Management
As manager at HQ Vendor Management [HQVM], the vendor-management-focused arm of Mortgage Quality Management & Research [MQMR], Erin Harris sits at the helm of one of the industry’s most innovative and respected vendor management firms. Under her leadership, HQVM has completed thousands of vendor reviews that encompass several areas, including QC risk reviews, reviews of production and service-level agreements, financial assessments, and onsite vendor audits. Much of HQVM’s success in delivering comprehensive vendor management solutions to the mortgage industry can be attributed to Harris’ leadership and customer service skills, which she continues to hone as a participant in the MBA’s Future Leaders program. Prior to joining MQMR, Harris created, developed and implemented a full vendor management program for Churchill Mortgage Corp. Her practical knowledge of building and maintaining a vendor management platform, and the operational requirements needed to complete a thorough and sufficient onsite review, gives her a unique and dynamic perspective that she uses to assist both lenders and vendors.
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MAUREEN DOHERTY Regional vice president, north central region Genworth Mortgage Insurance
Last year, Maureen Doherty achieved $7 billion in new insurance written in her 11-state region, activated 200-plus new accounts and logged more than 7,000 sales calls. A 33-year veteran at Genworth, Doherty has dedicated much of her career to providing strong leadership and mentorship. She applies the same principle of personalized approach she uses with clients to her mentees by getting to know them on both professional and personal levels and customizing her mentoring and management approach. Her dedication to providing meaningful support for their advancement has led Doherty to become one of Genworth’s top managers, and many of her direct reports have been promoted to senior sales, operations and other commercial roles. Outside of Genworth, Doherty is deeply involved with and committed to volunteerism and community service efforts, particularly with Habitat for Humanity, where she coordinated and led the customer and Genworth team initiatives over the past year in her North Central US region. She also coordinated and led Genworth’s Michigan-based team to participate in the Pontiac Rock the Block initiative and to adopt two families during the holiday season.