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COVER STORY: ELITE WOMEN SHANNON BARTNICK
CHRISTINE BECKWITH
Owner and president MORTGAGE MASTERS OF INDIANA
National director of realtor and sales management ANNIEMAC HOME MORTGAGE
In 12 years, Shannon Bartnick has taken Mortgage Masters of Indiana from a oneperson operation out of her home to the leading mortgage bank in Evansville, Ind. Today, the company employs nearly 30 people. Last year, Mortgage Masters originated nearly $80 million in an area where purchase prices are much lower than the national average.
WHITTNEY CURRAN
Since taking over real estate referral relationships and oversight of 55 branches for AnnieMac, Christine Beckwith has helped oversee a historic growth in the company’s productivity. “Christine has worked in multiple positions at different levels, allowing her to have strong foundational understanding of the industry,” says Matthew Buckley, EVP of compliance at AnnieMac. “Christine also brings a strong management background to AnnieMac Home Mortgage, which means she knows how to motivate people, manage people, and get projects started and completed.” An accomplished public speaker, Beckwith has also proven a boon to AnnieMac when it comes to recruiting new sales talent and forging relationships with real estate professionals.
Sales manager ACADEMY MORTGAGE
With more than a decade of experience, Whittney Curran is both a trainer and a mentor to other loan officers – and not a bad salesperson herself, producing $12 million in 2014. For Curran, finding her customers the perfect loan is the most important part of the business. “The most important thing to me is that you receive the right loan with the least cost possible the first time,” she says. “Many people can get you a loan. What I promise to do is get you the right loan, and get it all done cheaply and on time.”
GLENDA KLEIN Chief financial officer FIRST RATE FINANCIAL Glenda Klein has been in the mortgage business for more than 38 years, and after all that time, she’s still passionate about the industry. Klein works an average of 12 hours a day, and constantly looks for opportunities to improve First Rate Financial’s culture and expand its business. Klein wears many hats at First Rate Financial, running the company’s banking lines, overseeing human resources, payroll and accounting – and still finds the time to pick up breakfast for its 52 employees a couple of times a month.
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KIM GOLDSTONE
MARY ANN MCGARRY
Director of marketing MORTGAGE RETURNS
President, CEO and partner GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY
When Kim Goldstone joined Mortgage Returns in early 2014, she overhauled both the company’s marketing strategy and the marketing offerings it provided to more than 250 mortgage companies nationwide. “She single-handedly revitalized the campaign offerings, content, design and production,” says colleague Emily Nowell. “She is constantly out in front of what’s next for originators and how the industry will evolve – and who will be the next target audience to reach.” Goldstone comes by her industry expertise honestly; she has more than 10 years of industry experience, and her father is a 35-year veteran of the business. “She credits all those summers processing loans in college with giving her focus in bringing her marketing and creative insights to the financial sector,” Nowell says.
Mary Ann McGarry began her career with Guild Mortgage in 1984 as a supervisor in the internal audit department. Within three years, she was the senior VP of loan administration and information technology. In that capacity, she reorganized the loan division and spearheaded the creation of proprietary servicing software. McGarry continued to climb up the ladder at Guild, serving as chief financial officer, chief production operations officer and chief operating officer. Today, McGarry is the company’s president and CEO, and the driving force behind turning Guild Mortgage into a multibillion-dollar company with more than 250 branches nationwide. McGarry serves on the Mortgage Bankers Association’s investment committee and servicing committee, and on the Fannie Mae advisory council.
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