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Jeffrey John Gibson Managing Director of TPO (Wholesale and Correspondent) First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation Tysons Corner, Va. www.fgmccorrespondent.com Jeffrey John Gibson has been with First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation (FGMC) for more than six years. Gibson is an inspiration to anyone who knows that rolling up your sleeves and working hard will earn your way up the corporate ladder. He joined FGMC in 2008 as a DE Underwriter, and worked his way to become product development and training manager. In 2011, he was promoted to managing director of TPO (wholesale and correspondent). Prior to FGMC, Gibson was senior mortgage underwriter for Aurora Loan Services for four-plus years, processor II for Wells Fargo Home Loans. He broke into the mortgage industry in 2001 as a file coordinator for First Nationwide Mortgage Corporation.
Kerri Girouard Manager of Client Development Mortgage Returns l St. Louis, Mo. www.mortgagereturns.com Kerri Girouard is a client and industry-focused leader at Mortgage Returns, whose top priority is ensuring her 3,000 loan officers at more than 40 lenders are getting the best return from their marketing investment. Each quarter, Kerri provides her clients with statistics on production and performance, marketing return-on-investment (ROI), customer retention, individual loan officer performance and performance compared to peer group. She consistently provides her clients with 40 percent higher prospect conversion rates annually and 30 percent higher purchase transactions year over year. She is a master trainer and an expert in client service and success. Furthermore, as the company’s client development manager, she oversees the western United States territory and the entire team of account managers that serve our more than 200 mortgage company clients.
Farzad Heidari Account Executive Real Estate Mortgage Network Inc. (REMN) Los Angeles www.remnwholesale.com After starting his mortgage career in 2001 while at UCLA, Farzad Heidari landed in wholesale and correspondent lending in 2004. With his ability for leading brokers and bankers in achieving success they have never before experienced; the broker community in the Los Angeles area sees Farzad as a necessity to their business. His ability to facilitate efficiencies from origination to funding yields significant results. A top producer at Real Estate Mortgage Network (REMN), he has made a major impact in the CA market for the company. One of his main objectives as an active board member of the California Association of Mortgage Professionals (CAMP) is to influence the younger generation of mortgage professionals to be more active and involved in the organization.
Tom Hurst President StreetLinks Lender Solutions, an Assurant Company l Indianapolis www.streetlinks.com As an original founder of StreetLinks, Tom Hurst has played a pivotal role in the company’s growth and success for over 10 years. Since leaving the aviation industry in 2002, Tom’s passion and unwavering dedication to quality, service and innovation have helped to propel both StreetLinks and the mortgage industry forward, taking the company from a small Midwest appraisal firm to one of the largest and fastest-growing independent appraisal management companies (AMCs) in the country. As president of StreetLinks, Tom remains an integral part of StreetLinks’ growth, product development and commitment to pushing the status quo, keeping the company at the forefront of valuation technology and innovation.
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Amy Goldstein Senior Loan Officer BMIC Mortgage Inc. l North Bethesda, Md. www.bmicmortgage.com Amy Goldstein has been a senior loan officer for BMIC Mortgage for the past 15 years. A born and bred Washingtonian, Amy’s customers praise her not only for her product knowledge, but the market areas in which she serves. She is currently licensed in Washington, D.C.; Maryland and Virginia. Real estate is in Amy’s blood, as her father is a longtime mortgage broker, and her husband Eric is a real estate agent. Amy currently resides in North Potomac, Md.
Jenna N. Gray Mortgage Consultant CMG Financial l San Ramon, Calif. www.cmgfi.com Jenna N. Gray has been recognized as a Five-Star Professional in Diablo Magazine for three consecutive years. She was awarded the 2013 Oxford Book Award, a National Entrepreneurial Achievement Award for Excellence in Business, and serves as the preferred lender for the top producing real estate team of a well-established company in California and Hawaii. Gray has dedicated countless hours to supporting charities, including One Warm Coat, Susan G. Komen and Love a Child Missions in Bay Point, Calif. She is a respected professional who juggles work and volunteerism successfully. Gray has been in the financial industry for more than 10 years, and is earning her BS in business administration with an emphasis in real estate finance from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.
Chad Jampedro President GSF Mortgage Corporation l Brookfield, Wis. www.gogsf.com Chad Jampedro’s duties include overseeing operations, capital acquisition, production, recruiting and secondary marketing departments of GSF Mortgage. His exposure to multiple highlevel aspects of the lending industry have contributed to a unique perspective and the ability to associate the duties and objectives of each department into an operational plan. Under Chad’s direction as president, GSF has been awarded the USDA Platinum Million Dollar Lender three times; been named among Mortgage Technology’s Top Tech-Savvy Lenders twice; the Inc. Hire Power Award in 2013 and most recently, both the Journal Sentinel’s Top Work Places and Best in Class. GSF maintains an A+ rating with the BBB and is a Five-Star Zillow Lender.
Michael Kelleher President Easy Mortgage Apps LLC l Salem, Mass. www.easymortgageapps.com Michael Kelleher is co-founder of the Native App platform sweeping the mortgage industry. He has a passion for disruptive technology and enjoys any conversation on how to make mortgage processes more mobile friendly. He is widely regarded as a resource to bounce ideas off of about user experience, design thinking, mobile strategy and transparency in the mortgage mobile space. He loves to cook, dance and play bocce with his father. He has a fascination about the impact of disruptive technology and looks forward to sharing it with the world.
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