Each year, the HousingWire Vanguards represent an elite group of industry executives who are moving the housing market forward. But these industry veterans didn’t fall into these roles overnight. The vast majority of them have carved unique paths for themselves, picking up invaluable knowledge along the way to help them better strategize and lead their organizations. The following profiles for our 2022 honorees include the origin stories of 100 industry elites who continue to have a major impact on the housing landscape.
Congratulations to the 2022 HousingWire Vanguards who continue to improve and shape the housing landscape. Take look through the list below to see this year’s winners.
Name
Job Title
Company Name
Aaron King
CEO and Founder
Snapdocs
AJ Barkley
Head of Neighborhood and Community Lending
Bank of America
AJ Franchi
President and Chief Operating Officer
Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group
Alex Lofton
Co-Founder and President
Landed
Alok Bansal
Managing Director and Global Head of Mortgage Services
Visionet Systems
Andy Pollock
CEO
Anchor Loans
Armando Falcon
CEO
Falcon Capital Advisors
Arvin Wijay
CEO
Consolidated Analytics
Benjamin Madick
Co-Founder and CEO
Matic Insurance
Bill Dallas
Chairman
Dallas Capital
Charles Williams
Founder and CEO
Percy
Chase Gilbert
CEO
Built Technologies
Chris Heller
Chief Real Estate Officer
OJO Labs
Chris Knight
CEO
Opteon
Christopher Mayer
CEO
Longbridge Financial
Court Cunningham
CEO/Co-Founder
Orchard
Dale Vermillion
Founder and CEO
Mortgage Champions
Dan Snyder
Co-Founder and CEO
Lower
Dan Sogorka
CEO
Sagent
Dave Savage
Chief Innovation Officer
Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach
David Dickey
Chief Technology Officer
United Real Estate Group
David Sheeler
Senior Executive Vice President, President of Residential Servicing and Correspondent Lending
Freedom Mortgage
David H. Stevens
CEO
Mountain Lake Consulting
Dawar Alimi
CEO
Lender Price
Desmond P. Smith
Chief Growth Officer
United Wholesale Mortgage
Don Wenner
CEO
DLP Capital
Donna Gibson
Chief Operating Officer and President
QC Ally
Erika Garcia
Chief Operating Officer
Precedent Management
Faisal Adil
President
Altitude Home Loans
Faith Schwartz
Founder and CEO
Housing Finance Strategies
Gary Clark
Chief Operating Officer
Sierra Pacific Mortgage
Gene Lugat
Executive Vice President
PrimeLending
Gino Blefari
CEO
HomeServices of America
Heather Harmon
Co-Head ODHB
Opendoor
James Albertelli
CEO
Voxtur Analytics
James O’Bryon
CEO
RE/MAX Gold
Jarred Kessler
CEO and Founder
EasyKnock
Jay Jones
Executive Vice President, Servicing
Mr. Cooper Group
Jeff Gravelle
Chief Production Officer
Newrez
Jeff Tennyson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Lima One Capital
Jeremy Sicklick
CEO and Co-Founder
HouseCanary
Jerry Weiss
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Freddie Mac
Jim Smith
Senior Vice President, Maxwell Diligence
Maxwell Financial Labs
Joe Welu
Founder and CEO
Total Expert
John Beacham
Founder and CEO
Toorak Capital Partners
John Berkowitz
Co-Founder and CEO
OJO Labs
John G. Stevens
President
SRE Technologies
Katie Sweeney
Association of Independent Mortgage Experts
CEO
Kevin Pezzani
Chief Operating Officer
Supreme Lending
Kosta Ligris
CEO and Co-Founder
Stavvy
Kristi Pickering
President
Academy Mortgage
Kristy Fercho
Head of Home Lending
Wells Fargo
Kuba Jewgieniew
Chief Experience Officer and Founder
Realty ONE Group
Len Krupinski
Chief Operating Officer
Fairway Independent Mortgage
Lisa Schreiber
President
LSK Consultants
M. Ryan Gorman
CEO
Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Marc Minor
Founder and CEO
Higharc
Mary Ann McGarry
President and CEO
Guild Holdings
Mat Ishbia
President and CEO
United Wholesale Mortgage
Michael Catalano
Co-founder and General Partner
PURE Property Management
Michael Dubeck
CEO and President
Planet Home Lending
Michael Lucarelli
CEO and Co-Founder
RentSpree
Michael Valdes
President of eXp Global
eXp Realty
Mike Farr
President, Retail
Finance of America Mortgage
Natalie Verrette
President and Chief Operating Officer
Champions Funding
Pamela Liebman
President and CEO
The Corcoran Group
Paul Anastos
Chief Innovation Officer
Guaranteed Rate Companies
Pete Pannes
Chief Business Officer
Covius
Pete Roeske
Executive Vice President of Retail Lending
AmeriHome Mortgage
Peter Bowman
Co-Founder and CEO
Flueid
Priscilla Salud
Chief Operating Officer
Archwell
Raj Dosaj
Head of Real Estate Markets
CAPE Analytics
Rick Triola
Division President
NotaryCam
Rob Barber
CEO
ATTOM
Rob Sayre
Chief Information Officer
Amrock
Robert Baca
Chief Technology Officer
ICE Mortgage Technology
Ron Zach
President and CEO
NRL Mortgage
Rose Lally
Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Governance and Control
Altisource
Sandra Madigan
Chief Digital Officer
Black Knight
Scott Martino
CEO
Endpoint
Sean Ryan
CEO
Aspen Grove Solutions
Seth Appleton
President
MISMO
Shaival Shah
Co-Founder and CEO
Ribbon
Shane Westra
Chief Product Officer
SimpleNexus
Shelley Leonard
President
Xactus
Steve Meirink
Executive Vice President and General Manager
Wolters Kluwer
Steve Price
Executive Vice President, Foreclosure Auction Services
Auction.com
Steve Sussman
Chief Business Development
Nationwide Appraisal Network
Susan Anthony
Chief Operating Officer
Finance of America Reverse
Susan Sullivan
Chief Human Resources Officer
Enact Mortgage Insurance
Tammy Richards
CEO
LendArch
Tawn Kelley
President
Taylor Morrison Home Funding
Thaddeus Wong
Co-CEO and Co-Founder
@properties Christie’s International Real Estate
Thomas Showalter
CEO
Candor Technology
Tom Piercy
Managing Director
Incenter Mortgage Advisors
Tommy Dunbar
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Managing Partner
Old Colony, REALTORS
Vanessa Famulener
President of HomeLight Homes
HomeLight
Vicki Brown
Executive Vice President
LoanCare
William Lyons
CEO and President
Griffin Funding
William J. Tessar
President
CIVIC Financial Services
