Bill Giambrone, Don Calcaterra Jr. and David Wind
Eight years ago, Bill Giambrone, Don Calcaterra, Jr. and David Wind founded the Community Home Lenders Association (CHLA), a national group of smaller independent mortgage banks (IMBs). The goal was to give community-based mortgage lenders and servicers — and the consumers they serve — a distinctive voice and an effective advocacy impact with federal policymakers.
Bill Giambrone is president and CEO of Platinum Home Mortgage, based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. He has been in the industry for 33 years and started his own mortgage company in 1993. His top priority in the industry is to make sure home financing is available and affordable. Reach Giambrone at (847) 797-9500 or
bill.giambrone@phmc.com.
Don Calcaterra Jr. is president of Local Lending Group LLC, a privately held mortgage bank headquartered in Troy, Michigan, that originates and services mortgages and land contracts, primarily in the Midwest. He is the former chairman of the Michigan Mortgage Industry Advisory Board, and sits on the legal and regulatory committee of the Michigan Mortgage Lenders Association. Reach Calcaterra at (313) 550-3500 or
donjr@fercmi.com.
David Wind is a board member of the Community Home Lenders Association (CHLA). Wind has a unique combination of real-world owner-operator experience in traditional consumer-finance, strategic and operational roles at Silicon Valley fintech startups. He understands the challenges that traditional operators face, and successfully bridges the gap between legacy lending operations and products with technology solutions. He is the chief operating officer at
RenoFi.com, a startup focused on home-renovation finance. Reach Wind at
david@renofi.com or (415) 741-5626.
