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  • Jim Anderson

    Jim Anderson is senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Certainty Home Loans, an independent mortgage banker that delivers a confident closing, with the terms agreed upon, and the timing promised. With 20 years of experience leading marketing teams at Certainty Home Loans, CNN, Accenture and The Weather Channel, Anderson brings innovative, business-building, marketing strategies to the mortgage industry. Anderson has a master’s degree from the University of Kentucky and bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall University.

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  • Ben Anderson

    Ben Anderson is the owner of Ben Anderson 365. He is a top U.S. loan officer, mortgage coach and keynote speaker. He’s also the author of “HomeownerNow: The 7 True Steps to Home Ownership” and the host of a podcast, “The Hustle,” which includes a series of inspirational stories with celebrities, entrepreneurs, athletes and industry-leading professionals. He also talks about his rise from poverty to his place in today’s mortgage industry

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  • Nasser Ansari

    Nasser Ansari is director of product management for Wolters Kluwer Lien Solutions, where he is responsible for core products and platform strategy for the business’s UCC solutions. Ansari has extensive experience in technology- and product-management roles in the enterprise-software industry. He holds a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Ohio University, and a master’s in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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  • Paul Anselmo

    Paul Anselmo is the CEO and founder of Evolve Mortgage Services, a top provider of outsourced mortgage solutions. He has more than 30 years of experience in the banking and mortgage industries. Previously he served as president, CEO and founder of Mortgage Resource Network (MRN), a business-process outsourcer and technology provider to the mortgage industry. In 2019, Anselmo was honored as a “Lending Luminary” by the Progress in Lending Association.

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  • Leo Anzoleaga is a certified mortgage planning specialist and senior vice president of residential lending at Neo Home Loans. Over the past two decades, Anzoleaga has built his successful mortgage business through relationships, strategy, and execution. The Leo Anzoleaga Group is known for its exceptional customer service to clients and referral partners, in-depth cost analysis, and a commitment to follow through and follow up on every transaction. Anzoleaga is also a Forbes Finance Council contributor and the founder of the How2Collective.

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  • Patty Arvielo is CEO and co-founder of New American Funding. She is a self-made entrepreneur who co-founded and leads the nation’s largest privately- owned and woman- owned mortgage company, New American Funding. Arvielo manages the company’s operations and sales, while overseeing over 250-plus locations and approximately 4,460-plus employees nationwide. She also oversaw the creation of the company’s retail lending operation that has delivered origination growth of as much as 50%-60% every year for nearly a decade.

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  • Rick Arvielo is CEO and co-founder of New American Funding, the largest privately owned and Latina-owned mortgage company in the nation. Arvielo began his career learning successful business and marketing strategies, setting the foundation for an invaluable skill set when he and his wife, Patty, founded New American Funding in 2003. Over the past 20 years, New American Funding has grown into one of the top 20 mortgage companies in the U.S.

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  • Ara Aslanian

    Ara Aslanian is a founding partner and CEO of reevert, a software-as a service startup that provides data-backup and disaster-recovery services, and Inverselogic, a technology consulting and management company. He has more than 20 years of experience in enterprise information-technology systems and cybersecurity. Aslanian completed training in cybersecurity risk management at Harvard University. He is a member of the advisory board at LA Cyber Lab and is on the leadership council of Secure the Village, both of which monitor and counter emerging online threats.

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  • Ann Atkinson is a managing director specializing in small- balance loans and market real estate production for Sabal Capital Partners LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Regions Bank. Atkinson oversees production across the nationwide lender’s Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae loan programs. 

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  • Jason Aubrey

    Jason M. Aubrey is a principal at PlattPointe Capital in Denver. PlattPointe is a nationwide commercial lending intermediary that seeks to meet the lending needs of its clients when more traditional bank products fall short. PlattPointe offers alternative-capital solutions for funding all types of commercial real estate projects and small-business, asset-based lending needs.

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  • Greg Austin is executive vice president of mortgage lending for Carrington Mortgage Services. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Carrington’s mortgage lending businesses, including the retail, wholesale and correspondent channels. Austin has more than 30 years of experience in the mortgage banking industry and started in the business as a loan officer. Accustomed to hard work and determination, Austin’s career includes senior leadership positions in both operations oversight and sales. Prior to joining Carrington in February 2018, Austin held a similar position at Impac Mortgage, as well as past sales-leadership positions at Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse. Reach Austin at (949) 517-5280.

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  • Debora Aydelotte

    Debora Aydelotte is the Denver-based chief operating officer for Promontory MortgagePath LLC. An established industry executive with 20-plus years of experience in business-performance leadership, mergers and acquisitions, business technology, risk management and strategic planning, her diversity and inclusion work both professionally and in her community has enhanced her leadership style and effectiveness. During her career, she has worked in startup and fintech development, and has taken industry companies to the next level.

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