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Andy Steben is senior vice president of correspondent lending at Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions. Steben has been in the mortgage business since 2002 and has been involved in the non-QM industry since 2015. His breadth of knowledge spans all avenues of investments in the mortgage industry, including portfolio lending, direct sellers and servicers, and securitization. Prior to his career in the mortgage industry, Steben worked in commercial banking and played a major role in the success of three startups.
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Ron Stefanski is the owner of OneHourProfessor.com and is an adjunct college marketing professor who has a passion for helping people create their own online businesses. He teaches internet marketing and business courses at numerous colleges, and has been in the marketing industry since 2008. He also owns a media company that consists of a portfolio of websites.
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Ed Steffelin is senior vice president at George Smith Partners. He has more than 25 years of investment experience in structured products, alternative assets and real estate. He currently advises real estate sponsors about debt and equity capital, and serves as a co-founder of two startup real estate companies, STAC Capital and Balcara Group. STAC Capital finances model homes and Balcara Group creates new single-family rental communities.
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Lazer Sternhell is CEO of Cignature Realty. He grew up in a family of commercial real estate owners. Working for his family’s business in the mid-1990s, he gained invaluable knowledge while cultivating a natural talent for sales. He went on to establish and run several successful businesses in other industries. His familiarity with commercial spaces ultimately inspired him to become a commercial real estate broker. He was previously awarded the title of CoStar Power Broker.
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John G. Stevens is the chief revenue officer for SRE Mortgage Alliance Inc. and has been in the mortgage industry since 2003. He began his tenure on the board of directors for the National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) in 2011, serving as vice president in 2015-16, as president-elect in 2016-17, as president in 2017-18 and as ethics chair for the 2018-19 term. Prior to NAMB, Stevens also served as the president of the Utah Association of Mortgage Professionals in 2010.
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Megan L. Stevenson is vice president of Preferred Systems Inc. and is responsible for managing its national education programs. The company’s LendingInstructors program is a turnkey service that enables mortgage lenders throughout the U.S. to establish and manage a continuing education program. Preferred Systems handles all paperwork and administrative tasks, including instructor and course filings, course offerings notifications, credit filings for agents and ongoing customer support. Learn more at lendinginstructors.com. Reach Stevenson at info@preferrededucation.com.
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Sara Stogsdill is senior vice president, wholesale operations, at Deephaven Mortgage, which she joined in 2023. Founded in 2012, Deephaven led the creation and development of the non-QM/non-agency mortgage market and makes its loans available through mortgage brokers and loan officers, in addition to buying loans from correspondents. Stogsdill has more than 20 years’ mortgage industry experience and raised her oldest of two children as a single mother while progressing in her career.
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Tyler Stone is the founder and president of Capstone Financial, which specializes in privately funded loans for commercial and fix-and-flip investment properties. A national direct lender launched in 2010, Capstone has simplified underwriting processes for first-lien position investment and bridge financing. Programs range from streamlined fix-and-flip rehab loans to one-off funding for “makes-sense” deals.
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Taylor Stork is chief operating officer for Developer’s Mortgage Co. A seasoned business executive and certified mortgage banker, Stork has more than 20 years of experience in the industry and is passionate about enabling homeownership. He is an active member of the Mortgage Bankers Association and the Community Home Lenders Association, and he serves as an advisory council member for the Lenders One mortgage cooperative. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from San Diego State University.
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Anthony Stratis is vice president of partnerships at Figure Technology Solutions Inc., where he spearheads the strategic distribution of lending products and cultivates a robust lending ecosystem by forging impactful partnerships with originators, asset managers, servicers and merchants. Prior to his role at Figure, Stratis held leadership positions across consumer lending and wealth management at Lehman Brothers, Barclays, JP Morgan and Finance of America.
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Craig Strent is currently the head of faculty at The Loan Atlas and the creator of the Financial Advisor Referral System. Strent served as the CEO and co-founder of Apex Home Loans, Inc., a company he sold in 2021. He originated in excess of $2 billion in loans from 1994-2023, primarily from alternative referral sources.
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Rob Strickland is chief revenue officer at VeriFast, an artificial intelligence-powered platform that automates financial analysis and decision making for tenant screening, mortgage underwriting and business lending. Based in New York City, Strickland is an operations executive with 20-plus years of success growing software and professional-services companies. He has a proven track record of leading and inspiring teams to consistently deliver against well-defined market strategies and objectives. Over the past five years, he has provided leadership for sales closings in excess of $100 million in total contract value.
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