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  • Kevin Wolfer is president and CEO of Kennedy Funding, a direct private lender based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Wolfer is a 25-year industry veteran and is part of a team that has closed more than $3 billion in hard money loans to borrowers across the globe. He has closed loans throughout the U.S., Caribbean, Europe, Canada and South America. Kennedy Funding specializes in bridge loans for land, multifamily, retail, office and hospitality properties. Call Kennedy Funding at (201) 342-8500.

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  • Gregg Wolfer

    Gregg Wolfer is chief operating officer of Kennedy Funding, a direct private lender based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Wolfer is a 25-year industry veteran and is part of a team that has closed in excess of $3 billion in hard money loans to borrowers across the globe. He has successfully closed loans throughout the U.S., Caribbean, Europe, Canada and South America. Kennedy Funding specializes in bridge loans for land, multifamily, retail, office and hospitality properties.

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  • Jacob Wolinsky is the founder of ValueWalk.com, a popular value-investing and hedge fund-focused investment website. Wolinsky worked as an equity analyst, first at a microcap-focused private equity firm, followed by a stint at a small- and midcap-focused research shop. He lives with his wife and four kids in Passaic, New Jersey.

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  • Tim Wolski is a marketing leader with more than 25 years of experience. He currently serves as an adjunct professor at Bryant University, where he teaches new product development and entrepreneurial marketing. Wolski is passionate about making a meaningful impact. He stays ahead of marketing trends, ensuring his students and the companies that he works for deliver impactful, consumer-focused and data-driven marketing campaigns. Reach Wolski at (401) 965-2615.

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  • Melody Wright is senior vice president of product strategy and business development at Inflooens, a mortgage technology company. A 24-year industry veteran, Wright worked in the first part of her career on operational effectiveness at multiple large nonbank servicers. Wright currently focuses on mortgage fintech and macroeconomics, working hand in hand with clients to design and implement integrative solutions in mortgage origination and servicing that will be successful amid the ever-evolving economic landscape. 

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  • Peter Wright

    Peter Wright is co-founder of Rock the Score, a St. Louis-based rental-reporting agency. Rock the Score provides up to two years of rent-payment history and ongoing reporting to TransUnion and Equifax. Reach Wright at (314) 753-7155 or pwright@rockthescore.com.

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  • Erik Wrobel

    Erik Wrobel is head of product of Blend, a digital lending platform transforming the $40 trillion-plus consumer lending industry. His team leads the way in defining innovative and engaging products that provide easy, one-tap access to financial resources. Prior to joining Blend in 2019, Wrobel held positions as chief product officer at Evernote and as vice president of product management at VMware. Learn more about his company at blend.com. 

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  • Joe Wu

    Joe Wu is CEO of Voicent, which offers cloud-based tools to connect and engage with customers. Voicent’s cloud solution, Voicent Live, has all the tools necessary to achieve peak performance and efficiency — call center tools, predictive dialers, voice broadcasters, text and e-mail tools, built-in CRM, easy workflow and business-process automation — all in one flexible, scalable, seamlessly integrated package. 

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  • Natalie Yanez

    Natalie Yanez serves as the credit union relationship manager for Extensia Financial LLC. She has spent more than a decade working in the credit union movement and is a certified credit union development educator. She enjoys building relationships and working with others toward a common goal, both professionally and personally. Yanez holds a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University and a master’s in business administration from California State University, Channel Islands.

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  • E.J. Yerzak

    E.J. Yerzak is director of cyber IT services at Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS), which helps financial firms move from a tactical to a strategic approach in meeting regulatory requirements while optimizing compliance data, operations and technology. Yerzak assists investment advisers in managing cyber-security risk through testing and risk assessments. As a cybersecurity expert, he has authored numerous articles on emerging technology issues.

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  • Darin Young

    Darin Young is president and CEO of Popular Commercial Lending Group, a Salt Lake City-based commercial and agricultural mortgage banker and correspondent lender/servicer. Young has been in that role since 2008 and has a bachelor’s degree in business management from Brigham Young University. He has 27 years of finance experience, including management experience with Norwest/Wells Fargo and as an original founder with First Option Mortgage. 

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  • Matt Young

    Matt Young is senior vice president of sales for Genworth Mortgage Insurance, where he leads the company’s sales team and is responsible for strategic and regional accounts, sales-force effectiveness, sales training and Genworth’s ActionCenter. Prior to joining Genworth in July 2012, Young led regional sales teams as vice president of sales at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. The statements provided are the opinions of Young and do not reflect the views of Genworth or its management.

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