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.