A celebration of the achievements and successes of the real estate community’s best and brightest in the mortgage and finance space.
The Inman Best of Finance Award honors those pushing the envelope and reshaping the homebuying space.
The 2025 Inman Best of Finance Award Winners
Max Slyusarchuk, CEO, A&D Mortgage
Spencer Dusebout, Founder and CEO, Aidium Mortgage CRM
William Shepro, CEO, Altisource
Tony Eelman, President, Amerant Mortgage
Dustin Sheppard, President, American Pacific Mortgage
Josh Adler, President and CEO, AmeriHome Mortgage Company
Patrick Markert, Founder and CEO, AmeriSave Mortgage Corporation
Michael Schmeiser, President and CEO, Arch Mortgage Insurance Company
Shmulik Fishman, Founder and CEO , Argyle
Jonathon Haddad, CEO, Association of Independent Mortgage Experts
Holly O'Neill, President, Consumer, Retail and Preferred, Bank of America
AJ Barkley, Head of CRA and Neighborhood and Community Lending, Bank of America
Tim Nguyen, Co-founder and CEO, BeSmartee
Vishal Garg, Founder and CEO, Better
Nima Ghamsari, Co-Founder and Chief Executive, Blend
Jason Buchanan, Chief Credit and Risk Officer, Blue Federal Credit Union
David Temko, CEO, C2 Financial
Michael Bremer, CEO, Calque
Sean Grzebin, CEO of Home Lending, Chase
Gary Maughan, EVP, Mortgage Banking Director, CIBM Mortgage
Jane Fraser, CEO, Citi
Bruce Van Suan, CEO, Citizens Bank
Duane Andrews, Co-founder and CEO, Clear Capital
Maria Moskver, CEO, Cloudvirga
Christopher George, President and CEO, CMG Financial
Jay Kingsley, President, Cotality
Jeffrey Walker, Co-founder and CEO, CredEvolv
Ron Leonhardt, Founder and CEO, CrossCountry Mortgage
Sean Dugan, CEO, Dark Matter Technologies
Robert Karraa, President, DataTrace
Todd Orlando, Co-founder and CEO, Defy Mortgage
Allan Thygesen, CEO, DocuSign
Max Simkoff, Founder and CEO, Doma
Rohit Gupta, President and CEO, Enact
Scott Martino, CEO, Endpoint
Mark Casale, Chairman and CEO, Essent
Andrew Leff, SVP, Head of National Business Development, Evergreen Home Loans
Robert Lipston , Executive Vice President, Head of Production, Evergreen Home Loans
Steve Jacobson, CEO, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation
Mike Nolan, CEO, Fidelity National Financial
Graham Fleming, CEO, Finance of America
Mark Seaton, CEO, First American
Tanya Ceperley, SVP of Mergers & Acquisitions, First American
Keith Canter, CEO, First Community Mortgage
Mike Lyons, CEO, Fiserv
Lee Smith, EVP and Chief Financial Officer, Flagstar Bank
Sofia Rossato, President and General Manager, Floify
Peter Bowman, Co-founder and CEO, Flueid
Tushar Garg, Co-founder and CEO, Flyhomes
Brent Chandler, Founder and CEO, FormFree
Landy Liu, CEO, Foyer
Greg Middleman, Executive Vice President, Freedom Mortgage
Stan Middleman, Founder, President and CEO, Freedom Mortgage
Katie King, Chief Risk Officer, Head of Partnerships, Gateless
Michael Isaacs, CEO, Go Mortgage
Kathryn Amor, SVP, Head of Enterprise Products, Rate
Victor Ciardelli, President and CEO, Rate
Terry Schmidt, President, Guild Mortgage
Peter Norden, CEO, Homebridge Financial Services
Drew Uher, Founder and CEO, HomeLight
Jeffrey Glass, Co-founder and CEO, Hometap
Tim Heyl, Founder and CEO, Homeward
Timothy Bowler, President, ICE Mortgage Technology, ICE
Sean Buckner, President and CEO, Informative Research
Kelley Hailstone, President, Jet HomeLoans
Arvind Mohan, CEO, Kiavi
Sean Black, Co-founder and CEO, Knock
Dawar Alimi, Founder, CEO and President, Lender Price
Chris Martin, Head of Business Development, Lender
Justin Demola, President, Lenders One Cooperative
Carter Zimmerman, President, Lendesk
Doug Lebda, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, LendingTree
Laura Escobar , President, Lennar Mortgage
Anthony Hsieh , President, Executive Chairman and Interim CEO, LoanDepot
Christopher Mayer, CEO, Longbridge Financial
Dan Snyder, Co-founder & CEO, Lower
Ben Madick,Co-founder and CEO, Matic
Rutul Davé, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Maxwell
John Paasonen, Co-founder and CEO, Maxwell
Tim Mattke, CEO, MGIC
Casey Crawford, Co-founder and CEO, Movement Mortgage
Jay Bray, Chairman and CEO, Mr. Cooper
Paul Sutor, President, myCUmortgage
Valerie Saunders, Chief Executive Strategist , National Association of Mortgage Brokers
Adam Pollitzer, President and CEO, National MI
Mary McDuffie, President and CEO, Navy Federal Credit Union
Rick and Patty Arvielo , Co-founders and CEOs, New American Funding
Baron Silverstein, President, Newrez
Adi Pavlovic, Co-founder and CEO, Newzip
Mike Kortas, CEO, NEXA Mortgage
Brian Webster, President, NotaryCam
Sam Bobley, Co-founder and CEO, Ocrolus
Andy Peach, EVP and Chief Lending Officer , Onity
Glen Messina, Chair, President and CEO, Onity
Laura Mowrer, EVP, Orion Technologies, Old Republic Title Tech
Joe Tyrrell, CEO, Optimal Blue
Erin Wester, CPO, Optimal Blue
Court Cunningham, Co-founder and CEO, Orchard
Patrick Boyaggi, Co-founder and CEO, Own Up
Neil Fraser, Director of U.S. Operations, Paradatec
Doug Jones, President and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer, Pennymac
Zach Perret, Co-founder and CEO, Plaid
Michael Dubreck, President and CEO, Planet Home Lending
Alex Overstrom, EVP, Head of Retail Banking, PNC Bank
Eddie Lim, Co-founder, Point
Matt Ellis, SVP, PointServ
Adam Carmel, Founder and CEO, Polly
Steve Thompson, President and CEO, PrimeLending
Pat Kinsel, Founder and CEO, Proof
Rick Thornberry, CEO, Radian
Raunaq Singh, Founder and CEO, Roam
Nicole Beattie, CEO, Rocket Close
Shawn Malhotra, CTO, Rocket Companies
Bill Emerson, President and COO, Rocket Companies
Varun Krishna, CEO, Rocket Companies
Dan Sogorka, General Manager, Rocket Pro
Robert Palmer, Owner and CEO, RP Funding
Geno Paluso, CEO, Sagent
Jaime Gow, CFO, Sagent
Ben Rubenstein, President and Co-founder, Setpoint
Randy VandenHouten, SVP Joint Venture and Retail Lending, Shelter Mortgage
Brian Cullen, CEO, SingleSource
Aaron King, Founder and Executive Chairman, Snapdocs
Patrick Burns, Vice President Product Management, Spruce
Frederick Eppinger, CEO, Stewart Title
Owen Lee, Co-ow, CEO, Sun West Mortgage Company
Steve Majerus, CEO, Synergy One Lending
Anita Padilla, President and CEO, Take3Tech and MegaStar Financial Corp
Scott McCall, President and CEO, Title Resources Group
Chris Cartwright, President and CEO, TransUnion
Dontá Wilson, Chief Consumer and Small Business Banking Officer and member of the Truist Operating Council, Truist
Kirill Klokov, CEO, Truv
Bill Cosgrove, CEO, Union Home Mortgage
Thomas Sponholtz, CEO, Unison
Jason Bressler, CTO, United Wholesale Mortgage
Mat Ishbia, Chairman, President and CEO, United Wholesale Mortgage
James Riccitelli, CEO, Unlock Technologies
Sarah Petteway-Dib, SVP, Product and Data Operations, Veros Real Estate Solutions
Mike Yu, Co-founder and CEO, Vesta
Nathan Long, CEO, Veterans United Home Loans
Chris Trujillo, Trujillo Partner, Viant Eye
Kristy Williams Fercho, Head of Diverse Segments, Representation and Inclusion, Wells Fargo
Kevin Reen, CEO, Wells Fargo Home Lending
Steve Ozonian, CEO and President, Williston Financial Group
Patrick Stone, Chairman and Founder, Williston Financial Group
Shelley Leonard, President, Xactus
Lane Hornung, Co-founder and CEO, zavvie
Rian Furey, President, Zillow Home Loans
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