A celebration of the achievements and successes of the real estate community’s best and brightest in the mortgage and finance space.

The 2024 Inman Best of Finance Award Winners

Spencer Dusebout, Founder and CEO, Aidium Mortgage CRM

Glenn Brunker, President, Ally Home

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

Nicole Beatti, CEO, Amrock

Michael Schmeiser, President and CEO, Arch Mortgage Insurance Company

Shmulik Fishman, Founder and CEO , Argyle

Jonathan Haddad, CEO, Association of Independent Mortgage Experts

AJ Barkley, Head of CRA and Neighborhood and Community Lending, Bank of America

Mark Michael, Managing Director and Head of Mortgage Finance, 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 

Oliver Vagner, CTO, Candor Technology

Mark O'Donovan, CEO of Home Lending, Chase

Gary Maughan, EVP, Director of Mortgage Banking, 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

Stephen Ryczek, President and General Manager, Constellation Mortgage Solutions

Jay Kingsley, President, Mortgage Solutions, CoreLogic

Jeffrey Walker, Co-founder and CEO, CredEvolv

Ron Leonhardt, Founder and CEO, CrossCountry Mortgage 

Richard Gagliano, CEO, Dark Matter Technologies

Robert Karraa, President, Residential Lending, DataTrace

Todd Orlando, Co-founder and CEO, Defy Mortgage

Ryan Goldberg, President and CEO, DFCU Financial

Dominic Iannitti, President and CEO, DocMagic

Allan Thygesen, CEO, DocuSign

Max Simkoff, Founder and CEO, Doma

Jarred Kessler , Co-founder and CEO, EasyKnock

Rohit Gupta, President and CEO, Enact

Scott Martino, CEO, Endpoint

Mark Casale, Chairman and CEO, Essent

Christian Faes, Founder and CEO, F2 Finance

Steve Jacobson, CEO, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation

Priscilla Almodovar, President and CEO, Fannie Mae

Mike Nolan, CEO, Fidelity National Financial

Simon Paris, CEO, Finastra

Kenneth DeGiorgio, CEO, First American

Tanya Ceperley, Senior Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions, First American

Keith Canter, CEO, First Community Mortgage

Paul Ottendorf, President, Residential Lending, First Federal Bank

Frank Bisignano, CEO, Fiserv

Lee Smith, EVP and President of Mortgage, 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

Mike Hutchins, President and Interim CEO, Freddie Mac

Greg Middleman, EVP, Freedom Mortgage

Stan Middleman, Founder, President and CEO, Freedom Mortgage

Katie King, Chief Risk Officer and Head of Partnerships, Gateless

Kathryn Amor, SVP, Head of Enterprise Products, Guaranteed Rate

Victor Ciardelli, President and CEO, Guaranteed Rate

Terry Schmidt, CEO, Guild Mortgage

Peter Norden, CEO, Homebridge Financial Services

Drew Uher, Founder and CEO, HomeLight

Jeffrey Glass Jeffrey Glass CEO and Co-founder Hometap

Tim Heyl, Founder and CEO, Homeward

Timothy Bowler, President, ICE Mortgage Technology, ICE

Sean Buckner, President and CEO, Informative Research

Michael Gulitz, CEO, Jungo 

Arvind Mohan, CEO, Kiavi

Sean Black, Co-founder and CEO, Knock

Dawar Alimi, Founder, President and CEO, Lender Price

Justin Demola, President, Lenders One Cooperative

Carter Zimmerman, President, Lendesk

Doug Lebda, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, LendingTree

Laura Escobar, President, Lennar Mortgage

Frank Martell, President and CEO, LoanDepot

Pramod Kollamparambil, Co-founder , Loanscape

Christopher Mayer, CEO, Longbridge Financial

Dan Snyder, Co-founder and CEO, Lower

Ben Madick, Co-founder and CEO, Matic

Rutul Davé, Co-founder and CTO, Maxwell

John Paasonen, Co-founder and CEO, Maxwell

Tim Mattke, CEO, MGIC

Ward Morrison , President and CEO, Motto Mortgage

Casey Crawford, Co-founder and CEO, Movement Mortgage

Jay Bray, Chairman and CEO, Mr. Cooper 

Ben Rempe, President, myCUmortgage

Valerie Saunders, President, National Association of Mortgage Brokers

Adam Pollitzer , President and CEO, National MI

Mary McDuffie, President and CEO, Navy Federal Credit Union

Pierre Naudé, Chairman and CEO, nCino

Curtis Knuth, President and CEO, NCS

Rick and Patty Arvielo , Co-founders and CEOs, New American Funding

Joseph M. Otting, President and CEO, New York Community Bancorp

Baron Silverstein, President, Newrez

Randy VandenHouten , EVP and CFO, Shelter Mortgage

Adi Pavlovic, Co-founder and CEO, Newzip

Mike Kortas, CEO, NEXA Mortgage

Brian Webster, President, NotaryCam

Sam Bobley, Co-founder and CEO, Ocrolus

Glen Messina, Chair, President and CEO, Ocwen

Andy Peach, EVP and Chief Lending Officer , Ocwen

Laura Mowrer, President, SMKT, Old Republic Title

Court Cunningham, Co-founder and CEO, Orchard

Patrick Boyaggi, Co-founder and CEO, Own Up

Neil Fraser, Director of U.S. Operations, Paradatec

Jason Doshi, Co-founder and CEO, Paymints.io

Doug Jones, President and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer, Pennymac

Zach Perret, Co-founder and CEO, Plaid

Michael Dubeck, 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

Bill Emerson, President and COO, Rocket Companies

Varun Krishna, CEO, Rocket Companies

Doug Seabolt, CEO, Rocket Homes

Robert Palmer , Owner and CEO, RP Funding

Geno Paluso, CEO, Sagent

Ben Rubenstein, President and Co-founder, Setpoint

Kurt Carlton, Co-founder, Sherman Bridge Lending

Chris Martin, VP of Business Development - Partnerships, SimpleNexus, an nCino company

Brian Cullen, CEO, SingleSource

Aaron King, Founder and Executive Chairman, Snapdocs

Patrick Burns, Vice President, Product Management, Spruce

Frederick Eppinger, CEO, Stewart Title

Pavan Agarwal, CEO, Sun West Mortgage Company

Anita Padilla-Fitzgerald, President and CEO, Take3Tech and MegaStar Financial Corp 

Scott McCall, President and CEO, Title Resources Group

Greg Schwartz, Co-founder and CEO, Tomo

Chris Cartwright, President and CEO , TransUnion

Ryan Sandler, Co-founder and CEO, Truework

Dontá Wilson, Chief Consumer and Small Business Banking Officer and Member of the Truist Operating Council, Truist

Kirill Klokov, CEO, Truv

Anthony Casa, President and CEO, UMortgage

Bill Cosgrove, CEO, Union Home Mortgage

Thomas Sponholtz, CEO, Unison 

Mat Ishbia, Chairman, President and CEO, United Wholesale Mortgage

Sarah Acosta, SVP, Product and Data Operations, Veros Real Estate Solutions

Mike Yu, Co-founder and CEO, Vesta

 Chris Trujillo, Partner, Viant Eye

Jordan Ross, COO and CIO, Voxtur

Kristy Fercho, Head of Diverse Segments, Representation and Inclusion and Head of Home Lending, Wells Fargo

Steve Ozonian, CEO and President, Williston Financial Group

Patrick Stone, Chairman and Founder, Williston Financial Group

Lane Hornung, Co-founder and CEO, zavvie

Rian Furey, President, Zillow Home Loans