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The 2020 list of HousingWire Vanguard potential candidates was more competitive than ever before. On any other given year, many would have easily won \u2013 but this was not any other year. The competition was fierce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But even more impressive was the back story behind many of our top housing executives. Just over 20% of this year\u2019s Vanguards are women. This is not the 50% I hope we will someday see, but it is far above the 7% level of top female executives at Fortune 100 companies. Women today enjoy a much more level playing field, where hard work and determination are some of the largest factors in their success, but that wasn\u2019t always the case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We frequently see executive women who started their career as a secretary at their financial firms because that was the only position available to women at the time \u2013 then later ran that same company. In one instance, a woman became the first female member of the executive team, and the board had to change where it met because the place that it was using for business meetings at the time did not allow women to enter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of this year\u2019s winners fought through varying hardships to get to where they are today. One of the 2020 HousingWire Vanguards, William Lyons, appeared on season 4 of Shark Tank to ask for an investment on his real estate investing website. The judges were unimpressed and tanked his idea, saying they didn\u2019t \u201cunderstand how it\u2019s possible to make estimations on value,\u201d and that they didn\u2019t \u201cbelieve Bill has a real business concept.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say, Lyons did not stop there, and now runs Griffin Funding, which has been recognized by Inc 500 and the Fastest 100 in San Diego County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s Vanguards are filled with success stories \u2013 the executives that made it to the top, and now dominate the housing industry. Click through to read their stories below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nick Bailey,<\/strong> Chief Customer Officer, RE\/MAX<\/a>
Gary Beasley<\/strong>, CEO and Cofounder, Roofstock<\/a>
John Berkowitz<\/strong>, Cofounder and CEO, OJO Labs<\/a>
Paul Buege<\/strong>, President and Chief Operating Officer, Inlanta Mortgage, Inc.<\/a>
Christy Bunce<\/strong>, Chief Operating Officer, New American Funding<\/a>
Chris Cordry<\/strong>, Executive Vice President and Senior Director Capital Markets, PrimeLending<\/a>
Donna Corley<\/strong>, Executive Vice President and Head of the Single-Family Business, Freddie Mac<\/a>
Thomas Cronkright<\/strong>, Cofounder and CEO, CertifID<\/a>
Sean Dobson<\/strong>, Chairman and CEO, Amherst<\/a>
Robert D\u2019Urbano<\/strong>, Chief Information Officer, Freedom Mortgage Corporation<\/a>
John Elias<\/strong>, Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer, Guaranteed Rate<\/a>
Shirley Finucan<\/strong>, Chief Operating Officer, Southern Trust Mortgage<\/a>
Katie Foster<\/strong>, Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, United Wholesale Mortgage<\/a>
Brian Francis<\/strong>, Chief Technology Officer, FormFree<\/a>
Josh Friend<\/strong>, Founder and CEO, Insellerate<\/a>
Richard Gagliano<\/strong>, President, Black Knight Origination Technologies, Black Knight, Inc.<\/a>
Nima Ghamsari<\/strong>, Cofounder and CEO, Blend<\/a>
Sarah Gonzalez<\/strong>, Chief Operating Officer, First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation<\/a>
Joel Gottsegen<\/strong>, Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer, Qualia<\/a>
Ernie Graham<\/strong>, Chief Executive Officer, Homebot<\/a>
Chris Heller<\/strong>, Chief Real Estate Officer, OJO Labs<\/a>
Neenu Kainth<\/strong>, Chief Digital Officer, Mr. Cooper Group<\/a>
Tawn Kelley<\/strong>, President, Taylor Morrison Home Funding<\/a>
Aaron King<\/strong>, Founder and CEO, Snapdocs<\/a>
Karthik Kumar<\/strong>, Mortgage Practice Head, Tata Consultancy Services<\/a>
Joe Langner<\/strong>, President, ReverseVision<\/a>
Suzy Lindblom<\/strong>, Chief Operating Officer, Planet Home Lending, LLC<\/a>
Gene Ludwig<\/strong>, Founder, Promontory MortgagePath<\/a>
William Lyons<\/strong>, President and CEO, Griffin Funding, Inc.<\/a>
Jane Mason<\/strong>, Founder and CEO, Clarifire<\/a>
Bill Neville<\/strong>, CEO, LoanLogics<\/a>
Willie Newman<\/strong>, President and CEO, Home Point Financial<\/a>
Frank Nothaft<\/strong>, Chief Economist, CoreLogic<\/a>
Steve Ozonian<\/strong>, CEO, Williston Financial Group Family of Companies<\/a>
Thomas Pearce<\/strong>, CEO and Chairman of the Board, MAXEX<\/a>
Kurt Pfotenhauer<\/strong>, Vice Chairman, First American<\/a>
Jay Promisco<\/strong>, Chief Production Officer, Sierra Pacific Mortgage<\/a>
Ken Richey<\/strong>, Partner and Founder, Richey May and Co<\/a>
Gretchen Rosenberg<\/strong>, President and CEO, Kentwood Real Estate<\/a>
Alex Rosenblum<\/strong>, CEO, Axia Home Loans<\/a>
Glenn Sanford<\/strong>, CEO, eXp World Holdings<\/a>
Brian Simons<\/strong>, President, Maxwell<\/a>
Dan Sogorka<\/strong>, President and CEO, Sagent Lending Technologies<\/a>
Dave Stevenson<\/strong>, Chief Technology Officer, SimpleNexus<\/a>
Ike Suri<\/strong>, Chairman and CEO, Fundingshield LLC<\/a>
Tony Thompson<\/strong>, Founder and CEO, National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America<\/a>
David Townsend<\/strong>, President and CEO, Agents National Title Ins Co<\/a>
Rick Triola<\/strong>, CEO, NotaryCam<\/a>
Joe Welu<\/strong>, CEO, Total Expert<\/a>
Leslie Winick<\/strong>, Chief Strategy Officer, Mortgage Capital Trading<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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