Announcing the 2026 Finance Leaders

By Housing News

HousingWire
is
proud
to
unveil
the
2026
Finance
Leaders,
honoring
30
executives
who
are
redefining
financial
leadership
across
mortgage,
real
estate
and
homebuilding.
These
leaders
are
steering
their
organizations
with
strategic
precision

strengthening
balance
sheets,
optimizing
capital
deployment
and
building
resilient
operations
in
a
market
defined
by
volatility
and
transformation.

The
Finance
Leaders
award
recognizes
executives
who
operate
at
the
center
of
business
strategy.
From
enhancing
liquidity
and
expanding
margins
to
driving
disciplined
growth
and
unlocking
new
capital
opportunities,
this
year’s
honorees
represent
the
financial
architects
behind
some
of
housing’s
most
competitive
and
forward-focused
organizations.

Congratulations
to
the
2026
Finance
Leaders.
Take
a
look
below
to
see
the
full
list
of
honorees.

Name Job
Title
Company
Name

Amber
Kramer
Chief
Financial
Officer
Guild
Mortgage

Ankur
Jain
Chief
Financial
Officer
HomeLight

Aurora
Swithenbank
Executive
Vice
President,
Chief
Financial
Officer
National
MI

Brian
Holland
Group
Founder
and
Chief
Executive
Officer
Atlantic
Bay
Mortgage

Chris
Medvidofsky
Director,
Financial
Planning
and
Analysis
Dark
Matter
Technologies

Chris
McLendon
Chief
Revenue
Officer
Tidalwave

Dan
Perotti
Chief
Financial
Officer
PennyMac

Dart
Budz
Chief
Financial
Officer
Lower

Dave
Orloff
Chief
Executive
Officer
American
Heritage
Lending

David
Dam
Chief
Financial
Officer
ATTOM

Ellen
Coleman
Chief
Financial
Officer
Acra
Lending

H.
Marc
Helm
President
and
Chief
Executive
Officer
ReverseAmerica
Advisors,
Inc.
(RAA),
Mortgage
Consultants
of
America
(MCA)
and
Transformational
Mortgage
Solutions
(TMS)

Jason
Baker
Executive
Vice
President,
Capital
Markets
InterLinc
Mortgage
Services

Jeff
Lainer
Vice
President,
Financial
Planning
and
Analysis
Stewart
Title

Jeff
Maddigan
Chief
Financial
Officer
Servbank

Jeremy
Ask
Vice
President,
Finance
and
Analytics
Supreme
Lending

Jesse
Hill
Chief
Financial
Officer
eXp
World
Holdings

June
Campbell
Chief
Financial
Officer
SitusAMC

Len
Krupinski
Chief
Operating
Officer
Fairway
Home
Mortgage

Mark
Schafer
Chief
Financial
Officer
Stellar
MLS

Matthew
Wajner
Chief
Financial
Officer
First
American
Financial
Corporation

Michelle
Richardson
Senior
Vice
President,
Chief
Financial
Officer
Plaza
Home
Mortgage

Mike
Leone
Chief
Financial
Officer
Bright
MLS

Mills
Landon
Chief
Financial
Officer
New
American
Funding

Nikki
Rock
Business
Unit
Controller
Newrez

Paul
Warner
Chief
Financial
Officer,
Consumer/Real
Estate
Lending
Truist

Ravi
Jani
Chief
Financial
Officer
The
Real
Brokerage

Rob
Wilson
Treasurer Better
Home
&
Finance

Sean
Kennelly
Senior
Vice
President,
Finance
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Taylor
Potter
Chief
Operating
Officer
Ardley

 

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