Rocket
Pro
confirmed
the
news
in
an
email
to
HousingWire
Wednesday,
adding
that
Sweeney
starts
today
and
that
Rocket
employees
found
out
about
the
news
this
morning.
A
spokesperson
from
the
company
wrote
“Katie
has
dedicated
her
career
to
helping
improve
and
grow
the
broker
community
through
leadership
positions
at
ARIVE,
AIME
and

Broker
Action
Coalition
(BAC).
Now
she
is
continuing
that
important
work
at

Rocket
Pro.”

In
the
newly-created
role,
Sweeney
will
report
to
Rocket
Pro
General
Manager
Dan
Sogorka
and
will
focus
on
ensuring
that
Rocket
is
aligned
with
federal
policy
positions
and
that
Rocket’s
story
and
history
are
better
communicated
to
customers.

“‘I’ve
known
[Katie]
for
a
long
time,
and
she
was
one
of
the
people
that
was
top
of
mind
when
I
started
at
Rocket
Pro,”
Sogorka
shared
in
an
interview
with
HousingWire.
“Our
goal
at
Rocket
Pro
is
to
be
America’s
most
trusted
home
ownership
team,
and
that
means
us,
the
people
that
we
work
with,
and
our
broker
partners.
Broker
advocacy
is
more
important
than
ever,
and
Katie’s
been
the
most
well-known
broker
advocate
in
the
space.”

Sweeney
shared
that
she
bonded
with
Rocket
through
BAC.
“That
was
our
first
real
interaction
with
one
another,
so
I
think
we’re
already
very
aligned
federally
with
BAC’s
objectives,”
she
said.
“I
think
the
advocacy
component
[of
my
new
role]
is
going
to
be
a
great
piece
of
my
role,
but
I’m
excited
that
there
are
a
handful
of
other
opportunities
that
I’ll
have
such
as
continuing
the
concept
of
democratizing
technology
for
small
businesses.”

Sweeney
will

remain
as
a
board
advisor
to
BAC.
In
her
post
announcing
the
transition,
Sweeney
wrote
“I’m
so
proud
of
everything
we’ve
accomplished
at
the
BAC
in
the
past
two
and
a
half
years,
and
I’m
excited
to
continue
supporting
this
amazing
team
in
a
new
capacity.
We’ve
brought
awareness,
credibility,
and
action
to
a
grassroots
movement
built
for
and
by
mortgage
brokers
—
and
there
is
so
much
more
we
will
accomplish
in
2025
and
beyond.”

Sweeney
previously
led
the


Association
of
Independent
Mortgage
Experts
(AIME)
as
its
CEO
until
March
2024.

“Our
objective
[at
AIME]
was
always
to
bring
as
many
people
from
diverse
backgrounds
together
as
possible.
In
my
time
there,
we
grew
by
over
400%
but
more
than
that,
we
diversified.
We
went
from
less
than
10%
female
membership
to
close
to
50%.
None
of
that
was
focused
on
who
did
business
with
what
lender.
That
was
never
a
stance
that
I
wanted
to
take,
nor
did
I
feel
was
appropriate
for
aim
to
be
involved
in.
That
hasn’t
always
been
the
history
of
that
association,
but
it
certainly
was
the
truth
when
I
was
there,”
Sweeney
said.

Sweeney
also
held
former
posts
at

ARIVE
as
its
EVP,
strategy
and
was
the
vice
president
of
front-end
solutions
at


Pacific
Union
Financial.
She
has
been
named
as
a

2023
HousingWire
Vanguard
and
a
HW
Woman
of
Influence
in

2022
and

2023.