Mortgage Marketing Expert

Clayton Collins is the President & CEO at HousingWire and Founder & Managing Partner of Riomar Capital. Previously, Clayton worked at RBC Capital Markets in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group and was Vice President of National Sales and Marketing at Citibank.    Clayton completed his MBA at The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. He graduated from Elon University with a BS in Business Administration. At HousingWire, he leads corporate strategy, product and editorial roadmap, and focuses on building a world-class team of business media professionals. 

Cindy Ertman is National Success Strategist for RPM Mortgage, a division of LendUS, and is the CEO & Founder of Mortgage Master Pro & The Defining Difference.  Cindy was recognised as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Mortgage Executives in America by Mortgage Executive Magazine for 4 years in a row and was named in the Top 100 Mortgage Loan Originators in the U.S. by Mortgage Originator Magazine for more than a decade.  Cindy has now dedicated her life to empowering the growth of others, and has a goal to help her clients get more out of life by making powerful, intentional choices to propel their income and achieve their peak performance, nurture their health and wellness, build connected referral relationships and accelerate their success in 7 key areas of their life by removing the blocks that limit their potential.

Jen Du Plessis is a highly sought after speaker, author, consultant, trainer, and coach. She is the author of of “LAUNCH! How to Take your Business to New Heights” & founder/host of the Mortgage Lending Mastery Podcast. In Jen’s workshops and training sessions she shares strategies she has applied in reaching her annual goals, while still maintaining a commanding lifestyle. Jen advises and guides her personal coaching clients through systems, structure, implementation and goal setting based on her own experience. Jen began her mortgage career in 1983, after studying Architectural Design & Construction Engineering at Colorado State University. Jennifer has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post; and is a regular contributor to Mortgage Executive Magazine and Mortgage Women Magazine. She has been on Good Morning America, Sirius/XM Radio and Federal News Radio. Jennifer has been an adjunct Professor with several Universities in the Mid-Atlantic area. She has been named in the Top 1% and Top 200 Loan Originators in the US.

Michael Maher is the CEO of REFERCO, The World’s Leading Authority on Referrals.  Michael went from a shack in a small town in Kansas to a prominent speaker, coach, and best-selling author.  His book “The Seven Levels of Communication” has been #1 in the Amazon Real Estate Sales category for over 8 years, and has helped create a community of loyal followers known as The Generosity Generation, who believe in a kinder, gentler, and far more effective form of selling.  Michael’s wisdom and systems have made it to the top of the industry and provided him the opportunity to share the stage with some of the best in the real estate and mortgage industries.  His GenGen events are one of the highest attended local real estate events across the US.  When he is not traveling to speak, Michael resides at his home in Atlanta, GA with his son Max, wife Sheri, and rescue dog Lucky.

Matt Ahlmann is a social media strategist, and top level mortgage professional, who is recognised as an industry leader when it comes to digital and social marketing by offering the best trainings and latest information in the business.  Initially known for developing the most comprehensive Facebook curriculum, his teachings continue to prove fantastic results.   Matt has mastered the art of taking a rather complex issue and simplifying it for all who attend his training sessions. His ability to understand consumer behaviour through obsessive research, allows him to leverage his humorous yet transparent delivery to help others identify the type of creative content needed in order to grab the attention of their target audience.

Kelly Resendez is a writer, speaker, EVP at Paramount Partners Group, and founder of Foundation to Sustainable Success as well as Big Voices a women empowered network. She has published two books Foundation to Sustainable Success and the recent best-seller Big Voices.     Kelly has more than 20 years of professional growth and success in the mortgage industry. She was a top producing mortgage originator and loan consultant and consistently funded over 100 million a year with 80% of her business as purchase volume.  She credits her success to becoming the best person she can be and a lifelong journey to learn success principles to propel her business forward.

Bill Hart is an executive coach for Building Champions with roughly 12,000 hours in the coach’s chair, and has interviewed over 200 of the country’s top sales professionals and sales leaders in the past 20 years.  He speaks to audiences of sales professionals across North America, as well as twice a year in Australia, on the best practices he’s learned from top players in that space.   Bill recently finished writing his first book “White Collar Warrior – Lessons for Sales Professionals from America’s Military Elite” where he draws comparisons between the best our military produces and the most effective sales professionals.  He resides in Moorpark, California with his wife Toni.

Dave Savage is the founder of Mortgage Coach, has over 30 years experience as a mobile tech pioneer and a mortgage industry agent of change. Committed to educating and preparing lenders and loan officers for the Digital Mortgage Revolution, Dave is often invited to company keynote and industry events such as MBA Tech, Sales Mastery and the Mastermind Summit. He also facilitates the Mortgage Coach Productivity Mastermind group on Facebook to help mortgage professionals connect and learn from each other. Dave helps all originators achieve their personal and company best by creating weekly interviews with top producers and other industry leaders, and sharing these stories and strategies on the Mortgage Coach YouTube channel. To date, Dave has interviewed more than 1,000 leaders and the Mortgage Coach channel has been described as the most valuable YouTube channel for mortgage professionals.

Todd Bookspan is the founder of Win By Noon, a business planner designed to help sales professionals change their daily focus and find success in reaching their targeted goals.  Todd is also a business coach and mentor to top sales performers and business executives, a frequent speaker at industry events, and co-host of the weekly Mortgage Coach Productivity Mastermind.    Todd was a $100M plus mortgage originator, consistently ranking in the top 25 mortgage originators in the US for closed loans per year.  Todd used his experiences originating mortgages, along with his years of coaching and mentoring, to create efficient sales and productivity processes.  Todd’s mission is to teach others how to be mindful and disciplined in their daily activities in order to consistently accomplish their most important priorities and reach their goals.  

Casey Cunningham is the CEO of XINNIX, the Mortgage Academy.  With more than 30 years of diverse retail mortgage banking experience, Casey is one of the most influential and trusted leaders in the industry. A close adviser to prominent executives across the nation, she has the proven ability to lead and transform organizations. Casey served as Executive Vice President of a $4 billion dollar mortgage company and earned recognition as one of the highest-ranking mortgage executives in the nation.  Casey established XINNIX, the Mortgage Academy, in 2002 and has recruited and led talented men and women from diverse industries to help XINNIX become the most recognized and acclaimed sales and leadership training academy in the mortgage industry. Her passion for professional standards, education, sales productivity and accountability has empowered professionals across the nation to experience more fulfilling and productive careers.