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Meet our leadership. This is APM.

Meet APM's Production Leaders

At American Pacific Mortgage, our approach to leadership is guided by our company core values of transparency, scrappy, and respect. From strategic decision-making that shapes our company’s direction to the daily interactions with our clients, referral partners, and team members, these values are at the forefront of everything we do as an organization.

 

These individuals play a role with production every day. Though this doesn’t include all the leaders at APM, these are the individuals we want you to know while exploring.

Executive Leadership

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Ned is responsible for all aspects of production, sales, growth & expansion, and operations for the company.

Ned is responsible for all aspects of production, sales, growth & expansion, and operations for the company.

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Ned Payant

CEO

Dustin is responsible for APM enterprise production, including regional teams, production technology, onboarding, recruiting and the corporate loan team.
Dustin is responsible for APM enterprise production, including regional teams, production technology, onboarding, recruiting and the corporate loan team.

Dustin is responsible for APM enterprise production, including regional teams, production technology, onboarding, recruiting and the corporate loan team.

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Dustin Sheppard

President

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Prateek oversees all areas of finance, accounting, treasury, payroll, and servicing at American Pacific Mortgage (APM). He also works with senior leadership as a key strategic partner to grow APM’s lending platform.

Prateek oversees all areas of finance, accounting, treasury, payroll, and servicing at American Pacific Mortgage (APM). He also works with senior leadership as a key strategic partner to grow APM’s lending platform.

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Prateek Khokhar

Chief Financial Officer

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Marty is responsible for Compliance oversight including licensing, advertising, disclosures, state/federal examinations and regulations, privacy, ECOA, HMDA, and fair lending.

Marty is responsible for Compliance oversight including licensing, advertising, disclosures, state/federal examinations and regulations, privacy, ECOA, HMDA, and fair lending.

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Marty Allred

Chief Compliance Officer

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Michele is responsible for the overall daily operations and strategy of all APM infrastructure, systems, software applications, data, development, technical support and security; supporting the organization at a nationwide level.

Michele is responsible for the overall daily operations and strategy of all APM infrastructure, systems, software applications, data, development, technical support and security; supporting the organization at a nationwide level.

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Michele Buschman

Chief Information Officer

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In Chito's role as CIO, she oversees all elements of pricing and selling of loans.

In Brock's role as SVP of Capital Markets, he oversees all elements of pricing and selling of loans.

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Brock Homer

SVP Capital Markets

Production Leadership

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Michael’s vast experience and focus on growth help him excel at integration, technology utilization, financial health and production expansion.

Michael oversees driving business & operational performance improvements across our organization

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Michael Guidotti

Chief Performance Officer

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Jason oversees his team’s growth initiatives and leadership strategies, with a focus on technology implementation.

Jason oversees his team’s growth initiatives and leadership strategies, with a focus on technology implementation.

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Jason Ponsonby

SVP Production

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Kevin manages and grows APM’s corporate retail branch presence through his role as the regional sales leader for the Southwest.

Kevin manages and grows APM’s corporate retail branch presence through his role as the regional sales leader for the Southwest.

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Kevin Caruana

VP Production

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Suzi Bertino is the Regional Vice President of the Central Valley California Region. Her leadership style involves thinking like a producer so she and her team can provide originators what they need to make homeownership a reality in the communities they serve.

Suzi Bertino is the Regional Vice President of the Central Valley California Region. Her leadership style involves thinking like a producer so she and her team can provide originators what they need to make homeownership a reality in the communities they serve.

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Suzi Bertino

RVP Production

Strategic Growth

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With an eye for expansion, Dustin Block leads APM’s growth efforts, overseeing the company’s production recruiting for all models.

With an eye for expansion, Dustin Block leads APM’s growth efforts, overseeing the company’s production recruiting for all models.

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Dustin Block

VP – Strategic Growth

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As the director of recruiting, Kelly leads APM’s expansion efforts nationwide. The recruiting team assists APM branches with growth, as well as adding new production teams to the company.

As the director of recruiting, Kelly leads APM’s expansion efforts nationwide. The recruiting team assists APM branches with growth, as well as adding new production teams to the company.

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Kelly Koleber

Director of Recruiting

Integration Team

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Lindsay ensures APM runs smoothly for all by overseeing the loan team branch and central processing, as well as the Integration Experience.
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Lindsay Writter

Director of Integration

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Heather oversees the integration experience for branches as well as individual loan officers to ensure a seamless transition to APM.

Heather Rigano

Integration Manager

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CONTACT

American Pacific Mortgage
Corporate Office
3000 Lava Ridge Court
Suite 200
Roseville, CA 95661

916.960.1325

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