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In this Girlfunds episode, Finance of America Companies CEO Patti Cook joins us for another episode of the Women of Influence series that spotlights the latest accomplishments of our award winners. As a 2021 Woman of Influence, Cook has been a pioneer in financial services since her earliest days in the industry. Over the course of her career, Cook has held executive roles at numerous companies, including Prudential, JPMorgan, and Freddie Mac.
Cook shares her personal journey for how she got into the industry, as a woman in the finance space who has risen to the highest level of her business. She also addresses one of her most notable accomplishments — taking the company public in the midst of a global pandemic. Now, as CEO, Cook highlights how Finance of America helps advance women into leadership positions and offers other women in the industry advice on how to advance their own careers.

This Girlfunds episode continues the Women of Influence podcast miniseries with 2020 Woman of Influence Crystal Sumner, who serves as head of legal, compliance, and risk at Blend, discusses the company’s recent program announcement to increase access to housing and financial services. 
Sumner shares the trends and topics that she is keeping a close eye on, such as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it is having on the ability to qualify for a mortgage, specifically in regard to minority homeownership.  She also touches on how more consumers feel comfortable with online transactions and the increased adoption of RON legislation

This Girlfunds episode continues the Women of Influence podcast miniseries with Snapdocs' Camelia Martin to talk about the latest changes in digital closings. As Head of Industry and Regulatory Affairs at Snapdocs, Martin keeps a close eye on the rapidly changing digital landscape in the mortgage market, especially when it comes to how digital changes are progressing in government adoption.
When she was named a 2020 Woman of Influence, Martin worked at Falcon Capital Advisors, where she served as managing director of Digital Mortgage Advisory. Throughout her career, Martin has led industry-wide digital mortgage initiatives that have directly supported eNote acceptance programs for key participants such as Ginnie Mae and the Federal Home Loan Banks. Martin is a former MERSCORP executive. She also played a pivotal role in the implementation and adaptation of digital mortgages at MERSCORP. 
During the podcast, she talks about her latest role at Snapdocs and also discusses the current state of the closing industry. 

This Girlfunds episode continues the Women of Influence podcast miniseries with Courtney Graham, who was a 2020 Women of Influence and is a 2021 Marketing Leader. Graham serves as chief marketing officer at Princeton Mortgage where she focuses on scaling the company culture to support its explosive national market expansion. 
Graham is also the driving force behind the creation of Princeton Mortgage’s marketing machine that has been a large driver for increased revenue and production for the mortgage bank. During the interview, Graham talks about her current role as CMO and how she has helped the company achieve record growth.
She wraps by discussing some recent marketing trends that she is closely following and what she thinks it will take to get more women in the industry.

2020 Woman of Influence AJ Barkley joins HousingWire’s Daily's Women of Influence podcast miniseries, which spotlights the program’s winners over the years. Barkley, who is the Neighborhood Lending and Community Lending Executive at Bank of America, discusses her passion to drive successful homeownership among low-to-moderate-income borrowers, underserved communities, and multicultural borrowers in all economic situations.
Along with her main role at Bank of America, Barkley serves as the co-executive sponsor of the Black Professional Group of North Texas and launched the Black Women Ready to Lead initiative. She also shares what her work has been doing over the past year and what she thinks it will take to get more women and diversity into the industry.

Today’s episode of Girlfunds continues the latest guest on the Women of Influence podcast miniseries, 2020 Woman of Influence Courtney Poulos, who is the Broker/Owner of ACME Real Estate and co-founder of ACME Florida.
Poulos began selling real estate in 2005 and has remained dedicated to passing on her knowledge of the real estate market, since then having inspired women to take charge of their future through real estate investment. When Poulos was first named a 2020 Woman of Influence, she was only the Broker/Owner of ACME Real Estate, launching ACME Florida this year. During the interview, she talks about the launch of the brokerage and explores the unique trends happening in the Florida housing market. 
As a mentor to any agents, she also talks about how competitive the market is for real estate agents right now and how they’re staying at the top of their game.