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Melinda Wilner is UWM’s Chief Operating Officer, a position she has held since 2015. In this role, she leads over 5,000 team members in underwriting and operations, where she sets a new standard for excellence by focusing on efficiency, accessibility and service. Melinda works in lockstep with IT and oversees the largest collective group of teams at UWM, where she constantly strives to streamline the lending process for mortgage brokers and borrowers nationwide. Melinda originally joined UWM in 2011 as Underwriting Manager and has held positions such as Head of Underwriting and Chief Risk Officer. Melinda is a 2017 HousingWire Vanguard award winner and received a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University.

Sarah DeCiantis has been UWM’s Chief Marketing Officer since 2017. In this position, she leads all marketing, advertising, and external and internal communications efforts. She joined UWM in 2014 as Vice President, Marketing; prior to that, she was the Director of Partnership Marketing for Palace Sports and Entertainment and the Detroit Pistons. She also worked for 10 years at nationally recognized advertising agencies including Doner, Campbell-Ewald and McCann Worldgroup. Sarah was recognized as one of the mortgage industry’s “Hot 100” by Mortgage Professional America in 2019 and was named one of the “Top 40 under 40” by National Mortgage Professional magazine in 2017. She was also awarded the 2019 Vanguard award by HousingWire. Most recently, Sarah was awarded the Crain’s Detroit Business “40 under 40” award for 2020. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University.

Matt Roslin is UWM’s Executive Vice President, Investor Relations and Legal Affairs. Prior to joining the company in 2013, he spent eight years at Flagstar Bancorp, Inc., where he served as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer and more recently has served as a board member or senior advisor to several other companies in the residential mortgage through RMS Group, LLC, a consulting firm that he founded. In addition to his executive role at UWM, Matt is a partner in Alidade Capital, a Registered Investment Advisor that sponsors pooled investment vehicles that invest in Commercial Real Estate. He received a bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a JD from the University of California Los Angeles, School of Law.

Tim Forrester is UWM’s Chief Financial Officer, a position that makes ample use of his ability to prepare for divergent outcomes in a highly variable business. He oversees all financial aspects of the organization, from financial reporting to liquidity management, and even though his depth with numbers is expected, Tim brings a relationship-first service philosophy to the table in all aspects of his work. Tim has 30+ years of experience including client service, auditing, accounting, financial reporting, hedging, capital markets, consulting, mergers & acquisitions, compliance, risk management, litigation support, as well as leading teams of varied sizes and depth of technical focus. Tim’s prior experiences extend beyond mortgage companies, including finance/leasing companies, merchant credit card processors and depository institutions which helps to draw on greater potential solutions. Prior to joining UWM in 2012, Tim was a partner in the Capital Markets Group at Deloitte & Touche USA LLP as well as an audit partner where he led the firm’s national mortgage banking practice as well as the development and leadership of an office. Tim was also a member of Mortgage Bankers’ Association of America’s Finance Committee for many years and was elected as a member of the MBA’s Commercial Mortgage Board of Governors, where he was the only Big 4 representative. Tim received a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University.