Tara Ryan
Senior Loan Officer -- NMLS #233792
Tara has been helping clients obtain home financing since retiring from Corporate America in 2004. She holds a bachelors of electrical engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Emory’s Goizueta Business School. Tara especially enjoys working with first time home buyers to help educate and make them feel comfortable navigating the home finance maze.
Richard Ryan
Branch Manager -- NMLS #169310
Richard is also an electrical engineer from Georgia Tech. He retired from Corporate America in 2002 to begin his mortgage career. As branch manager, he is responsible for managing processes and people to ensure a smooth on-time closing. He leans heavily on technology to help the entire team communicate efficiently and to identify potential problems early in the process.
Tania Ward
Client Concierge: Contract To Close
Tania helps our clients from the time that they go under contract through closing. Tania collects all supporting documents including paystubs, w-2s, tax returns, bank statements, etc and packages the loan file for our underwriting and closing teams.
Anna Davis
Client Concierge: Contract To Close
Anna helps our clients from the time that they go under contract through closing. Anna collects all supporting documents including paystubs, w-2s, tax returns, bank statements, etc and packages the loan file for our underwriting and closing teams.
Stefanie Calrow
Client Concierge: Contact to Contract
Stefanie is most likely the person you speak to when you first call our office. She handles guiding our clients through the pre-approval process from first contact until they find their dream home and go under contract. Stefanie uses her many years of banking experience to help ensure that any potential problems are discovered and solved early in the process.
Caroline James
Marketing Specialist
Caroline uses her years of marketing experience to provide marketing support to our team. She manages our facebook page, schedules events for our referral partners, and works with our corporate marketing team to design collateral material specific to the Atlanta market.
Elaine Edgeworth
Marketing Specialist
Elaine works closely with our partner real estate agents and helps our branch with event planning and marketing support.
Dijana Saric
Executive Assistant
Dijana manages Tara’s schedule and keeps our entire office running smoothly. She holds a Math Degree from Georgia Tech and her excellent analytical skills are very valuable to our team. Dijana is originally from Croatia.