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Management Team

The Outrageously Talented FPF Wholesale employees share a common philosophy-caring for our customers. We take pride in bringing unique knowledge and innovative thinking to each loan. Our employees are the first to tell you that no two loans are alike. Our specialists work to make sure we always do exactly what’s right for you. Over our nineteen year history, we have helped countless individuals, business owners and companies through a wide variety of unique and interesting situations. FPF Wholesale people are constantly looking for the best solution for each borrower.
Leading this All-Star team are some pretty talented executives.

Glenn Stearns, Founder and CEO

Highlights:
- Chairman and Founder of Stearns Corporations
- Board of Directors for Canyon Acres Youth and Family Services
- Founder of Stearns Family Charitable Foundation
- Board of Visitors, Towson University
- 2003 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year
- Winner of TV’s “The Real Gilligan’s Island”

Philanthropies and Memberships:
Canyon Acres Youth and Family Services, Stearns Family Charitable Foundation, Mohamed Ali Parkinson’s Foundation, Crisis Pregnancy, Optimist Youth Homes, Home Aid Orange County, Riverside Sheriff’s Department, Orange County’s Young President’s Organization

Vision is more important to a mortgage company in today’s market than ever before. The dynamics of the information revolution, a shifting financial market, and global competition make Glenn Stearns’ ability to map a pathway to the future invaluable. Good CEO’s are a force for change.

Named Ernst & Young’s 2003 Entrepreneur of the year, Glenn not only has vision, he has the ability to execute. What makes Glenn Stearns different from other banking leaders is his entrepreneurial approach. Glenn recognizes that the old world of mortgage is just that, old. His experience in financial services over the past decade has helped Glenn to implement his vision of creating the new mortgage world. The new world demands service excellence, innovative technology, effective pricing and convenience all focused on customer satisfaction. He has brought ebased solutions to the mortgage processes and identified and implemented best service practices for borrower communication with his Stearns Lending team. Glenn sees Stearns Lending as a responsible leader in this new mortgage world, and is committed to meeting the expectations of clients and customers alike.

Katherine Le, President
Katherine Le's 21 years experience in finance and operations has made her a core element to our success. She brings an exceptionally broad experiential base in her leadership and expertise, which resulted in an unprecedented growth in its operations and performance. Under her leadership, We've grown from 30 employees to 250 employees in under 10 years.

Her vision and clarity of purpose make the delivery systems at Stearns Lending the best in the industry. Katherine's solid judgment and ability to attract and manage talent has given Stearns Lending the potential to produce positive results for employees, customers and investors. Katherine brings an organizational management style that allows for flexibilty in combination with timely delivery systems that are required in today’s competitive mortgage environment. Katherine joined Stearns in 1995. She earned a Bachelors of Art in Business Management from California State University, Fullerton.

Robert Telles, Chief Financial Officer
Bob Telles has been the Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of the Stearns Companies since August 2000. His experience in the mortgage banking industry and within real estate related industries spans a twenty year period in the capacities of CFO, COO, and CEO for such prestigious companies as Laventhol & Horwath CPA’s, Pankow Builders, Inc., Fluor Corporation and Kaufman & Broad.

Bob is a Certified Public Accountant in California and South Dakota. He is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, The California Society of Certified Public Accountants, and The Institute of Management Accountants. In addition, Bob holds a masters degree in taxation and is a California Real Estate Broker. He is dedicated to staying at the forefront of a changing mortgage and accounting industries and continues to expand his knowledge through the pursuit of continuing and higher education.

Kim Day, Senior Vice President, Operations
Kim Day has over twenty-five years experience in the mortgage banking industry. Throughout her career, Kim has focused on growing and optimizing operational excellence in the companies she has led.

Starting as an insurer and then holding various positions in wholesale and retail operations with national, Kim has held leadership positions in both small and large lending companies. Kim has managed almost every function of a lending business including origination, processing, underwriting, secondary marketing, closing, loan delivery, insuring and compliance. As the Sr. Vice President of Operations where her top priorities are customer service, developing talent, and delivering results to investors. She strongly believes in the company’s “I can help you” customer service philosophy.

Laurie Mandir, Executive Vice President, Secondary Marketing
Laurie Mandir's thirty years of mortgage experience in Risk Management and Secondary Marketing have given her the opportunity to grow several small lending companies to billion dollar loan volume-size enterprises.

Laurie has a proven track record in Secondary Marketing, Risk Management and Branch Operations. In her tenure as a lending executive, she has developed extensive expertise in serving wholesale mortgage brokers and retail branches, managing mortgage pipelines and developing new loan products.

Laurie oversees the monitoring of loan inventory and production levels, directs transactions to control interest rate risk and coverage. In addition, Laurie leads the team that sets daily rates, manages locks, and ensures competitive pricing, programs and customer satisfaction.