Meet Our Team

A universally respected veteran of four presidential administrations (both Republican and Democrat), Montgomery most recently served as Deputy Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

With more than 37 years in the mortgage industry, Becker recently served as Chief Risk Officer for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), responsible for implementing the agency’s comprehensive risk governance infrastructure and the independent monitoring and reporting of FHA’s financial, mortgage credit, counterparty credit, and operational risks.

Over 35 years working in the mortgage industry, Oppenheimer recently served as Senior Advisor to the FHA Commissioner, where he was responsible for advising the Commissioner on updating FHA’s Single Family servicing policies to support sustainable homeownership, aligning FHA with industry best practices for Single Family servicing, and supporting FHA’s technology modernization initiative, FHACatal

Considered a leading expert in both Public Housing and Community Development programs, Kurtz has spent his professional career working in the affordable housing industry at the state, local, and federal levels.

Marshall recently served as Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) at HUD, advising the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on policy matters, research and demonstrations, economic information, innovation, international programs, and philanthropic initiatives.

A highly respected executive with 38 years of extensive experience in the commercial real estate industry, renowned for his business acumen, innovation, and global perspective, Powel serves as a Senior Advisor to the Gate House family of companies providing strategic counsel and industry insights.

Sherry Walton is a Senior Consultant with Gate House Strategies. She brings extensive experience and expertise in the areas of Multi-Family and Single-Family risk and default management, portfolio management, servicing operations, REO dispositions, asset management, and development of new servicing initiatives.

Tom Wells is a Senior Consultant with Gate House Strategies. He served as Senior Director of Client Credit Management with Freddie Mac before retiring from Freddie Mac, where he was responsible for all front-line credit risk management of over 1,000 lenders with sales over $300 billion

Gerry Flood is a Senior Consultant with Gate House Strategies. He brings extensive mortgage industry experience in the areas of Strategic Planning, Business Development, and Market Research.

C. Lamar Seats is a Senior Consultant for Gate House Strategies, LLC. With vast experience in the housing and business world, Seats has spent his professional career working at various levels within the multifamily and mortgage industries.

Michael Waldron is a Founding Partner of Gate House Compliance, LLC. He has over 25 years of helping management teams navigate regulatory, transactional, corporate governance, and litigation matters while mitigating risk and expanding market position.

Paul’s expertise in fair lending dates back to his service in the U.S. Department of Justice, where he led the Department’s fair-housing and fair-lending enforcement program, and extends up through the present.

Liz Scholz serves as a Senior Advisor in compliance, risk, and client strategies. Liz served as an executive with FHFA for twelve years where she led activities in examination, regulatory policy, and Board monitoring of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Jim is a proven entrepreneur with over 40 years of experience in the internal audit and accounting profession.

Mike is a senior financial services executive with over 45 years of operations, financial and technology experience. The last 25 years he has focused specifically in the mortgage industry, covering conforming and subprime markets, securitization, compliance and fraud.

Liza is a regulatory compliance, internal audit and risk management executive with over 35 years of experience in the financial services industry.

Mr. Bobbitt has 38 years’ experience in Sales, Marketing, information technology, and Operations. He has relied on a philosophy of people, process, and performance to maximize profit.