Management

Willie Newman has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Home Point Capital since 2015. In addition, Willie has served as a member of the board of directors of Home Point Financial Corporation and Home Point Mortgage Acceptance Corporation since 2015. Prior to joining Home Point, Willie held a variety of leadership roles within the mortgage industry, including at Cole Taylor Mortgage, ABN AMRO Mortgage Group and InterFirst Wholesale Mortgage Lending. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Business Economics from Wayne State University.

Phil Shoemaker has served as Home Point Capital’s President of Originations since 2018. Prior to joining Home Point, Phil was one of the founding members of the originations business at Caliber Home Loans where he served in multiple roles on the executive management team from 2009 to 2018, including Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of Production, Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations. From 1997 to 2009, Phil served in various leadership positions at Stonewater Mortgage Corporate and First Magnus Financial. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona.

Mark Elbaum has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Home Point Capital since December 2020. Prior to joining Home Point, Mark served as Chief Financial Officer of Marlette Funding, LLC from 2018 to 2020 and Chief Financial Officer of Merrill Lynch, Bank of America’s Wealth Management business, from 2011 to 2017. Mark’s prior roles included 20 years in the mortgage industry as Chief Financial Officer of Bank of America’s mortgage lending division and Chief Financial Officer of the Residential Lending Division at Countrywide Financial Corporation. In addition, Mark served as Senior Vice President of Finance at Aames Financial Corporation and as an Audit Manager at Price Waterhouse. He holds a Master of Accounting from the University of Southern California and is a Certified Public Accountant.

