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Kerry Wirth Promoted to Waterstone Mortgage COO

Aug 18, 2017
Waterstone Mortgage Corporation has named Richard Tobias as controller at its Pewaukee, Wis.-based corporate office

Waterstone Mortgage Corporation has announced that Kerry Wirth has been promoted to Chief Operating OfficerWaterstone Mortgage Corporation has announced that Kerry Wirth has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer, where she will be responsible for leading the company's operations departments and companywide initiatives. Wirth previously served as the company's Senior Vice President of Loan Operations.
 
Since joining Waterstone Mortgage as Vice President of Compliance in 2009, Wirth has successfully built strong support teams within the company and streamlined the mortgage loan process. She played a key role in maintaining Waterstone Mortgage's best-in-class service and exceptional turn time averages. Wirth has more than 20 years of experience working in a variety of operational roles within the mortgage lending industry.
 
"Kerry has been an invaluable member of our executive team and made significant contributions to our growth and success as a company," said Eric Egenhoefer, President and CEO at Waterstone Mortgage. "We will be relying heavily on her to lead our most important projects, which include leveraging automation to improve the loan process for both our corporate and branch operations teams."

 
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