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Reliant Bank Expands With Addition of Correspondent Lending Platform

NationalMortgageProfessional.com
Oct 04, 2019

Reliant’s new correspondent lending team will be led by Jackie Weed.

Reliant Bank Mortgage Services has announced the addition of correspondent lending to their service platform. Correspondent partners will now be able to leverage Reliant Bank Mortgage Services' extensive national presence and commitment to knowledgeable support and responsive, personal attention.
 
"Reliant Bank Mortgage Services has strategically developed its mortgage operations to better serve customers and expand its expertise in residential lending by adding an experienced group of correspondent experts to the team for this initiative,” said Rick MacLean, SVP, senior operations officer and head of Reliant Bank Mortgage Services.
 
Reliant’s new correspondent lending team will be led by Jackie Weed, who will serve as vice president, operations and correspondent lending. Weed has more than 25 years of experience and has created, grown, and managed several start up correspondent lending platforms.
 
Joining Weed is Rudy Orman, who will serve as director of correspondent sales and product development. Orman has an extensive background in business development, as well as fulfillment, servicing and institutional investor experience. Orman is accredited for recruiting an experienced sales team committed to offering knowledgeable support and personalized care enhanced by competitive products and pricing and state of the art technology.
 
Jim Mitchell, Michael Milich and Randy Ruegger will also join the team as correspondent regional sales directors. Each have decades of experience in retail, correspondent, and commercial lending sales, as well as working with business partners and clients to develop trust and long-term relationships.
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