Embrace Home Loans Hires New Regional Sales Manager

Embrace Home Loans, a national mortgage lender, has announced that James “Jace” Stirling has been named regional sales manager for the company’s Southeast region. Stirling is an experienced relationship manager who has led and developed sales teams at major banks and mortgage lenders. 

Stirling will take over the duties of former Senior Vice President and Regional Sales Director Cary Reines, who retired on July 18 after 13 years with the company.

“We are delighted to welcome Jace to our team. He has vast experience and great expertise in leading mortgage sales teams. Jace will be a tremendous asset as Embrace continues to expand around the country,” said Dennis Hardiman, CEO of Embrace Home Loans.  

In his new role, Stirling will lead and develop the Embrace sales teams in all states from Virginia to Florida. In addition, he will be recruiting mortgage originators, as well as branch managers. 

Stirling has over 25 years of mortgage industry experience and has held leadership roles with several major lenders. He began his career as a loan officer, and then spent a decade with Wells Fargo, where he served as the general manager of a joint venture between Wells Fargo and a major homebuilder.

Stirling also served nearly 10 years at SunTrust, starting as vice president/market manager and eventually becoming senior vice president/division manager, mortgage, in the greater D.C., Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware markets. Most recently, Stirling was the Mid-Atlantic regional manager for U.S. Bank.