Per Lending Leaders tradition, Jim Paolino and Alayna Gardner sit down with LodeStar CTO David Spektor to take stock of growth and look ahead at the future.

This one’s all about keeping creativity alive, even and especially when the market is uncertain. LodeStar’s Director of Revenue, Alayna Gardner, chats with Marketing Content Manager Tim Austen to discuss creativity, and how to invest in it—no matter what’s happening in the industry.

Jim Paolino sits down for a hard-hitting and heartfelt conversation with Coby Hakalir, VP of Mortgage and Ancillary Services at T3 Sixty, to discuss the difference practicing gratitude can make.

This week it’s about growth. Alayna Gardner chats with the indefatigable Lindsey Meyer about how to invest in your own development and level up.

This week’s Lending Leaders is a special crossover event… On her other podcast, Thirsty Thursday, Alayna Gardner had the pleasure of interviewing Greg Sher🥂

Alayna Gardner interviews Nick Friedman to talk about the relationship between profitability and growth in the mortgage industry.

It’s all about scalability this week. Jim sits down with Optimal Blue’s Director of Product Management, Kevin Foley, to discuss how tech vendors can deliver solutions at scale.

LodeStar’s own Amanda Benincasa, a Philadelphia area realtor, sits down with Alayna Gardner to share her take on the home buying and mortgage processes.

How do you drive down loan origination costs? Jim and Alayna sit down to discuss LodeStar’s new vision for 2025 and onward, and how lenders can push back against the rising costs of loan origination.