AWARDS

• Five Star Mortgage Professional award winner 2017-2018-2019-2022

 

Chris has been in the mortgage business since 1989.  His passion is working with individuals and helping them navigate the purchase or refinance of real estate. His experience in mortgage banking includes management, loan servicing, wholesale and retail lending, quality control, compliance and fraud prevention.  As a real estate investor, Chris has experienced the ups and downs of markets over the last few decades.  He contributes articles to industry publications like The Scotsman Guide, and Mortgage Expert Magazine.

He studied Political Science at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo from 1984 to 1989.  Chris is Past-President of the Oregon Association of Mortgage Professionals, chaired its State Ethics Committee, and helped draft and pass Oregon legislation in 2001 requiring entry level and CE education as well as criminal background checks for loan originators in Oregon.  Chris has served on the Ethics Committee of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers and assisted in drafting the Code of Ethics for this national association.

He is involved in the community as President of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office Foundation, serves on the Hillsboro School District Budget Committee, and sits on the Board of Directors for Open Door Counseling Center, an emergency homeless shelter and HUD approved Housing Education Center in Washington County.  He also volunteers as Cub-Master for Pack 260.

Chris is happily married, the father of 3, and a proud Grandfather.