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TH E M REP O RT | 27 THIRTY-FIVE UNDER 35 Special Section Jennifer Ditnes VP OF ADMINISTRATION, PENNCRO AGE: 33 Jennifer Ditnes admits that she was always the proverbial "people person," and the fact that her fam- ily all chose professions in the financial industry closed the deal. As early as high school she worked in collections with Penncro, returning after college as a marketing associate. From there she worked upward to become the VP of administration and the head of human resources that she is today. Ditnes is quick to point out that her job and company is customer-facing, like she is, and that hearing tales of her Penncro associates successfully helping bor- rowers is something that keeps her going each day. Laura Ferris VP OF COMPONENT SERVICES, GREEN RIVER CAPITAL AGE: 35 Laura Ferris joined Green River Capital when the company was still finding its footing in the fertile housing landscape. She's seen it weather the storm as a battered industry tried to regain what was lost during the crisis. It was during that time that she utilized her housing expertise to offer new ideas in innovation—the same ideas, incidentally, that she recognized during her own homebuying experience. "To be a part of something so new was still so exciting," Laura said. Cindy Gainsforth EVP OF SALES AND MARKETING, REKON TECHNOLOGIES AGE: 34 Cindy knows better than most just how fickle certain document requirements can be across the 3,600 recording districts in the United States. She has seen failure to release liens because the wrong color ink was used by the signatory or because the font was a single point too small. While she initially saw herself becoming a scientist after graduating from Pace University in New York, she joined Rekon Technologies and quickly grew familiar with industry matters, reaching her current position in under 13 years. Her company's clients include seven of the top 10 lenders in the nation. Eshna Ghosh SVP OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, WINGSPAN AGE: 34 Watching and listening to executive partners on the phones in her workplace taught Eshna that sales was her calling, and she used her education in finance to get the business acumen she needed to succeed. With a diverse work history— Morgan Stanley, Robert Half, and Accenture, moving up all the while—Eshna built up her repertoire to overcome the things that can hold back women in the corporate workplace. She is proud of the mentoring she has performed and is thankful for the mentors she has had, and tries to take the wider view of the industry and of life. Lauren Godfrey ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY, QUILLING, SELANDER, LOWNDS, WINSLETT & MOSER, P.C. AGE: 31 Lauren represents financial institutions in state and federal litigation involving consumer mortgage, real estate, title, lien priority, contract, foreclosure, and debt collections issues. Having started her career at a foreclosure firm, Lauren learned the intrica- cies of the default services industry and foreclosure process. In 2012 she brought the experience she gained in the trenches to her current practice, where she zealously represents mortgage servicers and investors in various issues that arise from residen- tial mortgage lending. And Lauren's zealousness shows, as she consistently obtains favorable results for her clients. Angela Farmer VP, BANK OF AMERICA AGE: 34 Angela has 15 years of Mortgage Servicing experience in collections, foreclosure, and litigation just to name a few. Angela currently supervises default litigation and title curative for Bank of America, but this is far from where she began. "I've gotten to work with a lot of people. I work with younger women that I get to mentor, I love that opportunity and being able to strengthen them and have them fearless." —ESHNA GHOSH, WINGSPAN

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