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TH E M REP O RT | 31 THIRTY-FIVE UNDER 35 Special Section Anne Sodam DIRECTOR OF SURVEILLANCE, CLAYTON AGE: 34 As director of surveil- lance, Sodam is in charge of overseeing Clayton's servicer relations team, which works with servicers to identify and address risk and compliance gaps and otherwise acts as the company's liaison with clients. In an industry that's become increasingly challenging over the last several years, she credits her success to her willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done—whether its a monumental task or a more mundane job—and her ability to stay positive, which she tries to im- part to her team. "In this industry especially, it hasn't always been a very positive environment to be in, so making the best of things is how to excel," she said. Tiffany Stringfellow CONSULTANT IN ADVISORY SERVICES, CORELOGIC AGE: 31 Real estate agents may know that location is king, but it matters almost as much in office jobs as it does in the field. Tiffany learned this lesson sitting in the cubicle just outside her boss's office, but instead of withering under the watchful eye of management, she thrived. Working both the Eastern Standard and the Pacific Coast time zones in a single day, she often stayed late and got her hands dirty in the realm of cold calls. She earned for herself the VP role of sales at CoreLogic and now acts as a consultant for the company in advisory services. Pierrette Tierney VP OF OPERATIONS, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, TAYLOR MORRISON AGE: 34 CNN's London newsrooms are far removed from real estate development offices in Northern California, but Pierrette has occupied both in her varied career. Her desire for a job that changed each day drew her to education and work in journalism while in school, but she found that real estate shared a common thread in that no two days are ever the same. Her talent for managing teams of people showed itself as she worked for Pulte in hybrid roles that capitalized on her skills, but she modestly credits her family and past mentors for investing their time and teaching in her. Erika Vaughn DIRECTOR OF CLIENT RELATIONS, GUARDIANDOCS AGE: 30 Erika is responsible for managing a group of different teams that all work to handle client issues that come up during daily production, ranging from IT complications to compliance. She also oversees a project team in charge of enhancing and creating new services and a training team that performs internal training and functions. For managing it all, she says her strategy is to think of all problems as challenges to improve things: "I try to look at it as an opportunity to make things better, and I think that keeps the stress level down and helps clients stay stress-free." Lindsey Viehmann DIRECTOR OF CLIENT RELATIONS & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS & FRITZLEN, P.C. AGE: 31 Being brought on as a temporary receptionist didn't slow down Lindsey one bit. She worked for less than three months before the senior partners took note of her personable nature and intelligence and promptly promoted her to a full- time post. She learned to run a law office as a paralegal, quickly moving upward in the company ranks. While she says her time as the director of operations taught her the most about the company, she hasn't stopped educating herself and happily delves into new avenues of learning each day. "There are a lot of great women who have been in the industry for 30 years who put in the elbow grease so that women like me don't have to..." —TIFFANY STRINGFELLOW, CORELOGIC "I think there is a lot to be said that this was a male dominated industry for a long time, but women are making great strides and becoming leaders in this industry." —LINDSEY VIEHMANN, MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS & FRITZLEN, P.C.

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