Meet our executive leadership.

Chief Executive Officer

Prior to joining Renovate America, Shawn served as CEO of Global Mortgage Capital since 2016, a start-up nationwide independent mortgage banking business that included five portfolio companies across mortgage origination, servicing and financing businesses.  These businesses represented more than $4B of annual origination volume and $7B+ of mortgage servicing.

Before heading up Global Mortgage Capital, Shawn worked for over 18 years at Mr. Cooper, one of the country’s largest independent mortgage origination and servicing companies. He held many executive leadership positions across the entire platform, including his most recent position as executive founder and President of technology enabled real estate and mortgage services firm Xome, which he grew to ten business lines, 1,200 employees and $350mm in revenue by its second year. 

Shawn received his MBA in Finance from University of Texas.

Chairman of the Executive Committee, Board of Directors

Roy brings 40 years of experience in Consumer Financial Services to his current role as Chairman of the Executive Committee of Renovate America’s Board of Directors. In addition to his leadership role at Renovate, Roy serves on the boards of several other companies, including Synchrony Financial, Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc., and OneMain Holdings, Inc. He previously served as Chairman of the board of LifeLock prior to its sale, and as a board member of Discover Bank. At Discover Financial Services, Inc., Roy served as CFO and EVP from 2005 through 2011. He has also served as President and CEO of various businesses of Citigroup Inc., including CitiFinancial International and CitiCapital, as well as various roles of increasing responsibility at Associates First Capital Corporation. Roy earned a B.A. in Economics from Hanover College and an M.B.A. from Drake University.

Chief Operating Officer

Prior to joining Renovate America, Michael consulted in the financial service industry helping organizations with due diligence and operations management. Before that he served as SVP of Default for Mr. Cooper, overseeing default operations for the third largest servicer of residential mortgages in the country. Michael oversaw an operation of 2,500 employees in three countries, reducing delinquency and driving profitability by improving efficiency and the customer experience.  

Prior to his time as the SVP of Default, Michael has a track record of success with leading teams in operations and finance.

Michael received his MBA in Finance from University of Notre Dame.

Chief Financial Officer
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Christopher Powell has served as Renovate America’s Chief Financial Officer since January 2019. Christopher joined Renovate America in 2016 as Vice President, Finance and served as SVP, Finance & Accounting from 2018. Prior to joining Renovate America, Christopher was SVP, Finance, at LPL Financial, Senior Director of Finance at AMN Healthcare Services, Portfolio Manager at Convergent Fund Management and an equity research analyst at UBS. He holds an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Southern California, and a B.A. in economics from the University of California, San Diego. 

Chief Risk Officer

As the Chief Risk Officer, Michael and is responsible for enterprise risk, corporate compliance, information security and contractor channel risk management functions, including the Contractor Quality Rating system. Michael leads by empowering his team to challenge the status quo and seek customer-oriented knowledge in every facet of their roles. He joined Renovate America in November 2016 with 25 years of consumer finance and banking experience. He has held senior leadership positions with PNC Bank, HSBC Bank and Household International in the US, Canada and the UK with roles in operational risk, marketing, product development, operations, and sales. Michael holds a B.S. degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Chief People Officer
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As Chief People Officer for Renovate America, Tameka is responsible for culture, talent development and acquisition, employee relations, total rewards and payroll. She joined Renovate America in February 2016 from Niagara Bottling, a leading US bottled water manufacturer, where she served as the Senior Leader of Human Resources and Learning Development since 2011 and was credited for the vision of their culture and development platform, Niagara LIFE. Reese also held senior roles in Human Resources at Beckman Coulter (a Danaher Company) for the Global Chemistry, Instrument Systems, Rapid Particle Characterization, and ACC Capital Holdings. She holds an M.B.A. and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management with an emphasis in Human Resources Management.

Chief Capital Officer
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As Chief Capital Officer, Craig is responsible for the team that develops and executes on Renovate America’s capital markets activities. This includes short- and long-term funding facilities, investor, bank and rating agency relationships and interest rate hedging for the HERO and Benji products that Renovate America originates. In addition, Craig manages the funding team that works seamlessly with customers to provide financing once projects are completed. Craig was previously a Managing Director at GE Capital for 13 years, with global responsibility for securitization, alternative funding and business development opportunities for a broad range of internal clients. Prior to GE Capital, Craig spent 10 years as an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette and RBS Greenwich Capital. Craig holds an M.B.A., magna cum laude, in Banking and Finance from Bernard Baruch College and a B.S. in Business Administration, magna cum laude, from the University at Buffalo. He is a high honors graduate from the University at Buffalo School of Management and completed the Goldman Sachs Pine Street Leadership Program while at GE Capital.