Mortgage industry veteran Mark Ciolfi has joined Venta Financial Group Inc. as executive vice president.
Ciolfi has extensive experience in mortgage banking, having held executive-level positions including senior vice president for First Choice Bank, president of residential lending for Brazos National Bank and director of national production for Hinnie Mae, among other roles.
As executive vice president for Venta Financial, Ciolfi will focus on helping the company increase production on a national level through strategic expansion into new regions. In addition, he will manage the launch of new programs and support current and new branches.
Jason Madiedo, CEO of Venta, says the addition of Ciolfi to the management team ‘will give us significant lift on the production front working with our loan officers and borrowers. We will also be announcing the hiring of other executives joining the Venta team in the coming weeks.’