Erin Langevin joined Guild Mortgage when it acquired her previous firm, Liberty Financial Group, in 2008. In January 2025, Erin transitioned to Senior Vice President, Production Strategic Initiatives – a newly created role focused solely on strategic processes, systems and related initiatives. In this role, Erin will help Guild navigate the ever-changing mortgage industry, transform our systems and processes and support innovations for years into the future.
Erin was promoted to Guild’s corporate production operations department in 2010, where she was responsible for all processing training and enhancing the technology and systems supporting operations. She was selected as Vice President of Retail Operations in 2014 and named Senior Vice President in January 2018. Her responsibilities have included management of Guild’s retail processing, underwriting and closing/funding, and technology and systems that support Guild’s operations personnel. Additionally, she oversaw training for staff in each of these areas. Her leadership has been instrumental in expanding the depth and expertise of mortgage operations that has enabled Guild to grow into one of the nation’s top independent mortgage lenders.
She started in the mortgage industry in 1998 as a marketing assistant and later worked as a loan officer assistant before transitioning into operations. Erin has been managing operations since 2004 and initially served as operations manager of the Mountain Region when she started at Guild.
With over 20 years of proven success in mortgage operations, loan fulfillment, and operational strategy, Rola excels at transforming end-to-end lending operations, driving digital innovation, and leveraging AI, automation, and data analytics to deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, compliance, and profitability.
As Chief Fulfillment Officer at Rate, Rola leads enterprise-wide initiatives that modernize loan manufacturing, streamline underwriting workflows, and strengthen credit policy and collateral risk management. She spearheaded the launch of Same Day Mortgage, a disruptive fulfillment model that delivers approvals within hours—cutting cycle times, elevating borrower satisfaction, and significantly reducing operational costs. Additionally, Rola co-led the development of Gateless Smart Underwrite, an AI-powered platform that automates document analysis, condition clearing, and underwriting decisions to improve speed, accuracy, and scalability.
Rola has deep expertise in credit policy governance, collateral evaluation, and investor guideline alignment—ensuring regulatory compliance while mitigating risk and maintaining high loan quality standards. Her track record includes successfully scaling mortgage operations, building high-performance teams, and implementing process optimization strategies that enhance operational excellence and support sustainable growth.
A strategic and people-focused leader, Rola emphasizes collaboration, continuous employee development, and a data-driven mindset that aligns operational execution with long-term business objectives. She is passionate about leveraging technology and process innovation to create agile, future-ready mortgage operations that drive competitive advantage.
Dan Sogorka is the General Manager of Rocket Pro, where he leads the strategy, technology, and broker support initiatives that help mortgage professionals grow their businesses. Since joining in September 2024, Dan has focused on delivering real, practical value to brokers — from streamlining the loan process with AI-driven tools to championing programs that make it easier to close more loans.
Dan brings over two decades of experience at the intersection of mortgage and technology. Before Rocket Pro, he was CEO of Sagent, where he modernized servicing platforms used by top lenders. At Cloudvirga, he led efforts to simplify complex loan processes, with brokers at the center. He also spent nearly 15 years at Black Knight, helping build some of the foundational technologies that power today’s mortgage market.
A firm believer in broker choice and long-term partnership, Dan’s mission is simple: give brokers the tools, support, and transparency they need to win in any market.
Dan earned his engineering degree from Villanova University and lives in Southern California with his wife and three children.
Joel Kan serves as Vice President, Deputy Chief Economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association. In this role, he is responsible for MBA’s macroeconomic and housing market forecasts and oversees the production of MBA’s industry surveys, including the Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey, Builder Applications Survey, and Mortgage Credit Availability Index – three of the association’s high-profile surveys. Mr. Kan presents regularly on the economy and housing market at MBA and industry events, and is interviewed and quoted frequently in national, local and industry media outlets.
Prior to joining the MBA, he worked in Ernst & Young’s Quantitative Economics and Statistics (QUEST) group. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics and Statistics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.