Jennifer McGuinness-Lubbert

CEO at Pivot Financial

Speaker

Jennifer is the CEO of Pivot Financial (“Pivot”), a dynamic, multi-channel firm dedicated to reshaping the mortgage and financial services landscape. Pivot specializes in innovative Asset Management Strategies that include breach defense, litigation support, due diligence, servicing oversight/loss mitigation optimization, and structured financial transactions across agency, non-agency, residential, commercial and small balance commercial products and programs. This channel operates side by side with Pivot's Correspondent Aggregation business, specializing in Non-Agency and Business Purpose Products.

With more than 25 years of experience across lending (retail, wholesale and correspondent) and aggregation, banking, asset management, due diligence, servicing, securitization, and structured finance, Jennifer has a proven track record of driving growth and transforming businesses. Her leadership journey includes serving as President of Invigorate Finance and Founder and Head of Aggregation & Structured Finance at Mortgage Venture Partners, where she launched and scaled groundbreaking financial products and platforms. She also served as Senior Vice President, Head of Single Asset Lending for Colony American Finance n/k/a CoreVest, where she pioneered the single-family rental asset class, was Director & Head of Asset Management & Transaction Banking for both PremiumPoint Investments and WinWater Home Mortgage, where she led the deal team to becoming the first hedge fund issuer of AAA Rated RMBS securities, collateralized by newly originated mortgage loans, was Vice President, Co-head of Asset Management & Breach Administration for Deutsche Bank’s mortgage and RMBS Business, among other executive roles. Jennifer is passionate about pushing boundaries and redefining what’s possible in the mortgage industry, Jennifer is a recognized credit and “full-lifecycle of loan” expert committed to empowering clients and partners with the tools, strategies, and insights to thrive in an ever-evolving market. Her work at Pivot is a testament to her belief in innovation, resilience, and the power of forward-thinking strategies and leadership.

Jennifer was named a 2026 HousingWire Vanguard, is nominated for the Mortgage Bankers Association’s

Visionary Award for 2026 (Winner TBA, Oct. 2026), named a 2026 Mortgage Star by National Mortgage

Professional, was featured on the cover and was the subject of the cover story of Mortgage Women Magazine

(Oct., 2025) She was named a 2025 Top 10 Powerful Women of Mortgage Banking by Mortgage Banker Magazine, selected by National Mortgage Professional, as a 2025 Mortgage Women of Inspiration, was named a 2023 HousingWire Women of Influence, a 2022 Private Lending Titan by Originate Report Magazine, a 2019

HousingWire Vanguard, a Winner of the 2019 Women with Vision Award by Women’s Mortgage Banking

Magazine, profiled as a significant Woman in Real Estate by REI Ink Magazine, and nominated for two

Keystone Awards, the Diversity & Inclusion Award and the Laurie Maggiano Legacy Award in both 2019 and

2018, as well as named a "Leading Lady" for the Five Star Institutes Women in Housing in 2017. Mortgage Venture Partners was named 2020 Top 25 Fintech Innovator. She is also a regular conference speaker, has published vast editorial and is a collaborator.