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“We are very pleased to welcome Anna to Metrocities Mortgage. She has served as the President of a large mortgage company in Northern California and has a long and successful history of building first class mortgage originations operations. We look forward to seeing her utilize that expertise to help us achieve our very aggressive expansion plans for Northern California,” explained Art Ringwald, President, Loan Production, Metrocities Mortgage. “Her appointment is the latest announcement highlighting our ongoing commitment to serving the residential mortgage needs of Northern California.”

“I am honored to be joining the industry leader,” Anna added. “Metrocities has an established reputation as being the leader in Affiliated Business Arrangement/joint venture partnerships. I have an extensive background in developing these relationships and look forward to helping Metrocities utilize this tool in further strengthening its presence.”

Ruotolo comes to Metrocities with more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry, most recently serving as President of a Chase affiliate company: The Home Loan Group. She began her tenure with the company in 1995 when the firm was AmeriCal Funding, Inc. There, she worked her way up to President, implementing and executing the company lender/broker relationships. When Prudential Realty acquired AmeriCal in 1999, Ruotolo renamed the operation The Home Loan Group. She helped the Pleasanton company grow from six California offices to 52 facilities in three states, with $1.2 billion in annual fundings. In 2003, the firm created a joint venture partnership with Chase Venture Holdings, the largest joint venture in the nation for that financial group.

Prior to that, Ruotolo held positions as the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) Manager, Cypress Financial Corporation, where she created the Loan Department, and oversaw its growth so that within two years it ranked third in California for PERS business; and she worked as Office Manager with Portola Mortgage Association, where she supervised the general operation of loan production.

Ruotolo’s community involvement includes serving on the Executive Committee of High Hopes; member of the Women’s Council of Realtors and the National and California Association of Mortgage Brokers, East Bay Chapter; and she is past President of the South Bay California Association of Residential Lenders. She has a bachelor of science degree in Business Management from San Jose State University.