Patricia “Patti” Cook built a career across investment management, mortgage finance and lending operations. As CEO of Finance of America, she led a business spanning several lending markets through its transition to a publicly traded company.1
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01 / Background
Experience in perspective
Her experience connected capital markets with the day-to-day management of lending businesses. Before Finance of America, Cook held leadership positions at Freddie Mac, Green Tree Servicing and Ditech Financial. Earlier investment roles included chief investment officer positions at JPMorgan and Prudential Investment Management.1
Lending is an operating business
Cook’s career offers context for understanding how investment strategy, servicing and product management fit together. That background does not establish that she assessed any particular loan option on this website.
Context added by Just Right Loans, not a quotation or endorsement.
Education
B.A., Saint Mary’s College; M.B.A., New York University Stern School of Business1
Professional record
Executive biography in Finance of America’s 2022 proxy statement1
Public profile
A historical LinkedIn career profile is available in the sources below.3
02 / Career
A documented career path
2009–2013
Green Tree Servicing
Served as executive vice president before moving into the president role at Ditech.1
Joined in March 2016; became president in March 2017 and CEO in October 2020.1
2021
Public-company leadership
Led Finance of America during its move onto the New York Stock Exchange.5
June 2022
Retirement
The company announced her retirement as CEO effective June 30, 2022.2
June 30, 2022
Just Right Loans
Most recent workplace · Part-time. Started June 30, 2022. Just Right Loans identifies this as Patricia Cook’s last workplace. Just Right Loans credits Patricia Cook as author, editor and reviewer on 72 published pages listed in this profile.
03 / Selected work
Interviews & professional record
The selected material documents executive experience and first-person commentary. It is not presented as a bibliography of academic research.
Interview · 2022
Leading through a changing mortgage market
In “CEO bows out on a high,” Cook discussed business planning, market volatility and her experience leading a diversified lending company. The interview preserves her views at that point in her career.
Finance of America’s proxy statement records her appointments, education and board role. This is a primary source for career dates, not an independent evaluation of lending products.
A public career profile provides another route to her professional background. Its contents should be read as a historical, self-described record rather than evidence of current availability.
HousingWire’s original winner artwork names Patti Cook as a 2021 Woman of Influence. It accompanies the publisher’s award profile; it is not a diploma or licensing certificate.
Approved editorial role: Just Right Loans credits Patricia Cook as author, editor and reviewer on 72 published pages listed in this profile.
05 / Just Right Loans
Relationship to this website
The current Just Right Loans editorial record states that Patricia Cook started part-time work at Just Right Loans on June 30, 2022, her most recent workplace. An end date has not been supplied. This company-provided affiliation is separate from the public sources documenting the career milestones above.
Most recent workplaceJust Right Loans
Working arrangementPart-time
StartedJune 30, 2022
Existing article credits 45 pages · editorial record
The following pages already carry this person’s name. This index lists the current editorial credits recorded on the site and links each credit to the published page and its displayed dates.
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