Brian L. Libman oversees our Company’s business strategy and has served as the Chairman of our board of directors since April 1, 2021. He is the architect of the Company’s unique business model, and it is his vision that guides the Company. Mr. Libman has spent his entire career in the specialty finance area and has been involved in structuring and consummating the acquisitions of more than twenty businesses. Prior to creating Finance of America in 2013, he was the managing partner and CEO of Green Tree Servicing and became the Chief Strategy Officer of its public market successor. He began his career at Lehman Brothers and spent more than a decade developing the loan acquisition, servicing and lending businesses there, including the creation of Aurora Loan Services, one of the nation’s leading alternative mortgage originators and servicers. Through his deep knowledge of the lending space, he invented and was awarded patent: US20070136186A1 for his Automated Loan Evaluation System, which is a system and method for providing a loan pricing model for various lending scenarios. Mr. Libman submatriculated with honors from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, having earned both his M.B.A. and B.S.E.
Norma C. Corio joined the Company’s board of directors on April 1, 2021. In August 2022, Ms. Corio retired from One Equity Partners (“OEP”) where she served as a Senior Managing Director. Prior to joining OEP in 2018, Ms. Corio served as the CFO of American Express Global Business Travel from June 2014 to June 2017. Prior to her role at American Express Global Business Travel, Ms. Corio served as Co-President of Miller Buckfire from April 2013 to May 2014. Ms. Corio previously worked for JPMorgan Chase for over 30 years from October 1982 to March 2013 where she held various positions, including Treasurer (August 2008 through December 2010) and, previously, Head of Restructuring within the Investment Banking division, where she led corporate financings from June 1995 to August 2008. Ms. Corio also held positions in credit and risk management and investor relations. Ms. Corio serves as a member of the board of directors of AlTi Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTI), chairing the Human Capital and Compensation Committee and is a member of the Audit and ESG & Nominating Committees. Additionally, she serves as a director of Cicor Technologies Ltd. (SWX: CICN-CH), a publicly listed company in Switzerland, where she is a member of the Audit Committee. She also serves on the boards of private companies: Omni Environmental Solutions, and Wood Technologies International. Ms. Corio is Chair of the Audit Committee of Omni Environmental Solutions, a member of the Audit Committee of Wood Technologies International, and Chair of the Compensation Committee of Wood Technologies International. Ms. Corio previously served as a member of the board of directors of GO Acquisitions (public) and Intren and Bibliotheca (private). Ms. Corio received her MBA in Banking & Finance from Pace University and her B.A. in Economics from LeMoyne College.
Andrew Essex joined the Company’s board of directors on March 19, 2025. Mr. Essex is Senior Managing Partner at Tata Consultancy Services, the $26B global information technology firm (“TCS”). Prior to TCS, he was CEO and Founder of GoingConcern, a boutique c-suite strategic consultancy, and McKinsey Senior Advisor. Mr. Essex is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Tribeca Film Festival and founding CEO of Droga5, now owned by of Accenture. A highly creative strategic executive with three decades in branding, business development, and M&A, he is a proven entrepreneurial leader and culture builder with multiple exits, high-profile turnaround experience, skilled in recruiting, retaining and managing talent and overseeing complex P&Ls, and a deeply networked rainmaker with extensive track record of generating high-margin revenue, crafting compelling relevant narratives and operating complex enterprises in competitive markets. Mr. Essex is a frequent public speaker on media, marketing and monetization strategies and sits on the board of MMA Global and Plus Pool. He is the former Chair of the NYC Mayor’s Creative Council, and a former advisor to the White House American Office of Innovation and the Wharton SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management. A frequent angel investor, he serves as an advisor to Glasswing Ventures, a top fund focused on AI, prop tech, enterprise SAAS and cybersecurity, among other platforms. He was an award-winning journalist and cultural editor at such publications as The New Yorker, Details and Salon.com, among others. He has been a television commentator for ABC, CNN, and CNBC. He is author of “The End of Advertising: Why It Had to Die and the Creative Resurrection to Come” and the co-author of three books: “A Very Public Offering: The Story of the Globe.com,” “Chasing Cool,” with former Barney’s CEO Gene Pressman, and “Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco and Destiny,” with celebrated producer and musician Nile Rodgers. Mr. Essex has an M.A. from New York University and a B.A. from Queens College.
Cory S. Gardner joined the Company’s board of directors on March 19, 2025. Mr. Gardner has extensive experience in legislative affairs and regulatory policy, having served as a U.S. Senator from 2015 to 2021, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015, a member of the Colorado General Assembly from 2005 to 2011, General Counsel and Legislative Director to U.S. Senator Wayne Allard from 2002 to 2005, and Communications Director for the National Corn Growers Association from 2001 to 2002. Mr. Gardner has held the role of Chairman and CEO of the Senate Leadership Fund since 2024 and is the sole owner of ACT West, LLC, which he founded in 2021. Mr. Gardner has also provided advisory and/or consulting services to HealthBook+ since 2023, Ford Motor Company since 2023, the American Conservation Coalition since 2023, Coign Credit Card since 2022, the Crypto Council for Innovation since 2021, the National Cannabis Roundtable since 2021, and Pura Vida Funds from 2021 to 2023. Additionally, Mr. Gardner has significant experience serving as a board member for a variety of organizations, having served as a member of the board of directors and the audit and finance committee of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute since 2023, the board of directors and the finance committee of the International Republican Institute since 2023, the advisory board of the American Council of Young Political Leaders since 2023, the strategic advisory board of the University of Colorado Center for Combat Research since 2023, the board of advisors of Regulating AI since 2023, the board of advisors of Michael Best Strategies since 2021, the strategic advisory group of the United Launch Alliance since 2021, the board of directors of the Center for National Security Initiatives since 2021, the board of advisors of Qcells North America from 2021 to 2023, the board of directors and the audit committee of Jaws Juggernaut from 2021 to 2023, and the board of visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy from 2015 to 2021. Mr. Gardner holds a J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law and a B.A. in Political Science from Colorado State University.
Robert W. Lord joined the Company’s board of directors on April 1, 2021. Mr. Lord currently serves as President of Horizon Media Holdings, LLC, runs a consultancy services business and serves as an Executive Fellow at the Harvard Business School, teaching “Scaling Technology Ventures” in the entrepreneurial program. Mr. Lord previously served as an IBM Senior Vice President of the Weather Company and IBM Alliances from January 2022 until December 2023. Mr. Lord also served as Senior Vice President of Cognitive Applications, Blockchain, and Ecosystems at IBM from February 2019 to January 2022. He also served as the Chief Digital Officer for IBM from April 2016 to February 2019. From August 2013 until February 2016, Mr. Lord served as both President of AOL and CEO of AOL Platforms at Verizon Communications Inc. Mr. Lord also held a number of leadership roles at Razorfish, Inc. from November 2002 to July 2013, serving most recently as Global CEO. Mr. Lord serves as a member of the board of directors of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: IAS), where he is a member of the audit committee, and also serves as a member of the board of directors for each of Delve, LLC, Certified Collectibles Group, LLC, and Recruitics, LLC. Mr. Lord has served as a member of the board of directors of Aqua Finance, Inc. from October 2020 to July 2022 and previously served as a member of the boards of directors of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. from October 2017 to December 2019 and ScreenVision Media, Inc. from February 2016 to April 2018. Mr. Lord holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Syracuse University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Tyson A. Pratcher joined the Company’s board of directors on April 1, 2021. Mr. Pratcher currently serves as Senior Managing Director at Artemis Real Estate Partners and CEO of Artemis Strategic Capital Partners. Prior to joining Artemis, Mr. Pratcher was Senior Advisor at 7 Acquisition Corporation and the RockCreek Group. Before joining the RockCreek Group in 2020, Mr. Pratcher served as the Head of Investments at TFO USA from 2017 to 2019. Prior to his role with TFO USA, Mr. Pratcher served as the Director of Opportunistic Investments and the Director of Absolute Return Strategies at the New York State Common Retirement Fund from 2007 to 2017. Mr. Pratcher serves as a member of the board of trustees of FS Multi-Alternative Income Fund. Mr. Pratcher previously served as a member of the board of directors of Organix Recycling, Inc. from 2018 to 2020 and on the boards of directors of Citizens Parking and GripInvest from 2017 to 2019. Mr. Pratcher holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.S. in Political Science from Hampton University.
Lance N. West joined the Company’s board of directors on April 1, 2021. Mr. West is currently a Senior Partner at 26North Partners, and previously served as Partner and Senior Managing Director of Centerbridge Partners and was former Chairman & CEO of Centerbridge Partners Europe prior to his retirement from the firm. Before joining Centerbridge in 2006, Mr. West was a Partner Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co, where he headed the firm’s Principal Finance Group. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs & Co, he was founder and CEO of Greenthal Realty Partners LP and GRP Financial LLC. Prior to founding GRP, Mr. West was an executive vice president-principal with The Charles H. Greenthal Group, Inc. and began his career as a Member of the Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Mr. West earned his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1983, and graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University in 1982.