EVP of Divisional Sales, AnnieMac · President, MBA New Jersey
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For over twenty years, Gabe Gillen has built mortgage teams the way he serves his community — people first, structure always. If you’re a producing branch manager or loan originator thinking carefully about what’s next, this is a conversation, not a pitch.
20+
years leading in mortgage
Top 25
retail lender in the U.S.
One person, three tables
Wherever Gabe sits, the job is the same: make room for more people.
“Most producing managers don’t stall because they lack talent or drive — they stall because their platform can’t keep up.”
At a certain stage, growth stops being about effort and starts being about structure. Gabe’s role is to remove constraints — so leaders can lead, and teams can perform at a high level without burning out what they’ve built.
He’s lived both sides of it: he co-founded Family First Funding in 2011 and grew it from three people to more than 425 across 25 offices before joining AnnieMac. He knows exactly what a growing team needs, because he needed it too.
years in mortgage lending
people in the company he co-founded and grew
states served with his team at AnnieMac
retail lender in the U.S. — AnnieMac
What people say
Trust, earned the slow way.
What clients across the country say about the teams Gabe builds — because how a team treats people is the truest measure of its leader.
“I have been doing business with Gabe for years, and there is one reason for that, and that reason is trust. Gabe has earned my trust by providing honest, sound and reliable advice. He is efficient, responsive and has an amazing team supporting him.”
“Audrey, Gabriel & Kristin were awesome to work with. They went above and beyond to help make the process as smooth as possible.”
“Gabriel and his staff were friendly, accommodating and responsive!”
Thinking carefully about what’s next?
This is a conversation — not a pitch. Bring your questions, your numbers, and your caution. Gabe will bring twenty years of building teams that last.