Lima One Capital Leadership

Rankin Blair

Rankin Blair oversees Lima One Capital’s loan production and technology infrastructure.

Rankin joined Lima One Capital in 2013 as an underwriter where he significantly increased the company’s origination volume. By 2014 he had assumed his current role where he is responsible for the entire analyst team. He also played a pivotal role in implementing institutional grade policies and procedures to support Lima One Capital’s continued growth. Additionally, he is responsible for the design and installation of the company’s’ loan origination software, as well as a custom inspection management platform.

Rankin earned a B.S. in financial management from Clemson University. Prior to joining Lima One Capital, he worked as a commercial credit analyst for a global specialty electronics distributor. He also currently serves as a member of the United States Army Reserve.

Josh Woodward

Josh joined Lima One in 2013. He has played an integral role in the company’s capital markets, FP&A, product development, and servicing functions. Prior to joining Lima One, Josh worked in Bank of America’s Enterprise Capital Management Group and held various other corporate finance roles during his tenure there. Josh earned his MBA from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business, specializing in Corporate Finance, and his B.S. from Clemson University.

Jeff Tennyson

Jeff Tennyson is President and CEO of Lima One Capital. Jeff is responsible for the Company’s overall business strategy and day-to-day operations. Tennyson brings more than 30 years of financial services leadership, operating and executive experience to Lima One. Since joining in 2018, he has led the Company to exponential growth with Lima One recently being recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of America’s Fastest Growing Companies on the Inc5000 list and also led the Company’s recognition as a Top Workplace and Best Place to Work.

Tennyson has held various C-level executive roles for both single-family rental and residential mortgage lenders. Prior to Lima One, Tennyson was President of Clayton Holdings (a wholly owned subsidiary of Radian Group (NYSE:RDN)), where he served on Radian’s Executive Committee and oversaw the global mortgage services business units. Prior to Radian, Tennyson served as founding CEO and COO for B2R Finance (a Blackstone sponsored company). He also previously held C-level positions at Strategic Growth Bank, EquiFirst Mortgage Corp (a Barclays Bank subsidiary), and Anchor Glass Container Corporation. Tennyson is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a BBA degree from Harding University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Trez Moore

Trez is responsible for positioning Lima One Capital for strong long-term growth through a strategic capital market strategy, oversight of the Company’s mortgage-backed securitization activity and ensuring ongoing liquidity for the Company’s mortgage lending. Moore has over 40 years of experience in capital markets, origination, and risk in both residential and commercial real estate.

He has in-depth knowledge of the primary and secondary mortgage markets, including credit risk and portfolio management, finance, servicing and securitization. He has held positions with Freddie Mac, Cerberus, RBS and Promontory. Moore holds a B.A. and MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Josh Craig

As COO, Josh oversees all sales, marketing, operations, and technology for the firm. Prior to joining Lima One, Josh worked for Finance of America Commercial as part of the core leadership team accountable for the company’s exponential growth. His responsibilities were diverse, spanning the organization from sales leadership to product development to strategic planning and competitive positioning. Prior to that, Josh worked for Wells Fargo in various capacities including strategy consulting, project management, and consumer lending leadership.

Josh is extremely passionate about all things real estate investing and is an active SFR investor himself. He earned his MBA from Wake Forest University and his B.S. from Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Annmarie Higgins

As CHRO, Annmarie oversees all human resources functions at Lima One. Most recently, Annmarie served as the Head of Human Resource for Samsung Electronics Home Appliances America. Prior to that, she was VP of HR at SCANA and BMW. At BMW, Annmarie launched BMW’s state-of-the-art Family Health Center which included primary care, occupational health, physical therapy, dental, vision, and pharmacy. 

Annmarie has served as a leading community advocate, both internally and externally.  Annmarie currently serves on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Greenville County and for Prisma Health Upstate Affiliate.  She was involved in the startup of the South Carolina Business Coalition on Health, later serving as Chair.  Previous board positions include University of South Carolina’s Riegel and Emory Board, Utilities Employees Credit Union, United Way of the Piedmont, United Way Young Philanthropist Society, Leadership Greenville, and Opportunity Greenville. She is a graduate of The Riley Institute Diversity Leaders Initiative. Annmarie earned her Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Virginia. She is a Fellow of the ninth class of the Liberty Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Annmarie is married with two daughters.

Cortney Newmans

Cortney Newmans serves as Lima One’s Head of National Accounts and Commercial Lending. In this role, he is charged with managing large, institutional-scale accounts for the company. His product focus includes multifamily properties and single-family portfolios for Lima One. Additionally, Cortney leads the expansion and optimization of Lima One’s national partnerships and strategic relationships across the Company’s lending network.

In his role as Director of Business Development starting in 2014, Cortney oversaw development of sales operations into 42 states including the District of Columbia. His responsibilities included providing senior-level management to business development teams. Cortney has personally originated over $275MM in SFR and Multifamily assets and overseen the production of over $375MM.

Cortney is also a real estate investor with nearly 10 years of real estate ownership and management experience, with a strong track record of executed value-add deals. He currently owns over 65 doors.

Tim Lawhorne

Tim Lawhorne serves as the Director of Short Term Financing. In this role, Tim oversees daily operations and loan production, and he is responsible for the creation and implementation of processes and procedures to ensure that Lima One Capital is effectively and efficiently meeting the needs of real estate investors. He is also responsible for coordinating with senior management on product development and best practices to ensure that Lima One Capital continues to originate loans of the highest quality.

Tim joined Lima One Capital in 2016 as an Operations Analyst in the Short Term Finance Department. He shortly moved into a Senior Analyst role within the company’s multifamily and commercial division, where he was instrumental in turning a newly-launched loan program into the fastest growing division within the company. He assumed his current role in 2019.

Tim earned a B.S in Biological Sciences from Clemson University. Prior to joining Lima One Capital, Tim worked as a IT recruiter for a recruiting firm, followed by a role as the Territory Sales Manager for a Texas-based tech firm.

Dalton Elliott

Dalton Elliott serves as Director of Sales and Customer Experience for Lima One Capital. In this role, Dalton ensures premier customer service across sales, underwriting, servicing, and construction management functions. Dalton also oversees daily operations and long-term strategy of Lima One’s mortgage broker and lender finance channels. He leads onsite due diligence and training for strategic partners and is responsible for driving aggressive growth nationwide. Dalton joined Lima One Capital in 2015 and previously worked as an analyst in the Rental30 department.

Dalton earned a B.A. in Political Science from Furman University and is a founding member of the National Private Lenders Association.

Brian Cauthen

Brian Cauthen serves as the Director of Multifamily Financing. In this role Brian is responsible for developing and maintaining a commercial loan program that fits the needs of real estate investors. Brian is engaged in the day-to-day management of underwriting and financial analysis of loan submissions, along with looking for macro solutions for growth within a constantly changing lending market.

Brian graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Finance. He started his career as a Commercial Real Estate Underwriting Analyst, followed by positions in equities trading and residential mortgage banking. Prior to Lima One Capital, Brian worked as a Financial Analyst for a conventional and SBA commercial loan portfolio servicer.

Bill McDonald

Bill McDonald is Lima One Capital’s Director of Construction Management. His team of analysts manage pre- and post-closing risk and the construction draw process, and advise FixNFlip, ground-up construction, and heavy rehab borrowers on project budgets and processes. This process helps Lima One’s customers successfully complete their flips or construction projects, while ensuring the performance of their loans. Bill has built a best-in-class construction management department supports clients while identifying and mitigating risk on an hourly basis. This gives Lima One an advantage over its competitors in both customer experience and risk management.

Bill is a licensed general contractor and inspector who started and operated his own general contracting and real estate inspection firms in California and Maryland before joining Lima One In 2017. He has more than 25 years of experience in residential and commercial construction.

Justin Thompson

Justin Thompson serves as Director of Inside Sales for Lima One Capital.

Since joining Lima One Capital in 2012, Justin has overseen marketing for the company and assisted in the branding of several new investor programs as well as a successful nationwide expansion for the company.

Justin Thompson graduated from The University of Mary Washington with a degree in Political Science.

Diane Sugrue

Diane Sugrue is Lima One’s Director of Rental Finance. In this role she oversees daily operations and loan production for rental property and portfolio loans. She is responsible for the creation and optimization of processes and procedures so that her team can efficiently and effectively meet the needs of real estate investors seeking long-term financing.

Diane joined Lima One in 2016 as an operations analyst in the rental department and shortly moved into a Senior Analyst role. She also spent time as a Senior Broker Consultant and Senior Multifamily Analyst where she helped build out both departments and their processes. Before her promotion to Director of Rental Finance in 2021, she was Deputy Director of the Multifamily and Rental Finance departments. Diane earned her B.S. in mathematical sciences from Clemson University with an emphasis in actuarial science and financial mathematics.

Nate Trunfio

Nate Trunfio is Lima One’s Senior Director of Sales and Marketing. In this role, Trunfio (who is based in Philadelphia) leads Lima One’s Business Development team, while also being heavily involved in all sales capacities and marketing initiatives.

Trunfio was most recently President of DLP Lending, a company that funds bridge loans for single family and multifamily real estate investors. He was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company, leading both sales and operations, and was instrumental in the company’s significant growth. Trunfio also served as Director of Operations for two different business-to-business alternative lenders, where he was responsible for the operations and sales team and improving efficiency and scaling the departments. He began his career by spending five years at New Penn Financial, where within two years, he became the top producing sales representative among a team of more than fifty. Trunfio earned a dual bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Marketing from Eastern University.

Abigail Williams

Abigail joined Lima One in January 2021 and leads the company’s legal and compliance department. Prior to joining Lima One, Abigail was an associate at K&L Gates LLP in Charlotte, NC, where she focused on mortgage-backed securitizations and general corporate matters. Abigail earned her B.S. from the University of North Carolina and her J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

Vinod Thomas

Vinod has over 30 years of progressive industry experience split between mortgage servicing and as a vendor providing products and services to the mortgage servicing community. Prior to joining Lima One Capital, he was the SVP of Mortgage Servicing at Fidelity Bank. He was previously the EVP of Mortgage Servicing at Pacific Union Financial, LLC. Before that, he was the SVP of Default Servicing at PNC Mortgage, where he was responsible for setting strategy and direction, as well as the oversight of all aspects of default loan servicing for a bank under the consent orders of both the OCC and the FRB. Under his leadership, all work required to remediate gaps identified by the OCC and FRB were successfully completed by 3Q 2014.

Prior to PNC Mortgage, Vinod had a senior leadership role at ServiceLink, a Fidelity National Title Company subsidiary. Vinod was the COO for LandAmerica Default Services Company, a subsidiary of the LandAmerica Financial Group, responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to the group providing default-related products and services to the mortgage servicing community. Vinod started his career in mortgage servicing working for Bank of America, then was at Washington Mutual Bank.

Vinod is a graduate of the College of Business and Economics from California State University, Fullerton, with a degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance.