MegaStar Financial was recently highlighted as a strong accountable lender by FOX National Business News and the Denver Post. MFC was rewarded the Gold Star Award from the Better Business Bureau in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

In 2009 The Latina Chamber in conjunction with the United States Hispanic Chamber and State Farm presented Mrs. Padilla-Fitzgerald with The National Latina Trail Blazer Award for Business.

Mrs. Padilla-Fitzgerald served two consecutive terms for the State of Colorado “Rules Committee Task Force.” In 2009, she was appointed by the Colorado Governor to serve on the Colorado Housing Finance Authority Board of Directors.

This year, Mrs. Padilla-Fitzgerald was nominated and won the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Financial Service for the Rocky Mountain Region for 2010. The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for Denver awarded Mrs. Padilla-Fitzgerald the Hispanic Business Woman of the Year for 2010.

Prior to MFC, Mrs. Padilla-Fitzgerald was President/CEO of First City Financial Corp. (FCFC), a Denver based lender, from 1996 to1999 and was one of 10 original employees of Denver based Cherry Creek Mortgage Company (CCMC) from 1988 to 1996.

Mr. Pieper was one of the initial employees of the company in April 2000 and has been intimately involved in the development of many of the systems and procedures used by the company today.

Prior to joining MegaStar, Mr. Pieper was with Wells Fargo Bank in Commercial Banking and Asset Based Finance for 12 years.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and graduated with honors from the University of Denver in June 1982.

Mrs. Funke has also spent seven years as a small business owner that provided training and consulting services for financial institutions nationwide.

As a Senior Vice President, she oversees branch and corporate operations and is interested in developing people and ensuring the continued growth for MegaStar.

Mrs. Funke is involved in the arts, serviced on the Mayor’s Counsel of the Arts, has been involved in various fund raising activities, and is one of the original members of the Denver Film Festival.

In her spare time, she enjoys, biking, hiking, reading, and cooking.

She was born in Toronto, Canada and moved to Denver in 1978.

At CorTrust Mortgage, Dave grew a mortgage company from 8th in the marketplace to 2nd within a year in the most competitive per capita banking market in the United States. While at CorTrust, he managed all aspects of the mortgage company including processing, underwriting, originating, and servicing. CorTrust Mortgage is an affiliate of a privately owned bank that produced and average of $200 million annually.

At Wells Fargo Mortgage, Dave managed the mortgage market for the states of North and South Dakota and led his branch to achieve one of the highest market shares by states in the country. Dave has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from the University of South Dakota and graduated in 1988.

In addition to his time spent in banking and finance, Dave was a very successful Realtor for 5 years. He understands what is important to Realtors and what they are looking for in a mortgage lender.

Dave is married to his wife, Kelly for 20 years and has 3 children: Megan, Madeline, and Mollie. He has a passion for restoring old cars when he is not attending his daughter’s events.

Throughout his career, he has been responsible for managing a variety of financial and administrative support functions, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, treasury management, internal audit, human resources and legal / regulatory / contract administration.

Mr. Dell is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Colorado. He earned his MS-Accounting and BS-Business Administration from the University of Colorado. He also graduated from the Mortgage Bankers Association School of Mortgage Banking.

Mr. Dell, his wife Mary and triplet sons live in Arvada, Colorado.

He is currently building the infrastructure to move MegaStar Financial to a loan sale environment that utilizes a hedging strategy for interest rate risk management and a best execution model for loan delivery to specified investors. As the transition unfolds, he will be responsible for day to day trading, lock desk support and loan delivery.

Mr. Beer has been with MegaStar Financial since November 2010. He has been in the mortgage business for 24 years, primarily in Secondary Marketing, with a number of Irwin Financial companies.

At Irwin Mortgage, Mr. Beer led a secondary marketing team that was responsible for pipeline management of loans produced in Retail, Wholesale, and Correspondent channels. Irwin Mortgage was a midsize national mortgage company that produced and sold an average of $10B of mortgage loans annually.

Mr. Beer was a member of FNMA’s Advisory Council and graduated from the Mortgage Bankers Association Future Leaders course. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Idaho and graduated in 1985.

Mr. Beer is married to his wife, Carmen, and has 3 children: Ryan, Anna, and Sara. He has many hobbies outside of work that include: hiking, golfing, and reading. He enjoys all aspects of sports.