About CoreVest

Chief Executive Officer of CoreVest

Fred J. Matera has been promoted to serve as Chief Executive Officer of CoreVest. Fred has also previously held the position of Chief Investment Officer of Redwood and Co-Head of Redwood’s Residential Investor business. During Fred’s time at Redwood, he has held various leadership positions, including Head of Redwood Residential and Redwood board member from March 2019 to December 2020. Prior to Redwood, Fred was co-founder of MoVi Partners, an advisory firm focused on promoting innovation through diversity in the fintech industry. During 2008-2016, Fred held several leadership positions with Redwood, including Chief Investment Officer and Head of Commercial. He has more than 30 years’ experience at top financial and mortgage banking firms, serving in senior-level positions. Fred has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Tufts University, and an M.B.A. in finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

President of CoreVest

Michael Peerson is President of CoreVest. Michael joined CoreVest in 2022 and during his time at the company has held other leadership positions, including Chief Investment Officer, leading capital markets initiatives for the company. Prior to joining CoreVest, Michael was a Director at Wells Fargo Securities, where he traded non-Agency MBS securities. In that role, Mr. Peerson was a market-maker providing liquidity, assessing relative value, and managing risk across multiple non-Agency MBS securities and subsectors. While at Wells Fargo Securities, Mr. Peerson also held positions trading CMBS, Consumer ABS, and Agency MBS. Before joining the trading group at Wells Fargo Securities, Mr. Peerson was a Collateral Manager for an actively managed CRE CDO. Prior to Wells Fargo, Mr. Peerson worked in investment banking within the Debt Capital Markets Group at Wachovia Securities. Mr. Peerson holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Finance from the University of Florida and is a CFA Charterholder.

Chief Credit Officer and Chief Operating Officer

Micaela Lumpkin is Chief Credit Officer and Chief Operating Officer at CoreVest. In these roles Micaela is responsible for oversight and administration of CoreVest’s operating and credit activities, including oversight of loan policies and procedures. Prior to her current roles, Micaela was Managing Director, Head of Term Loans at CoreVest, where she was responsible for managing the operations of term financing products. Prior to joining CoreVest, Micaela spent almost ten years at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP as a Senior Associate, practicing in the Real Estate and Finance group, where she focused on the acquisition of distressed debt, as well as both mortgage and mezzanine financing. Micaela received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. from the University of Virginia.

Chief Client Officer

Joakim Mortensen is the Chief Client Officer and Head of Institutional Loans at CoreVest Finance, and is responsible for nationwide business development and originations. Mr. Mortensen is focused on capital formation and investment partnerships for Redwood Trust. He brings 20 years of experience in real estate finance with leadership roles at previous firms such as LNR Property, GMAC Commercial Mortgage and Bayview Financial. Mr Mortensen hold a J.D./M.B.A. from Nova Southeastern University, LL.M from University of Miami and a J.D. From University of Copenhagen.

In addition to his role at CoreVest, Ryan McBride is Chief Investment Officer of RWT Horizons. In this role, Mr. McBride is responsible for developing and executing on RWT Horizons’ investment and operational strategy, including capital deployment, strategic partnerships and other capital formation activities. Mr. McBride joined Redwood Trust in October 2019 as a Managing Director in connection with Redwood’s acquisition of CoreVest American Finance Lender, LLC (“CoreVest”) where he was a co-founder and the Chief Operating Officer. Mr. McBride has more than 20 years of experience in real estate and finance, previously serving as an Executive Vice President for Colony American Homes where he was a co-founder and responsible for the company’s overall acquisition efforts. Notably, he oversaw the purchase of more than 20,000 single-family residential investment homes. Mr. McBride also worked in investment banking for over a dozen years, most of this time at JP Morgan. Mr. McBride received an MBA in Finance from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a BBA in Finance from The College of William and Mary.

Head of Asset Management

Nerissa S. Pryba has served as CoreVest’s Head of Asset Management since January 2024. Prior to joining CoreVest in January 2024, Mrs. Pryba was employed at Dwight Mortgage Trust, serving as the Head of Asset Management. In that role, Mrs. Pryba led a team of asset management and servicing professionals responsible for the management of performing and non-performing multifamily loans. Prior to her employment at Dwight Mortgage Trust, Mrs. Pryba was employed at The Bancorp, where she was the Head of Asset Management for the bank’s multifamily bridge loans. Mrs. Pryba began her career at BlackRock, where she was an asset manager for real estate debt and equity investments as well as the CMBS product specialist. Mrs. Pryba holds a B.A. in Art History from Barnard College and an M.S. in Real Estate Finance from New York University.