OUR LEADERS

Servant leadership defines who we are. The more senior your role, the more people you serve and learn from every day. We encourage our team to listen, inspire growth and guide with humility. There’s no better example of that than our leadership team.

CEO / CO-FOUNDER

Casey Crawford

Casey Crawford is the co-founder and CEO of Movement Mortgage. The former Super Bowl champion also serves as chairman of Movement Bank and Movement Insurance. Since 2012, Casey’s companies have given millions of dollars to the Movement Foundation to uplift people and communities across the globe.

Get to know Casey

Casey Crawford

CEO / CO-FOUNDER

Casey Crawford is the co-founder and CEO of Movement Mortgage, a $30 billion retail mortgage lender and six-time member of the Inc. 5000 list. He is also the chairman of Movement Bank and founder and chairman of Movement Schools, a network of tuition-free public charter schools committed to teaching world-class academics and virtues in areas where families have historically lacked access to education options. Casey founded the nonprofit Movement Foundation as a vehicle to bring life, light and hope to others. To date, it has invested more than $260 million in schools, communities and ministries around the world.

Casey has been recognized as a John Maxwell Transformational Leadership Award recipient, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, HousingWire Vanguard award recipient, and a Charlotte Business Journal Most Admired CEO. He has been featured by national media outlets, including CNBC, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Fox Business, Inc. Magazine and HousingWire.

A Super Bowl champion, Casey played tight end for the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2000-2003. He graduated from the University of Virginia with All-ACC honors in football and academics. Casey is an avid outdoorsman and accomplished Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor. He lives outside Charlotte, N.C., with his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Cadie and Josie.

President & Chief Financial Officer

Steve Smith

Steve Smith is the President and Chief Financial Officer of Movement Mortgage leading all teammates across sales, operations, finance, servicing, and corporate functions.

Get to know Steve

Steve Smith

President & Chief Financial Officer

Steve Smith is the President and Chief Financial Officer of Movement Mortgage leading all teammates across sales, operations, finance, servicing, and corporate functions.

With more than 30 years of executive leadership experience in the mortgage industry, Steve deeply understands how to lead successful sales, operations teams and finance teams. Steve’s career has focused on sales strategy, capital management, strategic planning, operational review, mergers and acquisitions, risk management and regulatory oversight.

Prior to joining Movement, Steve held the position of President and CFO of Stearns Lending, CFO of Caliber Home Loans, Executive for Core Servicing and Centralized Sales for Bank of America and CFO of Consumer Markets for Countrywide.

Away from the office, Steve loves traveling and hanging out with his wife, daughters and growing their herd of grandchildren.

NATIONAL SALES DIRECTOR

Brady Yeager

Brady joined Movement in 2023 and serves as Movement’s national sales director. Based in the Seattle area, Brady supports sales leaders and oversees Movement’s growth throughout the country.

Get to know Brady

Brady Yeager

NATIONAL SALES DIRECTOR

A 20+ year veteran of the finance and mortgage lending industries, Brady’s experience spans investment banking, residential retail mortgage and private mortgage lending. Shortly after launching his career at UBS in New York City, Brady returned to the Pacific Northwest to open his own brokerage, which merged with Cobalt Mortgage in 2008.

Brady is passionate about helping loan officers grow their business to serve more families and communities. He was drawn to Movement’s energy and momentum, and is excited to be a part of the Movement of Change!

REGIONAL DIRECTORS

We believe in a lean operational structure. We also believe in making sure loan officers have the support, guidance and inspiration they need. Meet our regional leaders.