In recent years, they have focused on mentoring loan officers and tailoring their support to match different career stages.
Dallas-based Supreme Lending said Fairfield and Keranen’s leadership will help expand operations in the region and enhance support for loan officers and borrowers.
Supreme, led by Scott Everett, has about 300 branches nationwide and produced north of $4 billion in origination volume in 2024.
“We are truly supported with the ability to grow and support our team,” Keranen said. “Scott’s leadership has cultivated an exceptional team atmosphere that empowers us all to thrive.”
Previous career stops for Keranen include a three-plus-year stint as regional director at Movement Mortgage and a six-year management tenure at New American Funding.
Fairfield emphasized his new company’s collaborative approach.
“Supreme Lending is truly a family environment with a high level of accountability toward getting the job done to support borrowers and all of us on the lending side,” he said. “We’ve been in a difficult economy for a few years now, and we’re proud to have seen our team succeed at such an unprecedented level.”
Like Keranen, Fairfield comes to Supreme Lending from Movement Mortgage, where he served as regional director for southern California for more than three years. That followed nearly a decade of work as senior vice president, southern California west division at New American Funding, his LinkedIn profile states.
The Movement branch in Irvine, California produced about $600 million in volume in 2024, according to Modex.
