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“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, you need a team.”

John Wooden

Executive Team

Scott Rerucha
Scott Rerucha

CEO & Partner

Chris Gurdjian
Chris Gurdjian

CSO & Partner

Ed Messman
Ed Messman

CIO & Partner, NMLS-100527664

Kevin Cawley
Kevin Cawley

CTO & Partner

Elliott Pierce
Elliott Pierce

CCO

Kellie Ramsower
Kellie Ramsower
COO, NMLS-2449630
Heather Tonn
CFO
Ross Cowan
Ross Cowan

EVP of Sales

Heather Beckner
Heather Beckner

VP Lending Operations, NMLS-1159269

Nick Wilson
Nick Wilson

VP Business Purpose Lending, NMLS-112680

Alex Mason
Alex Mason

Director of Real Estate

Department Leadership

Jana Arnold
Jana Arnold

VP Business Development

Ed Bachtold
Ed Bachtold

Managing Partner of Finance

Brent Eley
Brent Eley

Partner, NMLS-35795

Shiven Gandhi
Shiven Gandhi

Controller

Jarrett Johnson
Jarrett Johnson

Director of Asset Management & Partner

Dyann Kelson
Dyann Kelson

Loan Servicing Manager

Chantele Machado
Chantele Machado

Marketing Operations Director

Drew Nichol
Drew Nichol

Business Development & Trainer

Chris Steward
Chris Steward

Director of Investments & Partner

Matt Teskey

Business Development Executive

Real Estate

Roque De Herrera
Roque De Herrera
Moira Haughian
Moira Haughian
Tayra Roscoe
Spencer Stegmann
Spencer Stegmann
RJ Straker
RJ Straker
Micah Woody
Micah Woody

Consumer Lending

Rob Beckner
Rob Beckner

NMLS-112383

Greg Cauthron
Greg Cauthron

NMLS-961545

Eric Engel
NMLS-636431
Bryan Gorder
Bryan Gorder

NMLS-107906

Ginnell Hellhake
Ginnell Hellhake

NMLS-2481672

Shannon Kershaw
Shannon Kershaw

NMLS-111806

Brandy McFall
Brandy McFall

NMLS-109606

Eric McNamee
Eric McNamee
NMLS-107805
Vanessa Rimkus
Vanessa Rimkus

NMLS-965136

Business Purpose Lending

Andy Bybee
Andy Bybee
NMLS-64302
Pat Chong
Karen Fierro
Karen Fierro

NMLS-2001447

Cheryl Gennaios
Cheryl Gennaios

NMLS-880567

Lekai Tong
Lekai Tong

NMLS-109606

Accounting

Colton Fraser
Colton Fraser
Jason Gierzak
Jason Gierzak
Cole Johanson
Cole Johanson
Daniel Lee
Daniel Lee
Rachel Li
Rachel Li
Samantha Powell
Elena Skanchenko
Elena Skanchenko
Linh To

Investor Relations

Yalem Almaw
Yalem Almaw
Diana Craig
Diana Craig

Marketing

Melissa Hartman
Veronika Zwicke
Veronika Pohl

Operations

Kaitlin Holldorf
Pam Kyle
Pam Kyle

NMLS-442346

Stephanie Luce
Stephanie Luce
Anita Sexton

NMLS-389050

Cari Steele
Cari Steele

NMLS-136893

Rachel Ward

Scott Rerucha

CEO & Partner

Scott Rerucha is the CEO and co-founder of Legacy Group Capital and has over three decades of indispensable industry experience. As CEO and managing partner, Scott provides leadership for all aspects of the company’s operations with an emphasis on long-term goals, development, profit, and return on investment.

Before Legacy Group Capital, Scott held successful tenures with numerous financial institutions throughout the Puget Sound Region. In 1993, he founded Bay Mortgage, which became one of the largest mortgage banking operations in the state of Washington. After Bay Mortgage was acquired, he founded Sky Bank, a new de novo bank, which was successfully sold in 2003 to First Independent Bank of Vancouver, WA.

In 2006, Scott co-founded Legacy Group Holdings, the parent company to Legacy Group Capital, Legacy Group Lending, and Legacy Group Escrow. The Legacy Group family of companies experienced substantial growth and success, which was recognized with several industry awards, including the Fastest Growing Private Business as well as the Best Companies to Work.

By 2013, Legacy Group’s mortgage company had become one of the top 25 mortgage banking operations in the country and was successfully sold to WJ Bradley of Denver, CO. Legacy’s growth and service level has made them the premier private lender in the PNW.

Scott earned his Bachelor of Arts in Finance and Economics from Seattle University. While attending Seattle University, Scott was a scholarship athlete on Seattle University’s tennis team.
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Chris Gurdjian

CSO & Partner

Christopher Gurdjian is the President of Real Estate Acquisition as well as a managing partner at Legacy Group Capital.

Chris has been active in real estate since 1999 when he entered the industry as a new loan officer at Bay Mortgage. Soon after, Chris purchased and developed his first real estate project deal with Brent Eley. This experience propelled Chris forward in the Seattle in-fill development arena.

Over the past 17 years, Chris has participated in well over 1,200 residential development transactions and has partnered in the construction of over 700 homes in the Seattle metro region.

Today Chris drives all business development for the real estate team at Legacy Group Capital. Chris and his team work closely with 35 of Seattle’s most successful brokers, identifying 60-100 acquisitions each year. The team completes all feasibility work, maximizes development strategies, and expedites all permitting within the jurisdictions Legacy develops within. The team then places each deal with one of the 65 core builders who partner with Legacy on an ongoing basis.

Chris is active in all aspects of growth and strategy within Legacy Group Capital.
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Ed Messman

CIO & Partner, NMLS-100527664

Ed Messman is the Chief Investment Officer of Legacy Group Capital and has over two decades of executive leadership experience with venture capital and private equity-sponsored technology companies.

As CIO and partner, Ed provides leadership for all aspects of the company’s investment and capital markets activities. Prior to Legacy Group Capital, Ed served as the CEO of Rook Capital, a venture capital-sponsored fintech company focused on creating innovative financing solutions that address housing accessibility and affordability. In addition, Ed has also led multiple startups as a founder and CEO through institutional financing and ultimately to merger and acquisition exits.

Ed spent the first 13 years of his career in structured finance, working with hundreds of venture capital and private equity-sponsored technology companies on senior, mezzanine debt, and equity financing.

Ed earned his Bachelor of Science in International Finance from Grand Canyon University and his MBA in Finance from the University of Colorado Boulder. While attending Grand Canyon University, Ed was an athlete on Grand Canyon University’s baseball team. Ed currently lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife and are parents to three adult children.
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Kevin Cawley

CTO & Partner

Kevin Cawley serves as the Chief Technology Officer for Legacy Group Capital.

Kevin began his career as a Mechanical Engineer upon graduation from the University of Texas. Soon after, he transitioned to software development and entrepreneurship, receiving his master’s in computer science from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Kevin then developed cutting-edge technologies and applications for several successful startups he co-founded, guiding them from inception to sustainability and exit. Most notably, Kevin co-founded DigniFi, a fintech startup that addresses financing gaps in the automotive industry. At DigniFi, Kevin built the digital platform that enabled them to grow into 5,000 automotive dealerships and close over 10,000 loans a month. Kevin recently took those learnings and shifted to the real estate space with Rook Capital.

In his free time, Kevin enjoys being active with his four kids. He can often be found cycling while wearing a big smile and a colorful spandex suit on one of Colorado’s many mountain roads.
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Elliott Pierce

CCO

Elliott Pierce serves as the Chief Credit Officer for Legacy Group Capital.  Elliott has been a banker in the Pacific Northwest for over 40 years and has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial banking and credit administration. Prior to joining Legacy Group Capital, Elliott most recently served as the Chief Credit Officer for First Sound Bank in Seattle until Harborstone Credit Union acquired the bank in May 2024.

Elliott earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington and his MBA degree in Management from Seattle Pacific University.  He is also a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School.

Elliott is currently a University Presbyterian Church Session Council member and has previously served on the Board of the YMCA of King County, the Salvation Army of King County, and the Washington Bankers Association Credit Committee.

He lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, and they have three adult children.

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Kellie Ramsower

COO, NMLS-2449630

Kellie Ramsower is the company’s Chief Operating Officer and joined Legacy in 2022.

She is responsible for developing and implementing effective strategies, policies, and procedures for all supervised areas; ensuring the company’s operations are conducted in accordance with all regulations and in line with the company’s growth and expansion plans. This includes overseeing lending operations, loan servicing, IT, HR, data management, and investment operations. In addition, she participates in the organization’s Loan Committee and is the company liaison between the Leadership and Partner Teams.

Before joining Legacy Group Capital, Kellie was the SVP of Underwriting and Risk Operations for a national, publicly traded mortgage insurance firm and held various management positions in the mortgage banking and private mortgage insurance sectors.

Kellie holds a B.A. from the University of South Florida in English, with an emphasis in technical writing.
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Heather Tonn

CFO

Heather Tonn joined the senior management team at Legacy Group Capital in 2023 and serves as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.

Heather brings a strong real estate background in the Pacific Northwest, spanning over a decade at John L. Scott Real Estate, and has worked closely with lenders, brokers, office leaders, and senior management. Working with the extraordinary team at Legacy Group Capital, she is honing the company’s financial strategies and policies and leading their efforts for financial reporting, planning and analysis, and implementing financial systems.

Heather holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of North Texas and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.
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