Kevin Parra, a Director and Plaza’s President and Chief Executive Officer, has over 26 years of mortgage banking experience. Prior to co-founding Plaza, Mr. Parra was Senior Vice President/Divisional Director for New America Financial, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aegis Mortgage Corporation, where he was responsible for production and operations of seven West Coast branch offices from Seattle, Washington to San Diego, California. Previously, Mr. Parra was a Wholesale Regional Manager involved in national strategic planning for Fleet Mortgage Corp., a manager of the National Correspondent Lending Division of Plaza Home Mortgage Bank (an unrelated entity), and the co-founder and former owner of Avalon Mortgage Corporation, a San Diego, California mortgage brokerage firm. Mr. Parra has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Financial Services and a Master’s Degree in Real Estate, both from San Diego State University.