Host Eric Frazier interviews Jacquelyn Pardue MBA, Head of Procurement at LoanCare and Officer on Women’s Council and Kameesha Keesee, Broker, California. Jacquelyn is a leader in the vendor management and vendor relationship field for the past 11 years. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience to steer the purchasing and vendor management departments. Jacquelyn has a history of not only building relationships with vendors but finding cost savings across companies. Jacquelyn was named Emerging Leader of Women in Housing in MReport in 2017. Currently, Jacquelyn Pardue is the Head of Purchasing and Procurement for LoanCare, LLC, which is a top 8 mortgage servicer and is owned by Fidelity National Financial. In this role, Jacquelyn oversees all the purchasing and procurement decisions for LoanCare from the proposal process, decision, contract negotiations, ongoing management of contractual relationships, and the termination of services. Before joining LoanCare, Jacquelyn was the Director of Purchasing and Vendor Management at Gateway First Bank where she was responsible for overseeing vendor relationship issues for all business channels and service providers. Jacquelyn will also oversee the leasing department. Prior to Gateway, Jacquelyn held the position of COO and Secretary of the Board at AgileOne Solutions where she managed and maintained relationships with clients as well as oversaw all vendors. She was the Assistant Vice President of Vendor Management at Rushmore Loan Management Services where she managed approximately 2,000 vendors. While at her alma mater, Texas Tech University, where she was a history major and minored in secondary education, and was nominated as homecoming queen. She recently finished her MBA at Syracuse University.
