Our Leaders (2024)

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.

Mike Brennan

PRESIDENT

Mike Brennan is the President of Movement Mortgage. As Movement’s first company president, Brennan leads all sales and operations functions across the organization.

Mike was born and raised in New Jersey and has continued to live there with his wife Marta and their two children, Lauren and Michael. Brennan started his career in construction/real estate and migrated to mortgage banking in 2003 when he became CEO/President of Lancaster Mortgage Bankers. After spending 17 years in the mortgage industry, Mike joined Movement Mortgage in March of 2015 to lead the Northeast region. There, he led unprecedented growth before being promoted to Chief Performance Officer in 2020.

As CPO, Brennan helped lead the company to expand into all fifty states, becoming the sixth-largest retail mortgage lender in the nation. At the end of 2020, due in part to Brennan’s leadership, Movement Mortgage paid a $200 million dividend to its nonprofit Movement Foundation as part of its mission to love and value people by investing in communities.

Along with his financial expertise, Brennan has a strong passion for supporting and participating in mission work throughout Central and South America. He is aligned with International Cooperating Ministries (ICM), the Karis Foundation, John C. Maxwell companies, and more.

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!