Our Board Of Directors

Dan Gilbert is the Chairman of our Board. Dan is the founder of Rocket Mortgage, where he has been the Chairman of the board of directors since 1985. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Rocket Mortgage from 1985 to 2002. Dan is the majority owner of RHI, and the Chairman of its board of directors, a position he has held since 2002; Dan also serves in officer or director roles for certain RHI affiliates. Dan is also the majority owner of the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team and the operator of the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. Furthermore, he is the Chairman of Rock Ventures LLC and majority shareholder and founder of the real estate investment firm Bedrock, which has invested and committed billions to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including new construction of ground up developments in downtown Detroit and Cleveland, totaling more than 18 million square feet in Detroit’s downtown urban core. In February 2016, Dan co-founded Detroit-based StockX, the world’s first “stock market of things,” combining the visible, liquid, anonymous, and transparent benefits of a stock market with the online consumer secondary market. Dan serves on the boards of the Cleveland Clinic and the Children’s Tumor Foundation. In 2015, Dan and Jennifer Gilbert established the Gilbert Family Foundation and in 2017, formed NF Forward to fund cutting-edge research dedicated to finding a cure for neurofibromatosis (NF). Dan earned his bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and his law degree from Wayne State University.

As our founder and Chairman and a national leader in the mortgage industry, Dan has provided us with critical leadership during our entire 35-year history, including his service as Chief Executive Officer from 1985 until 2002. In that role, he pioneered the digitization of mortgages in America, revolutionized the mortgage industry, and created our ISMs as the guiding principles and philosophy for our team members, which continue to define our corporate culture as well as fundamental corporate strategies and innovation. Our Board also benefits from his in-depth industry knowledge and significant relationships with key business partners and national business leaders.

Bill Emerson serves as a Director of Rocket Companies and as Vice Chairman of Rock Holdings, Inc., which is the majority stockholder of Rocket Companies. He is also Interim Chief Executive Officer of Rocket Companies.

Previously, Bill was Chief Executive Officer of Rocket Mortgage, a position he held for 15 years. Under his leadership, Rocket Mortgage became the second largest retail mortgage lender, broke many company records for mortgage volume and earned numerous awards for client satisfaction.

Bill joined Quicken Loans (now Rocket Mortgage) in 1993 as a Mortgage Banker. His passion and commitment for learning and growing, as well as his zeal for taking care of clients, helped him take on many roles at the company.

He has served as the Vice Chairman of Rock Holdings, Inc. since February 2017 and Vice Chairman of Bedrock, a Detroit-based full-service real estate firm specializing in acquiring, developing, leasing, financing and managing commercial and residential buildings, since August 2020. In both roles, he is responsible for leadership, growth and development of culture. Bill is a member of the Board of Directors of Xenith, Inc., a football helmet company dedicated to advancing safety through innovation and education; the United Way of Southeast Michigan; Detroit Economic Club; Detroit Sports Organizing Committee; Housing Policy Council; Mortgage Bankers Association; National Football Foundation; Rocket Giving Fund; The Parade Company; the Detroit Children’s Fund and the Skillman Foundation. Dedicated to his community, Bill has been the recipient of the ALS Association’s Iron Horse Award and the Salvation Army’s prestigious William Booth Award, the nonprofit’s highest honor.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Penn State, where he was a member of the University’s 1982 National Championship football team.

Jennifer Gilbert is Director and Board Member of Rocket Companies, which went public on August 6, 2020.

In 2015, Jennifer founded Amber Engine, a home furnishings services and solutions technology company. Amber Engine’s mission is to make product data easy to manage for businesses of all sizes across industries through its “easy to use,” “fast to deploy,” and “accessible to all” cloud platform.

Prior to Amber Engine, Jennifer founded Doodle Home, a digital platform for residential interior designers. Doodle Home was sold to Dering Hall in 2015.

Jennifer also serves as the Founder and Creative Director of Detroit-based POPHOUSE. With more than 20 years of experience in interior design, she brings her expertise in leading the commercial design firm that specializes in utilizing data and industry research to provide strategic, unconventional and human-centric design for clients across a broad spectrum of industries.

In addition to her business interests, Jennifer is active with a number of nonprofits focused on the arts and finding a cure for Neurofibromatosis (also known as NF). She is President of NF Forward and serves as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum.

Along with her husband, Dan, Jennifer has a true passion for the city of Detroit; an area where she directs a large portion of her philanthropic efforts. Jennifer founded the Detroit Art Collection in November 2015 to beautify and inspire public spaces and structures in downtown Detroit with sculptural and mixed media works from both local and national artists, galleries and dealers. Additionally, she directs the philanthropic efforts of the Gilbert Family Foundation, which in addition to its work on NF, recently announced a $500 million effort to assist the residents of the City of Detroit.

Jennifer earned her Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design from Michigan State University. The Gilberts reside in the Detroit area. They have five children.

Matthew Rizik is a member of our Board. Matthew is also Chief Executive Officer of Rock Ventures, and a Director of RHI. Matthew joined RHI in 2012 as the Chief Tax Officer. Prior to joining RHI, Matthew was a tax partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Detroit, where he had over 31 years of experience serving fortune 500 public companies. Matthew currently serves as a board member of Rock Ventures LLC, Bedrock, Rocket Mortgage, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Motown Museum Legacy Council, City Year, Gilbert Family Foundation, Rocket Giving Fund and NF Forward. Matthew earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree in business administration from Michigan State University.

Matthew is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to his significant senior leadership experience in the areas of accounting and tax. As Chief Financial Officer of RHI with prior experience serving prominent companies in the banking and mortgage industries, his significant knowledge and experience brings important perspective on our business strategy, operating structure, operations and general industry conditions.

Suzanne Shank is a member of our Board. Suzanne is the President, CEO and co-founder of Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC, a full-service investment banking firm offering debt and equity origination services to a wide range of Fortune 500 companies and debt underwriting for municipal clients nationally. She has held this role since 2019. Previously, Suzanne was Chairperson and CEO of Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., L.L.C., a firm which she co-founded in 1996. Suzanne currently serves as a Director of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy’s Boards and White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.’s Board, and is on the boards of the Kresge Foundation, the Skillman Foundation, the Detroit Regional Chamber (Executive Committee), Global Citizen, Invest Detroit, the Wharton Graduate Board of Trustees, Partnership for New York City, and the Spelman College Board of Trustees. She formerly served on the board of American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc., the board of SIFMA, the SEC’s Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and the Bipartisan Policy Center’s CEO Council of Infrastructure. Suzanne earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in business administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Suzanne’s senior leadership experience in the financial services industry is of particular importance to our Board given the Company’s new public company status. Further, her experience as a current and former director of other public companies, including as a member of our Audit and Finance Committees, provides the Board with an important perspective on many fundamental areas of oversight, including governance, finance, accounting, stockholder engagement and risk management. The Board has determined that she qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under SEC rules.

Nancy Tellem is a member of our Board. Nancy is the Executive Chairperson of Eko, a media network that reimagines storytelling by using proprietary technology to create interactive stories that respond and leverage the interactive nature of today’s media devices. Nancy has held this role since 2014. Nancy holds board and advisory positions at numerous digital and media-related companies, including Eko, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Nielsen, League Apps, Struum and Basblue, and is a board member of Cranbrook Art Academy and Museum, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. Nancy is also a director of Gores Guggenheim, Inc. and UTA Acquisition Corporation. Nancy has previously held executive positions at several leading entertainment companies, including Xbox Entertainment Studios, CBS, and Warner Brothers. Nancy earned a bachelor’s degree from University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. degree from UC Hastings College of the Law.

Having served in numerous executive leadership roles at prominent digital, entertainment and media-related companies, Nancy contributes to the Board her significant experience in business strategy, game-changing innovation and technology, insights on culture and branding, as well as accounting and finance expertise. Nancy also has public company Board experience, including on our Compensation Committee, from which she contributes significant knowledge on key oversight functions. The Board has determined that she qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under SEC rules.

Jonathan Mariner is a member of our Board. He has served as the Founder and President of TaxDay, LLC, a mobile residency tax tracking application, since April 2016. Jonathan previously served as Chief Administrative Officer and a member of the board of directors of Enjoy Technology, Inc., an operator of mobile retail stores from December 2020 to September 2022. He also served as Chief People Officer of Enjoy Technology, Inc. from December 2020 to January 2022. He previously served as the Chief Investment Officer of Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2016 and as Chief Financial Officer from 2002 to 2014, and as Interim Head of Regional Sports Networks for The Walt Disney Company in 2019 prior to their sale to Sinclair Broadcasting. Prior to his position at Major League Baseball, he was the Chief Financial Officer for the Florida Marlins Baseball Club, Florida Panthers Hockey Club and Dolphins Stadium. He has served as a board member of Tyson Foods, Inc. since May 2019,  IEX Group, Inc. since 2016 and various other private companies and organizations. He previously served as a board member of Ultimate Software Group Inc. McGraw-Hill Education, and FM Global Insurance, Inc. Jonathan earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and a Master’s degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School. He was previously a certified public accountant.