Mr. Cooper announced the appointment of Jason Cave as its new SVP of Government Affairs, which was confirmed with HousingWire today. Cave, who started on Jan. 21, confirmed the news on his LinkedIn today.
Cave will report directly to Kurt Johnson, the company’s EVP and CFO. Cave joins the company with more than three decades in the federal banking regulatory sector, serving in various leadership roles at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
In 2023, when Cave was the chief fintech officer at the FHFA, he spearheaded the agency’s first tech sprint, which brought together “experts and practitioners from the technology and the mortgage finance sectors to solve a common challenge,” according to the website.
That first tech sprint asked how data digitization might drive transparency and increase access, fairness, affordability and sustainability in mortgage lending. The FHFA continued hosting the tech sprint in 2024, when the theme was how gen AI could be leveraged to solve housing affordability.
Cave authored an articles on fintech adoption for HousingWire and has been a guest on the HousingWire Daily podcast.
A graduate of Bryant University, Cave was a principal at Piedmont Risk Advisors, LLC, a firm he founded, that delivers strategic advisory services for financial institutions on their business strategy and implementation.
In his new role, Cave will collaborate closely with regulators, industry associations, advocacy groups and government agencies to support Mr. Cooper’s customers.
