
	Bowles joins the fast-growing mortgage lender following work for Citibank, Bank of America, Wachovia, Liz Claiborne, Chase Capital Partners and Merrill Lynch. Most recently, she was director and head of consumer and small-business lending products for Citibank&rsquo;s consumer and commercial bank. Before that, she managed credit, market and operational risk for $230 billion of annual home loans origination volume at BofA.
	
	Laura Bowles is also the daughter-in-law of Erskine Bowles, the co-founder of Charlotte investment bank Bowles, Hollowell, Conner, and the former chief of staff in the Clinton White House. He also is a former president of the UNC System.
