Meet The Team

Chris Piro
President and Broker
BRE #01752906 NMLS MLO CA #222773 FL #MBR2000 Colorado NMLS #100508620 Professional Member of CAMP

Chris Piro
President and Broker
Chris acts as President and Broker at Malibu Funding, Inc.. He has 17 years and counting of real estate lending experience and started his lending career as a retail loan officer at major banks such as Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase. With over 2000 loans personally funded exceeding $1,000,000,000 he has seen it all. He is an expert in all loan types, including conventional residential loans, reverse mortgage, FHA, commercial loans coast to coast, private money and bridge loans, construction, SBA, and apartment loans.
Chris graduated with honors from the University of California at Riverside with time abroad in a Master’s program while studying in Europe. For fun Chris loves to spend time with his family, travel, cook for friends, ride bikes with his cycling team, backpack, surf, fish, and ski.
- Phone:650.773.1866
- Email:chris@searchlightlending.com

Darren Woodworth
Loan Officer
NMLS # 274648
BRE# 01439198
- Phone:408-425-7845
- Email:darren.woodworth@gmail.com

George Gonzales, M.B.A
Sr. Mortgage Strategist
NMLS# 353617
BRE# 01801409
- Phone:909-900-9565
- Email:georgeglending@gmail.com

Deana M. Devereaux
Loan Officer
BRE#: 01931382
NMLS#: 111830
- Phone:(818) 643-1587
- Email:deana.malibufunding@gmail.com

Luke Manke
Loan Officer
BRE # 018560000 NMLS # 289634 Licensed in CA, WA, AZ, OR, ID, NV, UT, CO, NM, TX, MS, GA, FL, VA and MD

Luke Manke
Loan Officer
BRE # 018560000
NMLS # 289634
Licensed in CA, WA, AZ, OR, ID, NV, UT, CO, NM, TX, MS, GA, FL, VA and MD
- Phone:818-209-2592
- Email:luke.malibufunding@yahoo.com

Jennifer H. Conrad
Loan Officer
NMLS # 222663
Serving: AZ, CA, GA, IL, & NV
- Phone:773-593-6831
- Email:jcprocessing@gmail.com

Ricardo Guerra
Loan Officer
CA BRE# 01338709
NMLS# 408082
- Phone:818-326-6206
- Email:rick.malibufunding@yahoo.com

Connie Hernandez
Loan Officer
DRE: 01229314
NMLS: 321323
- Phone:626-918-4592
- Email:connie@malibufundingcovina.com

David Nahin, MBA
Loan Officer
NMLS ID#: 2251720
- Phone:630-577-7755
- Email:David.MalibuFunding@Gmail.com

Thomas Blaylock
Loan Officer
NMLS #361853 CA
BRE#01104972
- Phone:310-345-3296
- Email:Thomasblaylock@yahoo.com