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Exceptional
SENIORS
Impacting Lubbock
for Four Decades
Tom Couture
ith 48 years in the Fast forward to
mortgage lending today, and Tom is
Windustry, Tom Couture is a top-producing
a veteran. He knows this business mortgage lender, as
like the back of his hand and well as the Director of
considers himself to be a blessed mortgage lending at is my great pleasure to give back in
man to have had the opportunity to the Texas Tech Credit Union. With some small way.“
help so many people achieve their designations in the prestigious Impact Makers LBK convenes three
dreams of homeownership and “Scotsman’s Guide of Mortgage times a year, hosting sessions led
creating wealth through real estate Originators” and his standing in the by Tom and his team, as well as
investment. top 1% of mortgage lenders in the guest speakers and realtor panels.
United States, Tom is fulfilling his These gatherings unite local
Tom started in the mortgage dream of helping others.
business in his hometown of business leaders to share insights,
Montpelier, Vermont, right after Tom views mortgages not as foster connections, and amplify one
graduating from high school. transactions, but as opportunities to another's capabilities and innovative
While he had no specific plans serve people. ”It is very rewarding energies. By nurturing each other
to go into the mortgage lending to have the opportunity to make through encouragement and
business, neither did he see himself a positive difference in people's collaboration, the group's primary
as someone who wanted to go to lives every day. The best part about objective is to cultivate leadership
college. He started his career in my job is helping people. I get to skills that empower members to
mortgage at a large life insurance work with realtor referral partners contribute to the community more
company in Vermont in 1976, to grow their businesses, and I get effectively.
working his way through each to help individual people, in some "Tom has also brought the mortgage
department and learning every small way, to achieve their dream lending community together
aspect of the business. “I realized of owning a home for their family and is the founding officer of the
quickly that I loved the mortgage or building wealth through real West Texas Mortgage Bankers
business and loved helping people,“ estate ownership in the investment Association, a local chapter of
he said. property space,” said Couture. the Texas Mortgage Bankers
Association. He also serves on
After eight years at National Life Another one of Tom‘s passions is a
Insurance in Vermont, Tom was business and personal development the board of the Texas Mortgage
offered the opportunity to move group that he recently founded here Bankers Association in Austin,
to Lubbock for a job with Plains in Lubbock called Impact Makers Texas. In addition, he has served two
National Bank (now PlainsCapital LBK (www.impactmakerslbk.com). terms as president of the Lubbock
Bank), so, in 1985, he packed up his "Lubbock and its community of real Housing Finance Corporation board
family, moved to Lubbock, and the estate professionals, have given so of directors and continues as a board
rest is history! much to me over the years, and it member. His active role in these
organizations demonstrates Tom's
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