Dave Eckert serves as President of Growth at Unity Home Loans, where he leads strategic growth initiatives, develops leaders, and helps create opportunities for loan officers, real estate professionals, and the communities they serve. With nearly three decades in the mortgage industry, Dave is passionate about building organizations where people can grow, succeed, and make a lasting impact.

Ask those who know Dave, and you’ll hear a common theme: he’s always looking for ways to help other people win. Whether that’s supporting a loan officer’s growth, strengthening a real estate partnership, mentoring an emerging leader, or helping ensure every client receives an exceptional home financing experience, that’s simply how he’s wired. His role today isn’t about originating loans, it’s about equipping great people with the vision, tools, and support they need to change lives through homeownership.

Long before his career in mortgage lending, Dave‘s leadership philosophy was shaped through athletics. As a former Junior Olympic and NCAA Division I National Champion gymnast, he learned that lasting success is built through discipline, preparation, commitment, and relentless consistency. Those lessons continue to influence how he leads, coaches, and develops others today.

Dave believes leadership is service and success is a team sport. He has built his career on the belief that sustainable growth is built through trust, not transactions. That philosophy aligns closely with Unity Home Loans’ mission: mortgage lending is what we do, but it is far from who we are.

For Dave, mortgage lending is the profession. Creating opportunities for others is the purpose.