Commercial mortgage company expands business avenues, plans for succession

Kelly Olivieri Gilliland joined her father at Horizon Mortgage Corp. 18 years ago. Now, with the leader mulling retirement, she's about to face a new set of challenges.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:00 a.m. April 13, 2018
Lori Sax. Kelly Olivieri Gilliland is the executive vice president of Horizon Mortgage Corp.
Lori Sax. Kelly Olivieri Gilliland is the executive vice president of Horizon Mortgage Corp.
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In high school, Kelly Olivieri Gilliland loved chemistry. She thought she would go into medicine.

 

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