D. Michael (Mike) Patrick is the Executive Vice President of Sunrise Mortgage. He has more than 40 years of experience in mortgage banking and was an original co-founder of Sunrise Mortgage in 1983. He moved from Phoenix, AZ to San Luis Obispo, CA in 1990 and opened the second Sunrise Mortgage office in his hometown. Mike is known for his thoughtful evaluations and creative solutions to financing puzzles. He has many decades-long relationships with borrowers and lenders and continues to be a top producer in the company. Two of his three daughters also work at Sunrise.

Mike was a founding director and board member of Founders Community Bank, now part of Premier Valley Bank, a Heartland Financial subsidiary, for many years. He served on the board of directors of the Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County and was President of the Real Estate Foundation, under the Community Foundation’s umbrella. He is also the past President of the SLO Children’s Museum and an active member of the First Presbyterian Church.

In his free time, Mike enjoys singing with the California Vocal Arts Ensemble, hiking, and spending time with his wife of 40 years, DD, their three daughters and granddaughter.

Rick Brignolo joined Sunrise Mortgage in 1999 upon graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a B.S. in Business Administration Finance Concentration. Rick focuses on new loan origination primarily in the markets of Central and Southern California.

A Napa, CA native and graduate of Justin-Siena High School, he has called San Luis Obispo home since 1994. Rick remains active with Cal Poly serving on the Board of Directors for the Mustang Athletic Fund.

Michelle Patrick is a Loan Analyst in our San Luis Obispo office. She joined Sunrise Mortgage in 2017 after eight years in consulting, customer strategy, and energy. Michelle’s work at Sunrise includes loan analysis, underwriting, and servicing several hundred loans across 31 states. She has an MBA from the University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler and a B.A. in Economics/Mathematics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, both with honors.

Michelle also serves on the Board of Directors for Global Glimpse, a non-profit which provides youth of all socioeconomic backgrounds the life-changing opportunity to travel abroad and is an adjunct lecturer of Economics at Cuesta Community College.

Bobbie joined the Sunrise San Luis Obispo office in 2015. In her role as Loan Administrator she touches all parts of the office operation including loan servicing, analysis, and process management. Bobbie is known for her can do attitude, willingness to help, and attention to detail. Bobbie brought several decades of experience in office management, human resources coordination, book keeping and management to Sunrise.

Bobbie has a B.S. from Cal Poly in Human Development and has lived in San Luis Obispo for 30 years. She and her husband Blake have two grown children, Ann and LB.  Bobbie believes that “the most important things in life are not things.”