Brookfield, Wisconsin (March 28, 2005) – John Watry has joined Amerihome Mortgage as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Ventures and Business Development for the newly formed company Amerihome Ventures LLC.

In his new position, Watry will be responsible for the company’s financial activities and will drive joint ventures, acquisitions, and strategic alliance activities.

Amerihome President and CEO Nicholas J DelTorto said; “We are very fortunate to have someone of John’s skills and expertise working on this new and exciting channel of business.”

DelTorto added, “We believe that leveraging off our expertise to support other real estate/ finance related ventures will support our core retail strength while diversifying Amerihome’s business long term.”

Previously, he held managerial positions at Arthur Andersen, Hammes Company, and most recently at Metavante Corporation, a subsidiary of Marshall & Illsey Corporation, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions.

Watry is a Certified Public Accountant with degrees in Accounting and Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin.

Amerihome, which is based in Brookfield, Wisconsin, delivers highly personalized mortgage financing services through branch locations in the Midwest, California, and the Northeast. The company has been listed in Broker Magazine’s “Top 50 Brokerage Firms,” ranking 19th in the nation. Amerihome was also recently ranked as the fifth largest mortgage lender in the Metro Milwaukee area by the Milwaukee Business Journal and named a “Future 50” Master Mettle Winner by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce.

Amerihome Mortgage can be found online at www.amerihomemortgage.com.