Since January, 2001, Jim Enright has originated loans for First Financial Services as a Loan Officer. He achieved the Presidents Club and was in the top 4 of over 30 loan officers in revenue for 2002 and 2003. Jim was the founder of Mortgage Choice, one of the first mortgage brokers in NC. Mortgage Choice had 4 Triangle offices and closed over 10,000 loans in excess of $2 billion. They were recognized on INC Magazines list of the 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the USA twice - 1993 and 1994. The company was also ranked in the Triangle's Fast 50 in 1993 and 1994. Jim was in service to the mortgage broker industry as: President (1993/1994) and founding member of the N.C. Association of Mortgage Brokers (NCAMB), now the NCAMP. Board of Directors (1995-1997), and Secretary (1998/1999) of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) NAMB-Chair of the Best Business Practices Committee for Phase 1. Jim came to UNC-Chapel Hill as a junior transfer and never left. He is married to Donna and has two children, David and Katie. And when he reflects on life, he is reminded of the lyrics of the sometime poets, writers, and maybe singers, who penned and sang: "Sometimes the lights all shining on me Other times I can barely see Lately it occurs to me What a long strange trip it's been..." - Robert Hunter, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Jerry Garcia