We Set the Gold Standard for Fair and Ethical Business Practices

  • We charge the same one-time upfront fee for everyone regardless of their home’s value
  • We do not charge an application fee
  • We do not accept or pay commissions or referral fees
  • Our contract prohibits us from being our clients’ trustees, guardians, executors, or beneficiaries
  • We have no arbitration or class action waiver provision in our contract
  • Our contract allows clients to bring actions against us in their home states
  • We cannot hide behind attorney-client privilege

Why do we work so hard to be fair? Because scammers and predatory institutions work so hard not to be.

If you, your attorney, or your financial advisor can find a way for us to be more fair, transparent, or accountable, tell us and we will amend our standard contract.

Leadership & Advisors

Roger Gordon Co-Founder & President

Roger began developing SafetyDeed while leading a San Francisco nonprofit that helped entrepreneurs qualify for SBA-guaranteed loans. He attended MIT and Boston University and holds an MBA from Kellogg and a law degree from Georgetown.

Roger has clerked for the House Judiciary Committee and the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. In college, he interned as a complaint mediator in the Consumer Protection Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.

In 2014, Fast Company named Roger to its list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business for creating Food Cowboy, a technology company that helped food companies route surplus fresh produce in the supply chain to charities instead of to landfills.

Mark Johnston Co-Founder & VP, Technology

Mark is a cybersecurity expert who focuses on protecting financial institutions. He holds a B.S. in Aeronautics & Astronautics Engineering (MIT), an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (MIT), and an MBA (American University). His designs are flying in the Bombardier CRJ-70, the Lockheed F-117 Stealth Fighter, and the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet. They are also used to make V8.

Mark is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor. He has developed systems to protect FDIC PII data based on NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework and implemented them on the Azure Government Cloud. He serves on the board of the Washington Baltimore chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum.

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