Shaykh DeLorenzo is a member of the Sharia Board for the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). He is considered a leading authority on Islamic finance in the United States. He has translated over twenty books from Arabic, Persian and Urdu for publication, including a three-volume Compendium of Legal Rulings on the Operations of Islamic Banks. Shaykh DeLorenzo has also been a pioneer in internet education with a course entitled 'Principles of Islamic Investing.' He is a member of Sharia Boards of several Islamic financial institutions in the United States and abroad, including Dow Jones Islamic Markets and Guidance Residential Financial Group. Shaykh DeLorenzo has served as secretary of the Fiqh Council of North America and was also an advisor on Islamic education to the government of Pakistan. Following a university education in the United States, Shaykh DeLorenzo studied the classical Sharia Sciences with scholars in Pakistan. 

Hussam Qutub has served in a number of senior capacities with Guidance Residential since its first year in business. He joined Guidance Residential in 2003 as Vice President of Marketing and Communications where he played a significant role in the company's first 10 years of expansion and its path to dominance in the marketplace. During his tenure, Mr. Qutub has been a featured speaker on the topic of Islamic home financing at over a dozen major conferences and has been quoted in a number of major national and international news outlets. Today, he leads Guidance’s national sales and business development efforts with a major focus on growing the company’s market share and its relationships with Realtors and community leaders. Mr. Qutub is a graduate of George Mason University where he earned a BA in International Relations.