Mortgage Bankers Association

10/27/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/27/2024 18:08

MBA Elects 2025 Board of Directors

DENVER (October 27, 2024) - The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today swore in its Board of Directors for the 2025 membership year at its 2024 Annual Convention & Expo. The Board of Directors will be chaired by Laura Escobar, President of Lennar Mortgage.

MBA's Board of Directors consists of 39 voting members and one ex-officio member, MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB. MBA directors represent its commercial/multifamily, residential, and associate membership. The Board of Directors sets the strategic direction for MBA and oversees management of the association's affairs.

"MBA's members will benefit greatly from the exemplary brain trust of real estate finance leaders that make up this year's Board of Directors," said Escobar. "Their vision and experience will guide our strategy and decision-making as we collectively tackle key issues such as taxes and insurance, housing supply and affordability, and other legislative and regulatory opportunities under a new Administration and Congress."

The new members of MBA's Board of Directors are:

Timothy Bowler, ICE Mortgage Technology

Jack Cohen, CMB, CRI, ArrowMark Partners

Deborah Jones, CMB, Citizens Bank

Karen Kreutziger, Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc.

Hilary Provinse, Berkadia

Kevin Reen, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Robert Slatt, Gantry

David Smith, Truist

Susan Stewart, SWBC Mortgage

Members continuing on MBA's Board of Directors are:

Laura Escobar (Chair), Lennar Mortgage

Christine Chandler (Chair-Elect), M&T Realty Capital Corporation

Owen Lee, (Vice Chairman) Success Mortgage Partners, Inc

Bill Banfield, Rocket Mortgage

David Battany, Guild Mortgage Company

Jay Bray, Mr. Cooper

David Brickman, NewPoint Real Estate Capital

Kate deKay, Eustis Mortgage Corporation

Pat Dodd, CoreLogic

Quentin Fogan, Bank of America

David Gansberg, Arch Global Mortgage Group

Eric Gates, MAA Chairman

Jack Gay, Nuveen Real Estate

Christopher George, CMG Financial

Sean Grzebin, Chase

Rohit Gupta, Enact Holdings

Brian Hanson, CW Capital Asset Management, LLC

Michael Innis-Thompson, TD Bank

Mark Jones (Immediate Past Chairman), Union Home Mortgage

Tawn Kelley, Taylor Morrison Home Funding

Jeff Majewski, CBRE Capital Markets

Greg Michaud, Voya Investment Management

Peter Norden, HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc

Eddy Perez, EPM

Steven Plaisance, Gateway First Mortgage

Chrissi Rhea, Mortgage Investors Group

James Sias, Fifth Third Bank

Debra Still, CMB, Pulte Financial Services

Daniel Sugg, CMB, Michigan First Mortgage

Jeffrey Taylor, Mphasis Digital Risk