Association inducts new members for 2023
The Mortgage Bankers Association has elected new leaders at the helm of its board of directors and other housing committees.
The trade association has announced that Matt Rocco will take over as chairman, succeeding Kristy Fercho. Rocco is the CEO of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, a Truist Bank subsidiary, and is also an active member of MBA’s Commercial Real Estate Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG).
Mortgage industry veterans Mark Jones, head of Amerifirst Home Mortgage, and Laura Escobar, president of Lennar Mortgage, have been named chairman-elect and vice chair, respectively.
“It is an honor and a privilege to represent the real estate finance industry as the next chairman for the MBA,” Rocco said. “I look forward to working with Mark Jones and Laura Escobar on important issues facing our industry, including the higher interest rate environment, housing affordability for homeowners and renters, and closing the racial homeownership gap. I am committed to strengthening MBA’s affordable housing initiatives and identifying key solutions that will help communities across the country have access to equitable housing.”
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MBA also announced the new members of its board of directors, which sets the strategic direction for MBA and oversees management of the association’s affairs.
The new board members are:
- David Brickman, NewPoint Real Estate Capital
- Jeff Friedman, Mesa West Capital, LLC
- Rohit Gupta, Enact Holdings
- Brian Hanson, CW Capital Asset Management, LLC
- John Hedlund, AmeriHome Mortgage, a Western Alliance Bank Company
- Tawn Kelley, Taylor Morrison Home Funding
- Gene Lugat, PrimeLending
- Greg Michaud, Voya Investment Management
- William Newman, Homepoint
- Eddy Perez, EPM
- Steven Plaisance, Gateway First Bank
Members continuing on MBA’s board of directors are:
- Matthew Rocco (Chairman), Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, LLC
- Mark Jones (Chairman-Elect), Amerifirst Home Mortgage
- Laura Escobar (Vice Chair), Lennar Mortgage
- Kristy Fercho (Immediate Past Chair), Wells Fargo
- Patrick Carey, Bank of America
- Christine Chandler, M&T Realty Capital Corporation
- Jack Gay, Nuveen Real Estate
- Christopher George, CMG Financial
- Nima Ghamsari, Blend
- Owen Lee, Success Mortgage Partners, Inc.
- Bill Lowman, American Pacific Mortgage
- Sonya Luechauer, DHI Mortgage Company
- Jeffrey Majewski, CBRE Capital Markets
- Mary Ann McGarry, Guild Mortgage Company
- Stanley Middleman, Freedom Mortgage Corporation
- J. David Motley, CMB, Colonial Savings, F.A.
- Peter Norden, HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc.
- Mark O’Donovan, JPMorgan Chase
- Kurt Pfotenhauer, First American Title Insurance Company
- Christine Rhea, Mortgage Investors Group
- David Spector, PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.
- Debra Still, CMB, Pulte Financial Services
- Michael Tanner, Pacific Southwest Realty Services
- Jeffrey Taylor, Digital Risk, LLC
- Joe Tyrrell, ICE Mortgage Technology
- Jim Wehmann, FICO
- Jeffrey Weidell, NorthMarq
- Thomas Wind, U.S. Bank Home Mortgage
In addition, MBA announced the members of its Residential Board of Governors (RESBOG), members of its Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG), and the chairs of its residential committees for 2023.
“The members who sit on RESBOG and COMBOG represent a wide variety of industry experts, and they have a tremendous amount of experiences and perspectives that embody the entire real estate finance industry,” said Rocco. “I look forward to working with all members of RESBOG and COMBOG as we address the economic, regulatory, and legislative issues and opportunities that will impact our industry in 2023.”
MBA named the following newly elected members of RESBOG:
- Mike Dunlap, Merchants Bank of Indiana
- Chris Curran, Essent Guaranty
- Susanne Livingston, RWM Home Loans
- Anita Padilla, MegaStar Financial
- David Townsend, Agents National Title Insurance
- James Sias, Huntington National Bank
MBA’s returning members of RESBOG are:
- Danette Alfonso, Eagle Home Mortgage LLC
- Lisa Applegate, Wells Fargo
- Patty Arvielo, New American Funding
- Bill Banfield, Rocket Mortgage
- David Battany, Guild Mortgage Company
- Albert P. Blank, Union Home Mortgage (Immediate Past Chair)
- Christopher Delfs, Truist
- Duane Duncan, Enact Mortgage Insurance
- Laura Escobar, Lennar Mortgage
- Tim Frederick, CMB, M&T Bank
- Eric Gates, Apex Home Loans
- Erik Hand, HomeStreet Bank
- John Hedlund, AmeriHome
- John Hummel, U.S. Bank Home Mortgage
- Mark Jones, Amerifirst Home Mortgage
- Tawn Kelley, Taylor Morrison Home Funding
- William Lowman, American Pacific Mortgage Corporation
- Sonya Luechauer, DHI Mortgage
- Gene Lugat, Primelending (Vice Chair)
- Allen Maulsby, CMB, Colonial Savings, F.A.
- Glen Messina, Ocwen Financial Corporation
- Sonu Mittal, Citizens Bank
- Willie Newman, Home Point Financial
- Kurt Pfotenhauer, First American Title Insurance Company
- Aaron Pitone, Arvest Bank
- Steven Plaisance, Gateway First
- Jay Plum, Fifth Third
- Chrissi Rhea, Mortgage Investor Group (Chair)
- Matt Rocco, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital
- Lee Smith, Flagstar
- Jack Thompson, Legacy Mortgage
- Winston Wilkinson, Pentagon Federal Credit Union
- Fowler Williams, CMB, AMP, Crescent Mortgage Company
The Residential Committee chairs who serve as non-voting members of RESBOG, include:
- Steve Bovenzi, Caliber Home Loans: Residential Technology Forum (RESTECH) Committee
- Pam Cooper, CMB, Citywide Home Loans: Accounting and Financial Management Committee
- Mallory Garner, PennyMac: Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Committee
- Tara Healy, CMB, CML, Cherry Creek: State Legislative and Regulatory Committee
- Deb Jones, CMB, Citizens Bank, Secondary and Capital Markets Committee
- Tom Land, AMP, Chase: Loan Administration Committee
- Rachel Robinson, Rocket Mortgage: Residential Loan Production Committee
The newly elected members of COMBOG are:
- Michael Dury, Merchants Capital
- Quentin Fogan, Bank of America
- Adam Fox, Fitch Ratings
- Bonnie Hochman Rothell, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
- Stephen Johnson, Freddie Mac Multifamily
- Crystal N. Kalinowski, CCMS, District Capital
- Rob Levin, Fannie Mae
- Nipul Patel, Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking
- Cooper Williams, Essex Financial Group
- Paul Wolters, NLG Capital – National Life Group
- Bob Wright, CCMS, SS&C Technologies
Continuing members of COMBOG:
- Stacy Ackermann, K&L Gates, LLP
- Victor Calanog, Ph.D., CRE, FRICS, Moody’s Analytics CRE |REIS, Inc
- Amy Frazey, CPA, StanCorp Mortgage Investors LLC
- Jeff Friedman, Mesa West Capital, LLC
- Jack Gay, Nuveen Real Estate
- Gregg Gerken, TD Bank N.A.
- Jonathan Goldman, M. Robert Goldman & Company, Inc
- Brian Hanson, CWCapital Asset Management, LLC
- Katie Hubbard, CFA, State Farm Life Insurance Company
- Steven R. Johnson, Principal Real Estate Investors
- Angela Mago, Key Commercial Bank & Real Estate Capital, KeyCorp
- John Maher, Hartford Investment Management Company
- Patrick Mattson, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc
- Greg Michaud, Voya Investment Management
- Dilip Petigara, Latitude Hospitality, Inc
- Smriti Popenoe, CFA, Dynex Capital, Inc
- Hilary Provinse, Berkadia
- Mark Reichter, Q10 | Triad Capital Advisors, Inc
- Wally Reid, JLL Capital Markets
- Deborah Rogan, Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC
- Robert Slatt, Gantry, Inc
- Mike Tanner, Pacific Southwest Realty Services
- Stephanie Wiggins, PGIM Real Estate
Reinstated COMBOG members:
- Christine Chandler, M&T Realty Capital Corporation (Chair)
- Jeffrey Majewski, CBRE Capital Markets (Vice Chair)
