KeyBank’s E. J. Burke Sworn in 2014 MBA Chairman

                   

E.J. Burke

Washington DC -- E. J. Burke, Executive Vice President and Group Head, KeyBank Real Estate Capital and Corporate Banking Services, was sworn in as Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) during the association’s 100th Annual Convention & Expo in Washington, DC.

Mr. Burke recently served as Chairman of MBA's Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG) and is a member of the association’s Board of Directors. He serves as Chair of the COMBOG Risk Retention Task Force and is a former Chair of the COMBOG Investor Council.

OTHER HAPPENINGS AT MBA:

---The Mortgage Bankers Political Action Committee (MORPAC) awarded Julie Piepho CMB, President - National Operations of Cornerstone Home Lending, with the 2013 Schumacher-Bolduc Award at the association’s 100th Annual Convention and Expo held in Washington, DC.  The award was given to Piepho in recognition of her dedication and prominent service to MORPAC and the mortgage lending industry.

Julie Piepho

---Bill Cosgrove, CMB, President and CEO of Union Home Mortgage Co. of Strongsville, OH,  was was sworn in as Chairman-Elect of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) during the association’s 100th Annual Convention & Expo in Washington, DC.

---MBA Education, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s educational initiative, presented E. Michael Rosser, CMB, with its inaugural MBA Education Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be named after Mr. Rosser when it is presented to future winners. Mr. Rosser received the award in a ceremony held at MBA's 100th Annual Convention & Expo in Washington, D.C.

---Bill Emerson, Chief Executive Officer of Quicken Loans, Inc., today was sworn in as Vice Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) during the Association’s 100th Annual Convention & Expo in Washington, DC.

Bill Emerson

---The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) awarded J. David Motley, CMB, with its Andrew D. Woodward Distinguished Service Award. The award is presented in recognition of dedication and prominent service to MBA and the mortgage lending industry in a variety of capacities involving both legislative and regulatory activities. Mr. Motley was presented the award in a ceremony held at MBA's 100th Annual Convention & Expo in Washington, DC.

---The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced J. David Motley, CMB, President of Colonial National Mortgage, a division of Colonial Savings, F.A. in Fort Worth, TX as Chairman of its 2014 Residential Board of Governors (RESBOG) and Michael S. Malloy, Deputy General Counsel & Mortgage Policy and Counterparty Relations Executive of Bank of America Home Loans in Calabasas, California as the Vice-Chairman of RESBOG, at the association’s 100h Annual Convention & Expo.

---Jamie Korus, CMB, President and Principal of Alliance Financial Resources, LLC, was awarded the “MBA Opens Doors Foundation Community Champion Award” by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). This award recognizes an individual who has dedicated significant time and effort to advance the foundation’s mission to enable families with a critically ill or injured child to keep their home, even in the face of significant medical bills.

Jamie Korus

---The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced that it expects to see $1.2 trillion in mortgage originations during 2014, a 32 percent decline from 2013.  While MBA expects purchase originations to increase 9 percent, it expects refinance originations to fall 57 percent.

---The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today announced the election of Rodrigo Lopez, CMB, President and Chief Executive Officer of AmeriSphere Multifamily Finance, L.L.C. as the new Chair of its Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG) at the association’s 100th Annual Convention & Expo in Washington, DC.  R. Paige Hood, Managing Director of Prudential Mortgage Capital Company and Robert M. Stout, CRI, President and Chief Executive Officer of Q10 Capital, LLC will serve as Vice Chairs.

---The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Research Institute for Housing America (RIHA) released a new report entitled “Mortgage Banking in the United States, 1870-1940” authored by Professor Ken Snowden of the University of North Carolina – Greensboro.

Prof. Ken Snowden

---The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) swore in its Board of Directors for the 2014 membership year at MBA's 100th Annual Convention & Expo in Washington, DC. The Board of Directors will be chaired by E.J. Burke, Executive Vice President and Group Head of KeyBank Real Estate Capital, a nationwide commercial real estate lender and servicer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

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

Rick Aneshansel, U.S. Bank Home Mortgage

Barrett Burns, VantageScore Solutions, LLC

C. William Griffin, Lender Processing Services, Inc

Jerome Lienhard, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc

Anand Nallathambi, CoreLogic, Inc

Kevin Watters, JPMorgan Chase

Members remaining on the Board of Directors are:

Debra W. Still

Debra W. Still, CMB, Pulte Mortgage LLC, Immediate Past Chairman

E.J. Burke, KeyBank Real Estate Capital

William Cosgrove, CMB, Union Home Mortgage Co., Chairman-Elect

William C. Emerson, Quicken Home Loans, Detroit, Michigan, Vice Chairman

Brian F. Stoffers, CBRE Capital Markets

Hugh Frater, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, LLC

Chris George, CMG Financial

Michael J. Heid, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

R. Paige Hood, Prudential Mortgage Capital Company

Brian Lancaster, Stern School of Business, New York University

Rodrigo Lopez, CMB, AmeriSphere Multifamily Finance, LLC

Michael S. Malloy, Bank of America

William J. McCue, McCue Mortgage Company

J. David Motley, CMB, Colonial Savings, F.A.

Kurt Pfotenhauer, First American Title Insurance Company

Julie Piepho, CMB, Cornerstone Home Lending Inc.

Robert Stout, Q10 Capital, LLC

David H. Stevens, Mortgage Bankers Association (ex-officio member)

William M. Walker, Walker & Dunlop, LLC

  

---The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today recognized 33 mortgage professionals in a graduation ceremony for MBA’s Future Leaders Program held at MBA's 100th Annual Convention & Expo in Washington, DC.

Peter Ansari, Vice President-Cash Management, RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation

Christine Benson, Vice President, Mortgage Loans, Arvest Mortgage Company

Christopher Benson, Vice President-Controller, Starkey Mortgage, LLP

Don Blea, VP-IT Info Structure, Information Security & Support, Pulte Mortgage LLC

Rhiannon Bolen, Regional Account Manager, Radian Guaranty Inc.

David Bridges, Senior Loan Officer, Lender Service Provider, LLC

Ashley Crosslin, VP Warehouse Lending Group, ViewPoint Bank

Scott Crutcher, Regional Manager, Cobalt Mortgage, Inc.

Amber Elwell, Vice President, Guild Mortgage Company

Greg Geenen, Mortgage Banker, Citywide Home Loans/CHL Mortgage

AJ George, Operations Manager, CMG Financial

Jim Glennon, Analyst, Secondary Interactive, LLC

Stacie Hawkins, Director of Client Relations & Communication, Clarifire

Marc Hernandez, V-Regional Sales Manager, FirstMerit Mortgage

Joshua Kotin, Attorney, BuckleySandler, LLP

Carlos Mancero, Vice President-REO Analytics, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Tracy Maynard Cole, Production Branch Operations Manager, Colonial National Mortgage

Cari McCue, Chief Operating Officer, Guardian Mortgage Co., Inc.

Marcus McCue, EVP & CMO, Guardian Mortgage Co., Inc.

Ginger Moore, AVP, Compliance Officer, PrimeLending,

Stetson Nunes, Consultant, Treliant Risk Advisors, LLC

Nick Pabarcus, Correspondent Lending-Western, Stearns Lending, Inc.

Eddy Perez, President, Equity Loans LLC

Daniel Richards, Vice President-Marketing, Republic Mortgage Home Loans, LLC

Lisa Rogers, SVP/Operations Quality Assurance & Compliance, First Continental Mortgage, Ltd.

Kathleen Sanchez

Sandra Rowe, Mortgage Division Manager, VP, U.S. Bank Home Mortgage

Kat Sanchez, Director, Treliant Risk Advisors, LLC

Jason Sheppard, AVP Servicing Manager, Starkey Mortgage, LLP

Ross Steckelberg, Vice President of Production, Alliance Financial Resources, LLC

Bill Stock, Sr. Vice President, U.S. Bank Home Mortgage

Richard Weller, Product Manager, Genworth Mortgage Insurance

Joe Wilson, Strategic Account Executive, Ellie Mae, Inc.

Armando Zamora, Senior Business Controls Advisor, USAA Federal Savings Bank

 ---MBA Education, the award-winning education division of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), recognized the 18 individuals who earned the Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB) designation at a ceremony held at MBA’s 100th Annual Convention & Expo in Washington, DC. Earning one’s CMB is the highest professional honor within the real estate finance industry.

Commercial CMB Designees:

Eric K. Ruch, CMB, Business Loan Officer, Coastal Federal Credit Union, Raleigh, NC

Residential CMB Designees:

Heather Bullard, CMB, AMP, Assistant VP & Client Services Consultant, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Denver, NC

Owen M. Edwards, CMB, AMP, Vice President, Midland Mortgage Corporation, Columbia, SC

Jeffrey B. Flory, CMB, AMP, Regional Sales Director, Interthinx, Agoura Hills, CA

Thomas C. Gillis, CMB, AMP, Regional Manager, PennyMac, Calabasas, CA

Kevin C. Pezzani, CMB, President/CEO-Elect, LSI Mortgage Plus, Johns Creek, GA

Steve Shoemaker, CMB, AMP, Vice President, Synovus Mortgage Corp., Birmingham, AL

Kim Starley, CMB, Chief Marketing Officer, LenderLive Network, Inc., Denver, CO

Thomas T. Tallent, CMB, AMP, Senior Vice President, Southwest Bank, Dallas, TX

Arun Tripathi, CMB, Director, USAA Federal Savings Bank, San Antonio, TX

Cathy S. Turner, CMB, Solution Executive , IBM, Charlotte, NC

CMB Designees from the Executive Certified Mortgage Banker program:

Mary F. Rzucidlo

Kenneth J. Block, CMB, Director and Senior Counsel, Discover Home Loans, Irvine, CA

John A. Cosculluela, CMB, President, American BancShares Mortgage LLC, Miami Lakes, FL

Paul A. Gawin, CMB, Director - New Business Development, Radian Guaranty Inc., Cincinnati, OH

Steve W. Hops, CMB, Senior Vice President, Guild Mortgage Company, San Diego, CA

Penny Reed, CMB, Vice President, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Saint Louis Park, MN

Mary F. Rzucidlo, CMB, Senior Vice President of Component Services, LenderLive Network, Inc., Glendale, CO

Mark A. Teteris, CMB, Executive Vice President – MN Division, Nations Reliable Lending, Edina, MN

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Rob Van Raaphorst

rvanraaphorst@mba.org

(202) 557-2799 

Shawn Ryan

sryan@mba.org

(202) 557-2727