MBA's State Ambassadors
MBA State Ambassadors voluntarily serve to engage with MBA members, non-members and state and local mortgage banking association leaders across a range of communication, advocacy, and member recruitment/retention activities. For example, in their state(s) Ambassadors are available to: brief the board of directors of the state association about MBA's initiatives; convey MBA's advocacy priorities during state advocacy days, or help define the value of MBA and the state association to prospective member companies.
Additionally, as members of the MBA State Relations Committee, Ambassadors serve as liaisons of state association interests within the national MBA's governance.
The program was created by MBA's Board of Directors in October 2013, and Ambassadors serve two-year renewable terms. In selecting Ambassadors, the MBA has looked to former MBA officers, current or former leaders and members of MBA's boards of governors, current or former leaders in MBA's Society of Certified Mortgage Bankers, and volunteer leaders of
state and local associations who are fully engaged in MBA's policy and advocacy committees. Ambassadors can represent more than one state, and MBA may appointment more than one Ambassador for a state.
If you have questions or would like more information about the Ambassador Program, please contact William Kooper.
MBA's State Ambassadors
Alabama
Robert M. Couch, CMB
Counsel
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
BIO »
Arizona & Nevada
Amy Swaney, CMB
Branch Manager
Citywide Home Loans/CHL Mortgage
BIO »
Arkansas
Erica Byrne
Mortgage Training Manager
Centennial Bank
BIO »
California
Christopher
M. George
President & CEO
CMG Financial
BIO »
Connecticut, Massachusetts & Rhode Island
Phil DeFronzo
President & CEO
Norcom Mortgage
BIO »
Colorado
Tara
Healy, CMB
Executive Vice President, Enterprise Compliance
Luminate Bank
BIO »
D.C., Delaware, Maryland & Virginia
Nathan
Burch, CMB
Senior Vice President
Vellum Mortgage
BIO »
Georgia
Fowler
Williams, CMB
President & Chief Executive Officer
Crescent Mortgage Company
BIO »
Florida
Bob Niemi, CMB
Director of Government Affairs
Weiner Brodsky & Kider
BIO »
Michigan
Brent Green, CMB
Mortgage Sales Manager
Lake Michigan Credit Union
BIO »
New Mexico
Alan
R. Fowler, CMB
Founder and President
Fowler Financial Education and Consulting, LLC
BIO »
New York
Jim
Bopp
Vice President of National Renovation Lending
Planet Home Lending, LLC
BIO »
North Carolina and South Carolina
Hank Cunningham, CMB
Senior Vice President
Highlands Residential Mortgage
BIO »
Ohio
Bill Cosgrove, CMB
Chief Executive Officer
Union Home Mortgage
BIO »
Oklahoma
Steven Plaisance, CMB
President, Mortgage Banking
Gateway First Bank
BIO »
Tennessee
Dana Abernathy, AMP, CMB
Senior Vice President - Enterprise Sales
Computershare Loan Services
BIO »
Wisconsin