GENERAL SESSION: A Conversation with Former Speaker of the House John Boehner
Former Speaker of the House John Boehner, having held three of the highest seats in Congress, has unparalleled insight into the election process. In this informative and engaging conversation, he offers his perspective on the upcoming election. He also provides his recommendations for dealing with a federal government in transition. Join us to learn from his political experience as reflected in his recent book, On the House: A Washington Memoir.
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Robert D. Broeksmit, CMB, is MBA’s President and Chief Executive Officer. He is a senior finance executive and corporate officer with over 30 years of experience in the mortgage sector. He has directed all aspects of lending activities, including marketing, sales, operations, secondary marketing, loan servicing, and default management. He has also served as a mortgage underwriting expert testifying on many large, high-profile cases. Prior to joining MBA, Broeksmit served as President and Chief Operating Officer with Treliant, heading the firm’s mortgage litigation support practice. He previously held senior leadership positions in the mortgage business, including 14 years with Chevy Chase Bank (including after its purchase by Capital One) and 7 years as Vice President at Prudential Home Mortgage. He has overseen annual originations of $9 billion, a balance sheet of $10 billion in residential mortgage, and a servicing portfolio of $20 billion. He is past Chairman of MBA’s Residential Board of Governors and a member of its Board of Directors.
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A former small businessman, John Boehner served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives for nearly five years and led the drive for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable federal government. Boehner represented the Eighth Congressional District of Ohio from 1991 to 2015. He now serves as Senior Strategic Advisor for Squire Patton Boggs LLP, one of the world’s foremost law and public policy firms. He is also the author of On the House: A Washington Memoir. The son of a bartender and second oldest of 12 brothers and sisters, Boehner grew up mopping floors at the family tavern and playing football at Cincinnati’s Moeller High School. While working to pay his way through Xavier University, he started his own small business. He got involved in state and local government after seeing firsthand how high taxes and red tape impact entrepreneurs. Later serving in the U.S. House, he took a strong stand against pork-barrel spending and was part of the reform-minded “Gang of Seven.” His reputation as a reformer grew as he worked alongside then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), helping to craft the historic 1994 Contract with America and helping to lead the effort to enact the first balanced federal budget in a generation. He has served as both House Minority and Majority Leader and fought for issues including the expansion of school choice, strengthening the pension system, removing government barriers to private-sector job creation and economic growth, addressing the drivers of America’s debt, eliminating pork-barrel “earmarks” and reforming Congress. Based on this vast experience, he offers strategic advice to clients on global business development and is frequently asked to speak about elections.
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