THE HUB STAGE: Market Outlook Q&A

Director, Public Affairs, Mortgage Bankers Association

Falen Taylor is the Director of Public Affairs at the Mortgage Bankers Association, where she manages media relations and member communications activities for MBA’s Research, mPower, affordable housing, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Falen joined MBA in 2019 as a Public Affairs Specialist, where she was in charge of executing MBA’s advocacy newsletters and member communications as well as assisting with MBA’s media outreach. Prior to joining MBA, Falen was at the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions where she assisted with media strategy, social media content development, and developing internal communications processes. Falen earned her bachelor’s degree in communications and American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. She also earned her Master of Arts Degree in Communications and Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Johns Hopkins University.

Chief Economist, Senior Vice President, Research and Business Development, Mortgage Bankers Association

Mike Fratantoni, Ph.D., is MBA’s Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research and Industry/ Technology. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing MBA’s industry surveys, benchmarking studies, economic and mortgage originations forecasts, industry technology efforts, and policy development research for both single-family and commercial/multifamily markets. Additionally, Fratantoni is president and member of the Board of Directors of MISMO and serves on the CSP’s Industry Advisory Group and the membership committee of MERS. Prior to joining MBA, Fratantoni worked in the industry in risk management and senior economist roles at Washington Mutual and Fannie Mae.