GENERAL SESSION: Market Outlook

Elizabeth Squires

AVP, Client Account Management, Safeguard Properties

Elizabeth Squires, AVP, Client Account Management, joined Safeguard in 2011 as an REO specialist and has continued to take on additional duties and responsibilities within the organization, including client account representative, business analyst, supervisor, and manager, all within the Client Account Team. She has also successfully partnered with clients to coordinate multiple IT Integration projects that help improve efficiency and optimize processes. Squires was a member of the inaugural Emerging Leader Program at Safeguard in 2017. Prior to Safeguard, Squires was the owner/director of an art gallery in Cleveland specializing in local emerging artists. She is a graduate of Duke University where she majored in Art History.

Joel Kan

Vice President, Deputy Chief Economist, Mortgage Bankers Association

Joel Kan serves as Vice President, Deputy Chief Economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association. In this role, he is responsible for MBA's macroeconomic and housing market forecasts and oversees the production of MBA's industry surveys, including the Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey, Builder Applications Survey, and Mortgage Credit Availability Index - three of the association's high-profile surveys. Mr. Kan presents regularly on the economy and housing market at MBA and industry events, and is interviewed and quoted frequently in national, local and industry media outlets. Prior to joining the MBA, he worked in Ernst & Young's Quantitative Economics and Statistics (QUEST) group. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics and Statistics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Marina Walsh, CMB

Vice President, Industry Analysis, Mortgage Bankers Association

Marina Walsh, CMB, is Vice President of Industry Analysis in MBA's Research and Economics Department, specializing in industry performance benchmarking for residential lenders and servicers. She leads the management and direction for the Mortgage Bankers Performance Reports, the Peer Group Survey and Roundtable Program, the Servicing Operations Study, the Warehouse Lender Study, and other studies that measure lender performance. She is MBA's spokesperson for all servicing-related studies including the National Delinquency Survey and the Loan Monitoring Survey. Prior to joining MBA, Walsh was a manager in Ernst and Young's Real Estate Advisory Services Group. She has previously been named to HousingWire's "Women of Influence" list. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a Master of Public Administration degree from Columbia University.