MBA Elects 2025 Board of Directors

October 27, 2024 Press Release

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DENVER (October 27, 2024) – The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today swore in its Board of Directors for the 2025 membership year at its 2024 Annual Convention & Expo. The Board of Directors will be chaired by Laura Escobar, President of Lennar Mortgage. 

MBA's Board of Directors consists of 39 voting members and one ex-officio member, MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB. MBA directors represent its commercial/multifamily, residential, and associate membership. The Board of Directors sets the strategic direction for MBA and oversees management of the association’s affairs. 

“MBA’s members will benefit greatly from the exemplary brain trust of real estate finance leaders that make up this year’s Board of Directors,” said Escobar. “Their vision and experience will guide our strategy and decision-making as we collectively tackle key issues such as taxes and insurance, housing supply and affordability, and other legislative and regulatory opportunities under a new Administration and Congress.”   

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

Timothy Bowler, ICE Mortgage Technology 

Jack Cohen, CMB, CRI, ArrowMark Partners 

Deborah Jones, CMB, Citizens Bank 

Karen Kreutziger, Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc. 

Hilary Provinse, Berkadia 

Kevin Reen, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage  

Robert Slatt, Gantry 

David Smith, Truist 

Susan Stewart, SWBC Mortgage 

 
Members continuing on MBA's Board of Directors are: 

 
Laura Escobar (Chair), Lennar Mortgage 

Christine Chandler (Chair-Elect), M&T Realty Capital Corporation 

Owen Lee, (Vice Chairman) Success Mortgage Partners, Inc 

Bill Banfield, Rocket Mortgage  

David Battany, Guild Mortgage Company 

Jay Bray, Mr. Cooper 

David Brickman, NewPoint Real Estate Capital 

Kate deKay, Eustis Mortgage Corporation 

Pat Dodd, CoreLogic 

Quentin Fogan, Bank of America 

David Gansberg, Arch Global Mortgage Group 

Eric Gates, MAA Chairman 

Jack Gay, Nuveen Real Estate 

Christopher George, CMG Financial 

Sean Grzebin, Chase 

Rohit Gupta, Enact Holdings 

Brian Hanson, CW Capital Asset Management, LLC 

Michael Innis-Thompson, TD Bank 

Mark Jones (Immediate Past Chairman), Union Home Mortgage 

Tawn Kelley, Taylor Morrison Home Funding 

Jeff Majewski, CBRE Capital Markets 

Greg Michaud, Voya Investment Management 

Peter Norden, HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc 

Eddy Perez, EPM 

Steven Plaisance, Gateway First Mortgage 

Chrissi Rhea, Mortgage Investors Group 

James Sias, Fifth Third Bank 

Debra Still, CMB, Pulte Financial Services 

Daniel Sugg, CMB, Michigan First Mortgage 

Jeffrey Taylor, Mphasis Digital Risk 

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