Michael Fratantoni
Chief Economist, Senior Vice President, Research and Industry TechnologyMortgage Bankers Association
Michael Fratantoni 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 and 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 a member of the Board of Directors of MISMO, the membership committee of MERS, and the Smith Enterprise Risk Consortium’s (SERC’s) Advisory Council.
Prior
to joining MBA, Fratantoni worked in risk management and senior economist roles at Washington Mutual and Fannie Mae. He received a Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in economics from The College of William and Mary, and has
served as an adjunct professor at the University of Washington, and Johns Hopkins, George Washington, and Georgetown Universities.