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Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Finance | Policy & Strategic Industry Engagement, Mortgage Bankers Association

Kelli Burke is Vice President of Commercial Multifamily Finance (CMF) for the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). In this management role, Burke develops and executes MBA’s CMF member engagement strategy across the various sectors within commercial real estate finance and serves as a staff expert on several business functions, including originations, underwriting, securitization, servicing, and asset management. Her responsibilities also include leading the planning and content development for MBA’s annual CREF Convention and Expo, and Servicing and Technology conference. Burke has over two decades of experience in commercial real estate and hospitality. Before joining MBA, she held several hospitality management roles, including as sous chef, food event planner, and restaurateur for businesses in Dallas and San Diego. Prior to that, she worked for 11 years in expanding roles at Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, LLC, in Dallas, including as Vice President, Information Systems, where she partnered closely with the commercial servicing business of the company. Burke also worked for seven years in commercial servicing at GMAC Commercial Mortgage, a predecessor company of Berkadia, in Atlanta. Burke holds a Masters Certificate in Applied Project Management from Villanova University, a Bachelor of Science from the University of Phoenix in Dallas, and an Associate of Science in Culinary Arts from the Art Institute of California.

New York Times Bestselling Author and International Trainer

Janine Driver is the New York Times bestselling author of You Say More Than You Think, and an international trainer and keynote speaker providing salespeople, professionals and executives with cutting-edge, scientifically based communication tools on how to win new business, increase sales, improve selection of salespeople and staff, and generate a significant return on investment. Driver spent 17-years as an investigator with ATF, has trained the FBI, CIA, and Scotland Yard Police, and today her consulting clients include Comcast, Proctor and Gamble, Lockheed Martin, Coca-Cola, Hershey, Sales Force, Million Dollar Round Table, and more. Driver is also a popular media guest, with appearances on shows including Court TV, Rachael Ray, NBC's Today Show, CNN and FOX News. Driver's four TEDx talks, all on reading and influencing human behavior, have over five million views combined (can be seen on YouTube).