MBA Advocacy Mixer Featuring Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) (Closed to Media)

MBA's 2025-2026 MAA Chair; Executive Vice President of Secondary, Standard Mortgage Corporation

Bill Nelson is Executive Vice President in charge of Secondary Marketing and Mortgage Operations for Standard Mortgage Corporation and has been with the company for 23 years. As a member of Standard’s Executive Management team, Bill is active in the search and acquisition of Mortgage Servicing Rights as well as providing support for their multiple origination channels. Previously, Bill spent many years with Fannie Mae, initially serving on the customer trading desk. He then progressed at Fannie Mae to the Reserve Repo Desk helping investors finance their MBS investments and launching the DUS Bond Brokerage Business to support liquidity in the Multifamily MBS Market. Beyond his role within Standard Mortgage, Bill currently serves as the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s Mortgage Action Alliance (MAA) Chairman for the 2025-2026 election cycle, joining MBA’s Board of Directors to report on the level of engagement by MAA members – and the ongoing growth trajectory of this important MBA affiliate organization. Bill graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance and Entrepreneurial Studies.

Senior Home Loan Advisor, First Bank Mortgage

Becky is a tenured mortgage lender in the Omaha market. She has originated more than 5600 home mortgages totaling more than $976 Million in production. She spent 25 years with FNBO, a family-owned bank based in Omaha, NE. In August 2024, she joined another family-owned bank- Belay Bank Mortgage, a division of First Bank. As a 3rd generation veteran of the USAF, service is important to who Becky is as an individual. Becky has volunteered for a variety of organizations in the Omaha metro area and has served on several local non-profit boards, including as past-President of the Nebraska Mortgage Association. She currently serves on the Governmental Affairs Committee of the Omaha Area Board of Realtors and is a Vice Chair for the Mortgage Action Alliance.

Key Senate Banking Committee Member, U.S. Senate

U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts was sworn in as Nebraska’s U.S. Senator on January 23, 2023. Prior to the U.S. Senate, Pete was Nebraska’s 40th Governor. As governor, Pete dramatically improved services to Nebraskans, and worked with the Legislature to deliver over $12.7 billion in tax relief, including over $10 billion in property tax relief, by 2027. Additionally, he fully eliminated state taxes on veterans’ retirement income starting in 2022 and on Social Security benefits by 2025. Pete cut the growth of state spending by more half and held state budgets to an average of 2.8% growth annually. He created new workforce development programming and cut unnecessary red tape to bolster Nebraska’s business-friendly climate. Additionally, he expanded international markets for Nebraska’s farmers and ranchers. He was also appointed to serve on the Council of Governors and the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations by President Donald J. Trump. He serves on the board of the Mid-America Council of the Boy Scouts, as a director of the Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation, a member of the Board of Advisors of Opportunity Education Foundation, a member of the Archbishop’s Committee for Development, a member of the Knights of Columbus, and a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre.

President & Chief Executive Officer, Mortgage Bankers Association

Robert (Bob) Broeksmit is President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Bob is a senior finance executive and corporate officer with a 35-year career in the mortgage sector. He has directed all aspects of lending activities, including marketing, sales, operations, secondary marketing, loan servicing, and default management. He has also served as a mortgage underwriting expert testifying on many large, high-profile cases. Prior to joining MBA in 2018, Bob served as President and Chief Operating Officer with Treliant, heading the firm’s mortgage litigation support practice and serving diverse financial services clientele including large banks, independent mortgage lenders, community banks, credit unions, and service providers to the mortgage industry. As a Washington-based financial services consultancy, Treliant’s mortgage practice included strategic advisory for executive management and corporate boards; litigation defense, including file reviews, litigation strategy, expert reports, and expert testimony; CFPB examination preparation and implementation of mortgage regulations promulgated by the CFPB and other regulators; and operational aspects of mortgage banking, ranging from origination to servicing and loss mitigation. Before Treliant, Bob held senior leadership positions in the mortgage business, including fourteen years with Chevy Chase Bank (including after its purchase by Capital One), where he was Executive Vice President and President of its B.F. Saul Mortgage Company subsidiary. Bob also was a Vice President at Prudential Home Mortgage for seven years. He has overseen annual originations of $9 billion, a balance sheet of $10 billion in residential mortgages, and a servicing portfolio of $20 billion. He also held positions at Great Western Mortgage, Krupp Residential Mortgage, and The Money Store. Bob has served as the Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Residential Board of Governors and as a member of its Board of Directors. Firms under his leadership have garnered multiple awards for servicing operations excellence, including Freddie Mac’s Tier One and Hall of Fame designations. He is a Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB) and a graduate of Yale University.