MBA welcomes new board members, names new chairman

• Matthew Rocco (Chairman), Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, LLC
• Mark Jones (Chairman-Elect), Amerifirst Home Mortgage
• Laura Escobar (Vice Chair), Lennar Mortgage
• Kristy Fercho (Immediate Past Chair), Wells Fargo
• Patrick Carey, Bank of America
• Christine Chandler, M&T Realty Capital Corporation
• Jack Gay, Nuveen Real Estate
• Christopher George, CMG Financial
• Nima Ghamsari, Blend
• Owen Lee, Success Mortgage Partners, Inc.
• Bill Lowman, American Pacific Mortgage
• Sonya Luechauer, DHI Mortgage Company
• Jeffrey Majewski, CBRE Capital Markets
• Mary Ann McGarry, Guild Mortgage Company
• Stanley Middleman, Freedom Mortgage Corporation
• J. David Motley, CMB, Colonial Savings, F.A.
• Peter Norden, HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc.
• Mark O’Donovan, JPMorgan Chase
• Kurt Pfotenhauer, First American Title Insurance Company
• Christine Rhea, Mortgage Investors Group
• David Spector, PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.
• Debra Still, CMB, Pulte Financial Services
• Michael Tanner, Pacific Southwest Realty Services
• Jeffrey Taylor, Digital Risk, LLC
• Joe Tyrrell, ICE Mortgage Technology
• Jim Wehmann, FICO
• Jeffrey Weidell, NorthMarq
• Thomas Wind, U.S. Bank Home Mortgage

In addition, MBA announced the members of its Residential Board of Governors (RESBOG), members of its Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG), and the chairs of its residential committees for 2023.

“The members who sit on RESBOG and COMBOG represent a wide variety of industry experts, and they have a tremendous amount of experiences and perspectives that embody the entire real estate finance industry,” said Rocco. “I look forward to working with all members of RESBOG and COMBOG as we address the economic, regulatory, and legislative issues and opportunities that will impact our industry in 2023.”

MBA named the following newly elected members of RESBOG:

• Mike Dunlap, Merchants Bank of Indiana
• Chris Curran, Essent Guaranty
• Susanne Livingston, RWM Home Loans
• Anita Padilla, MegaStar Financial
• David Townsend, Agents National Title Insurance
• James Sias, Huntington National Bank

MBA’s returning members of RESBOG are:

• Danette Alfonso, Eagle Home Mortgage LLC
• Lisa Applegate, Wells Fargo
• Patty Arvielo, New American Funding
• Bill Banfield, Rocket Mortgage
• David Battany, Guild Mortgage Company
• Albert P. Blank, Union Home Mortgage (Immediate Past Chair)
• Christopher Delfs, Truist
• Duane Duncan, Enact Mortgage Insurance
• Laura Escobar, Lennar Mortgage
• Tim Frederick, CMB, M&T Bank
• Eric Gates, Apex Home Loans
• Erik Hand, HomeStreet Bank
• John Hedlund, AmeriHome
• John Hummel, U.S. Bank Home Mortgage
• Mark Jones, Amerifirst Home Mortgage
• Tawn Kelley, Taylor Morrison Home Funding
• William Lowman, American Pacific Mortgage Corporation
• Sonya Luechauer, DHI Mortgage
• Gene Lugat, Primelending (Vice Chair)
• Allen Maulsby, CMB, Colonial Savings, F.A.
• Glen Messina, Ocwen Financial Corporation
• Sonu Mittal, Citizens Bank
• Willie Newman, Home Point Financial
• Kurt Pfotenhauer, First American Title Insurance Company
•  Aaron Pitone, Arvest Bank
• Steven Plaisance, Gateway First
• Jay Plum, Fifth Third
• Chrissi Rhea, Mortgage Investor Group (Chair)
• Matt Rocco, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital
• Lee Smith, Flagstar
• Jack Thompson, Legacy Mortgage
• Winston Wilkinson, Pentagon Federal Credit Union
• Fowler Williams, CMB, AMP, Crescent Mortgage Company

The Residential Committee chairs who serve as non-voting members of RESBOG, include: