MBA Elects 2025 Board of Directors
(Laura Escobar (left), Christine Chandler, Owen Lee (right). Photo credit: Anneliese Mahoney)
DENVER–The Mortgage Bankers Association 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
