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MAA Steering Committee Elections Underway; Deadline Dec. 16
The Mortgage Action Alliance, the grassroots advocacy arm of the Mortgage Bankers Association, has opened the voting period for election of three at-large seats on its 2017 Steering Committee through Friday, Dec. 16.
MAA is governed by a nine-member steering committee. The committee is responsible for assisting in formulation, implementation and execution of the Alliance’s grassroots activities in furtherance of MBA’s advocacy agenda.
A list of candidates follows:
–Lisa Amato, Senior Mortgage Originator/Sales Manager, New American Funding
–Brigitte Ataya, SVP Orange County, New American Funding
–Dottie Bailey, Account Executive, First Guaranty Mortgage Corp.
–Chum Balk, SVP Mortgage, Georgia Bank & Trust
–West Beibers CMB, President, The Commonwealth Group
–Angel Bell, CCO, TPD
–Robert Blumberg, Senior Counsel, Johnson, Blumberg & Associates
–Marissa Blundell, Principal & COO, Bankers Advisory
–Don Brown, Managing Director/Secondary Services, Optimal Blue LLC
–Donna Clayburn, Program Manager, Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland Inc.
–Joseph Culver, SVP & Mortgage Banking Manager, NBT Bank NA
–Nitin Dave, Vice President, Southern Trust
–Tonya Ellis, AVP Operations, Crescent Mortgage Co.
–Matthew Hefner, Branch Manager, Nations Reliable Lending
–John Hudson, Vice President, Mortgage Financial Services
–Barbara Mallott, SVP Credit Risk Management, Envoy Mortgage
–Stephen McGurl, President, McGurl Risk Advisors LLC
–Richard Peek, Corporate Operations, The Mortgage Firm
–Leora Ruzin, AVP of Secondary Marketing & Systems Operations, Credit Union Mortgage Association
–Mary Rzucidlo CMB, Real Estate Fulfillment Executive, USAA
–Robert Shellenberger, Senior Vice President/National Sales, Crescent Mortgage Co.
–Dottie Sheppick, Managing Partner, Specialty Mortgage Product Solutions, LLC
–Debbie Sousa, Executive Director, Massachusetts Mortgage Bankers Association
–Shielah Tittlebaum, Southeast VP Account Executive, Crescent Mortgage Co.
The candidates have provided personal statements that MAA members can review before voting.
Click this link to access your MAA election ballot: http://mba-advocacy.informz.net/survistapro/sn.asp?u=774485129&gid=5F417780-F2F5-4F80-BADA-FC26B12B106C. Please note that you may only vote once and that ballots are nontransferable. Voting is open to all active MAA members and will conclude on December 16.
If you have industry colleagues who are not active MAA members but wish to enroll or re-enroll, they can click here and fill out the membership form: http://apps.mba.org/Advocacy/MortgageActionAlliance/MAASignup.htm. New MAA members will receive their personal ballot by COB on the day of their enrollment.
If you have questions, contact Peter Shapiro at pshapiro@mba.org or 202-557-2933.