MISMO Honors Volunteer Contributors
MISMO honored a number of volunteers for their contributions during the recent MISMO Winter Summit.
The MISMO Awards program serves to recognize and appreciate the volunteer contributors for their hard work and contributions towards advancing MISMO standards, grow participation, and the supporting the organization.
Three awards categories are recognized each year. Categories include the “Standards Champion” who is selected by the members of the Residential Governance Committee, the “Outstanding Contributor” who is selected by the MISMO Staff; and the “Chairman’s Award” whose recipient is selected by the Chairs of each of MISMO’s Committees (Residential Standards Governance, Strategic Planning, Education, and Membership & Revenue).
Standards Champion Award
The Standards Champion Award recognizes individuals who made the most substantial contributions towards advancing the MISMO standards during the previous calendar year. Advancement of the MISMO standard can be demonstrated in several forms from direct contribution towards enhancing the standard, executing communication and outreach that enhance the adoption and visibility of the standard to working effectively towards increasing participation in the crafting of the standard. Standards Champion Award winners are selected by the MISMO Residential Standards Governance Committee.
The 2015 Standards Champion Award was presented to Mark Friend of Freddie Mac.
The 2014 Standards Champion Award was presented to Matthew Hailstone of Simplifile.
Outstanding Contributor Award
The Outstanding Contributor Award recognizes individuals who made substantial contributions to the MISMO organization as a whole over the past year. The MISMO organization is evolving quickly. Significant contributions to the organization were and are needed to position MISMO to serve the mortgage finance industry. Outstanding Contributor Award recipients are selected by MISMO Staff. The individuals selected were recognized with the Outstanding Contributor Award for their tireless dedication towards shaping and supporting the organization.
The 2015 Outstanding Contributor Award was presented to William Klumper of First Mortgage Company.
The 2014 Outstanding Contributor Award was presented to the members of MISMO’s Education Committee:
–Steven Acker, Closergeist
–Kyle Bensen,MGIC
–Ed Berger, Actualize Consulting
–Mike Bixby, Bixby Consulting
–Susan Borg, HUD
–Jennifer Caswell, OFR
–Colleen Flaxington, Freddie Mac
–Liz Green, Rel-e-vant Solutions
–Matthew Hailstone, Simplifile
–Heather Kerns, Actualize Consulting
–Jim Metzger, D+H
–Rita Roy, Ellie Mae
Chairman’s Award
The Chairman’s Award recognizes individuals who made substantial contributions to MISMO over an extended period of time. This may be a “lifetime” achievement award or could be an accumulation of good works from the past several years and is designed to recognize the accumulation of contributions that advanced the organization and/or standards forward in a significant way over a substantial period of time. Chairman’s Award recipients are selected by the MISMO Committee Chairs.
The 2015 Chairman’s Award was presented to Rachael Sokolowski, Magnolia Technologies and Roger Gudobba, Compliance Systems.
The 2014 Chairman’s Award was presented to:
–Greg Alvord, RealEc
–Leo Bijnagte, MISMO Staff
–Harry Gardner, Ellie Mae
–Ted Adams, Freddie Mac
