MISMO Announces 2024 Board of Directors

MISMO®, the real estate finance industry’s standards organization, announced its Board of Directors for 2024.

“MISMO plays a pivotal role in today’s mortgage market by making the homebuying process easier and more affordable while reducing the cost of originating, selling, and servicing mortgages,” said Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB. “The professional experience and expertise of those who make up this year’s Board of Directors is impressive, and I am fully confident they will be instrumental in ensuring that MISMO continues to lead in industry collaboration and innovation.” 

MISMO Board members represent a cross-section of the residential and commercial real estate finance industries. Board members are responsible for overseeing MISMO’s standards activities and serve two-year terms.

“MISMO’s function within the industry has grown beyond basic standards development, expanding into a platform for facilitating problem-solving and knowledge-sharing that enhances the entire mortgage business,” said MISMO President David Coleman. “I look forward to working with this talented group of professionals to fulfill MISMO’s mission to cultivate innovation that will enhance our industry as a whole.”

The MISMO Board of Directors will be chaired for a second year by John Hedlund, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, AmeriHome. Sage Nichols, Executive, Client Success, CoreLogic, will serve as Vice Chair.

“We’ve made tremendous progress toward enhancing the functionality of the mortgage market, but there are more exciting innovations on the horizon,” said Hedlund. “I look forward to serving another year as chair and continuing our work on solutions that benefit the industry.”


New members of the MISMO Board are:

Lisa Dorsey, Vice President, Data Governance, Fannie Mae

Mike Hogan, Managing Director of Capital Markets Technology and Enterprise Data, Pennymac

Aaron Perlis, Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Walker & Dunlop

Ike Suri, Chairman and CEO, FundingShield

Matt Tully, CMB, Chief of Staff, Sagent


Returning members of the MISMO Board are:

Michele Bodda, President, Mortgage & Employer Services, Experian

Jason Bressler, Chief Technology Officer, UWM

Tim Elkins, Executive Vice President and Chief Production Officer, PrimeLending

Mike Fratantoni, Chief Economist, Senior Vice President of Research and Technology, MBA 

Suzanne Garwood, Executive Director and Associate General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase

John Hedlund, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, AmeriHome

Jeff Hurley, Senior Managing Director, CBRE 

Aravind “Jag” Jagannathan, Vice President and Chief Data Officer Single-Family Strategic Delivery, Data, Operations and Technology, Freddie Mac

Kurt Johnson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Cooper Group

Sage Nichols, Executive, Client Success, CoreLogic

Teri Pansing, Senior Vice President, Corporate Closing, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation

Eric Ray, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer, Radian  

Michael Wood, Credit Risk Executive, Wells Fargo

Ex-Officio members of the MISMO Board are: 

David Coleman, President, MISMO

Rusty Emory, Vice President, Data Strategy, PrimeLending     

Brian Hunt, Senior Director, Multifamily Technology Initiatives, Fannie Mae

MISMO’s work to solve key business challenges is made possible due to lender support of the MISMO Innovation Investment Fee. For more information about MISMO and how to join visit MISMO.org.