MBA Announces Board of Governors and Committee Chairs for 2025
DENVER–The Mortgage Bankers Association announced the members of its Residential Board of Governors (RESBOG), Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG), and the respective chairs for each committee in 2025.
“I am ecstatic to work with the accomplished real estate finance leaders who make up the members of MBA’s 2025 RESBOG and COMBOG,” said Laura Escobar, 2025 MBA Chair and President of Lennar Mortgage. “Their expertise and teamwork will be essential as we address the numerous economic, legislative, and regulatory issues and opportunities that are impacting residential and commercial real estate.”
RESBOG is the governing body for MBA’s single-family residential members, responsible for establishing legislative and regulatory policies and positions on residential lending issues. David Battany, Guild Mortgage, will serve as RESBOG Chair in 2025. Dan Sugg, Michigan First Credit Union, will serve as RESBOG Vice Chair.
MBA named the following newly elected members of RESBOG:
- Scott Fletcher, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation
- Hilary Halpern, Rocket Mortgage
- Deb Jones, CMB, Citizens Bank
- Christy Soukhamneut, University Federal Credit Union
- Nolan Turner, Carrington Mortgage
- Jenny Vipperman, CMB, ORNL Federal Credit Union
MBA returning RESBOG members are:
- Shayna Arrington, Servbank
- David Battany, Guild Mortgage
- Ken Block, New American Funding
- Christine Chandler, M&T Realty Capital Corporation
- Chris Curran, Essent
- Mike Dunlap, Merchants Bank of Indiana
- Laura Escobar, Lennar Mortgage
- Chris George, CMG Financial
- Scott Gillen, Stewart Title
- Carolyn Gorman, Huntington National Bank
- Jennifer Hedgepeth, DHI Mortgage
- Michael Innis-Thompson, TD Bank
- Allison Johnston, CMB, Success Mortgage Partners
- Tawn Kelley, Taylor Morrison
- Karen Kreutziger Powell, Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc.
- Owen Lee, Success Mortgage Partners
- Gene Lugat, PrimeLending
- Chris McCullough, Citi
- Vinay Miglani, Mortgage Investors Group
- Anita Padilla, MegaStar Financial
- Kirk Park, Lennar Mortgage
- Mike Patterson, Freedom Mortgage
- Christine Paxton, Mr. Cooper
- Aaron Pitone, Arvest Bank
- Steven Plaisance, Gateway First Bank
- Adam Pollitzer, National MI
- Erin Quinn, Wells Fargo
- Oliver Rubinstein, PennyMac
- Stacy Slocum Smith, Chase
- Lee Smith, Flagstar Bank
- Dan Sugg, Michigan First Credit Union
- Lauren Terrett, RWM Home Loans
- Dave Townsend, FNF
MBA also announced the 2025 Residential Policy Committee Chairs who serve as non-voting members of RESBOG:
- Michele Buschman, American Pacific Mortgage: Residential Technology Forum
- Pam Cooper, CMB, The Chenoa Fund: Accounting and Financial Management Committee
- Sheli Flieger, Norcom Mortgage: Secondary and Capital Markets Committee
- Chad Hohl, Wells Fargo: Loan Administration Committee
- Sam Racoosin, Chase: Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Committee
- Jack Thompson, Guild Mortgage: Residential Loan Production Committee
- Joshua Weinberg, Firstline Compliance: State Legislative and Regulatory Committee
COMBOG is comprised of MBA member executives representing all aspects of the commercial/ multifamily real estate finance industry. COMBOG leads the strategic development of MBA’s commercial/multifamily policy and initiatives, as well as best practices and standards. Jeff Majewski, CBRE Capital Markets, will serve as COMBOG Chair in 2025, Quentin Fogan, Bank of America, will serve as Chair-Elect, and Jack Gay, Nuveen, will serve as Vice Chair.
MBA named the following newly elected members of COMBOG:
- Sharon Briskman, Greystone
- David J. ‘DJ’ Effler, BWE
- Joseph Lovell, Colliers Mortgage
- Steven Kennedy, VIUM
- Shekar Narasimhan, Beekman Advisors
- Gerard Sansosti, JLL Capital Markets
- Katie Schwarting, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP
- Jan Sternin, Berkadia
- Tim Stoner, Affinius Capital
MBA returning COMBOG members are:
- Stacy Ackermann, K&L Gates, LLP
- Michael Dury, Merchants Capital
- Kevin Fagan, Moody’s Analytics
- Adam Fox, Fitch Ratings
- Amy Frazey, StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC
- Jonathan Goldman, M. Robert Goldman & Co, Inc
- Stephen Johnson, Freddie Mac
- Crystal Kalinowski, District Capital, LLC
- Rob Levin, Fannie Mae
- John Maher, Hartford Investment Management Co
- Patrick Mattson, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc
- Greg Michaud, Voya Investment Management
- Nipul Patel, Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking
- Dilip Petigara, Vivek Capital, LLC
- Vince Toye, JP Morgan Chase
- John Waldeck, Pacific Life Investments
- Jeff Weidell, CMB, Northmarq
- Cooper Williams, Essex Financial Group
- Bob Wright, SS&C Technologies, Inc
Reinstated COMBOG members are:
- Brian Hanson, CWCapital Asset Management, LLC
- Hilary Provinse, Berkadia
- Robert Slatt, Gantry, Inc
- Stephanie Wiggins, PGIM Real Estate
