Voting for 2026 MBA Officers, New & Returning Directors Underway

The voting period for election of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s FY 2026 officers and new and returning directors is underway.

Eligible MBA members can access the electronic ballot  to elect incoming MBA Officers as well as incoming representatives for the MBA Residential Board of Directors (RESBOG) and MBA Commercial Board of Governors (COMBOG).

Under MBA’s bylaws, 2 ½% of the Regular Members are required to vote for the election to be effective. So your vote matters!

MBA’s Annual Opening Ceremony will lead off at the Annual Convention. It is scheduled for Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. PT in the Cobalt Ballroom, Level 4. The Officers and Directors will be sworn in at this session.

The slate includes:

For Chair:
Christine Chandler, Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer and Chief Operating Officer, M&T Realty Capital Corporation, Baltimore, MD

For Chair-Elect:
Owen Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Success Mortgage Partners, Inc., Plymouth, MI

For Vice-Chair:
John Hedlund, Vice Chairman, ICE Mortgage Technology, Pleasanton, CA

Elected Directors:

Bill Banfield, Chief Risk Officer and EVP, Capital Markets, Rocket Mortgage, Detroit, MI

Kate deKay, Chief Executive Officer, Eustis Mortgage Corp., New Orleans, LA

Pat Dodd, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cotality, Irvine, CA

Gene Lugat, Executive Vice President, PrimeLending, Lutherville Timonium, MD

Stanley Middleman,Chief Executive Officer, Freedom Mortgage Company, Marlton, NJ

Serhat Oztop, Head of Home Lending Retail, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, New York, NY

Kurt Pfotenhauer, Vice Chairman, First American Title Insurance, Washington, DC

Terry Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Guild Mortgage Company, Incline Village, NV

Jeffrey Taylor, Founder and Managing Director, Mphasis Digital Risk, Coral Gables, FL

Rick Thornberry, Chief Executive Officer, Radian Guaranty Inc., Wayne, PA

Jeffrey Weidell, Chief Executive Officer, Northmarq, Minneapolis, MN