The Mortgage Bankers Association Political Action Committee awarded Paul Walnick, President of Business Development with Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., Madison, Wis., with the 2021 Schumacher-Bolduc Award.
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mPowering You: MBA Leaders Take the Stage
SAN DIEGO–mPowering You: MBA’s Summit for Women in Real Estate Finance, put together a unique and powerful panel—the only four women in MBA’s 108-year history to serve as Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

MBA Honors Peter Norden with Woodward Distinguished Service Award
SAN DIEGO—The Mortgage Bankers Association honored Peter Norden, CEO of HomeBridge Financial Services Inc., Irvine, Calif., with its Andrew D. Woodward Distinguished Service Award.

MBA Announces 2021 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Residential Leadership Award Winners
SAN DIEGO—The Mortgage Bankers Association recognized five companies as 2021 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Residential Leadership Award recipients at its 2021 Annual Convention & Expo.

mPowering You: MBA Leaders Take the Stage
SAN DIEGO–mPowering You: MBA’s Summit for Women in Real Estate Finance, put together a unique and powerful panel—the only four women in MBA’s 108-year history to serve as Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

MBA Recognizes 48 New Certified Mortgage Banker Graduates
SAN DIEGO—MBA Education, the award-winning education division of the Mortgage Bankers Association, recognized 48 individuals who earned the Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB®) designation at a ceremony held during its 2021 Annual Convention & Expo.

MBA Chairman Kristy Fercho Hits the Ground Running
SAN DIEGO—Kristy Fercho has achieved a lot of “firsts” in her lifetime—the first Black woman to lead a major U.S. mortgage operation (at Flagstar Bank); the first Black woman to run the mortgage operations at Wells Fargo; and, as of Sunday, the first Black woman to serve as Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Her legacy, she says, will be to ensure that she is not the last such person.

MBA Recognizes 48 New Certified Mortgage Banker Graduates
SAN DIEGO—MBA Education, the award-winning education division of the Mortgage Bankers Association, recognized 48 individuals who earned the Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB®) designation at a ceremony held during its 2021 Annual Convention & Expo.

MBA Launches Member Action Pledge to Promote Minority Homeownership, Affordable Rental Housing DEI
SAN DIEGO—Mortgage Bankers Association Chairman Kristy Fercho on Monday announced the Home for All Pledge, an MBA member company action pledge to promote minority homeownership, affordable rental housing and company diversity, equity and inclusion.

MBA Chairman Kristy Fercho Hits the Ground Running
SAN DIEGO—Kristy Fercho has achieved a lot of “firsts” in her lifetime—the first Black woman to lead a major U.S. mortgage operation (at Flagstar Bank); the first Black woman to run the mortgage operations at Wells Fargo; and, as of Sunday, the first Black woman to serve as Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Her legacy, she says, will be to ensure that she is not the last such person.