Marcia Davies is Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President of Conferences and Meetings for the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

Davies provides leadership, strategic direction and overall management to the conferences and meetings department. Additionally, she is responsible for facilitating the implementation of strategic initiatives that require cross-functional integration within MBA, its staff and members. She has key oversight for projects that are organizational priorities to ensure that all are advancing according to plan, objectives, established milestones and measurement criteria.

Previously, Davies worked at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as Senior Advisor to David H. Stevens, then Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner. She directed HUD's industry relations program to strengthen relationships, garner support, streamline communications and resolve policy and regulatory issues.

Before joining HUD, Davies spent 21 years at Freddie Mac, where she held a variety of officer positions including Vice President of Strategy, Customer Outreach and Marketing; Vice President of Servicer Relations and Policy; and Vice President of Customer Outreach and Eligibility.

Davies is a graduate of the Katharine Gibbs School in Montclair, N.J.

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