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Orlando, FL (October 24, 2005) —
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) awarded the Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB) designation, the highest professional
designation for the real estate finance industry, to 97 mortgage banking professionals in a ceremony held at MBA's 92nd Annual Convention and Expo in Orlando on October 23.
Candidates are awarded a Commercial CMB, Residential CMB or Master CMB designation. The Master CMB is a combination of both
commercial and residential mortgage banking disciplines, while the Commercial CMB and Residential CMB focus on their respective
subfields of the mortgage industry. Candidates must work for a MBA member company or be a member of a recognized state MBA.
The CMB program is rigorous.Commercial and Residential CMB candidates must earn 150 points, through a combination of professional
experience, secondary education, continuing education through MBA-sponsored events and CampusMBA courses, and participation
in MBA at the local, state and/or national level. After accumulating the required points and passing a comprehensive written
exam, candidates must demonstrate industry knowledge by passing an oral exam conducted by a panel of Certified Mortgage Bankers.
To earn the Master CMB, candidates must be a Commercial or Residential CMB for two years and earn 50 additional points. After
passing a written exam based on the opposing discipline, candidates must then demonstrate industry knowledge by passing an
oral exam conducted by a panel of Master Certified Mortgage Bankers.
"Earning the CMB designation carries the same recognition and esteem that a CPA holds for accountants – it indicates a high level of expertise and professionalism
as mortgage bankers," said Regina Lowrie, chairman of the MBA and president of Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services. "I am proud to be receiving my CMB today along with so many of my colleagues. Earning the CMB shows our commitment to commercial and residential real estate finance education and industry awareness.”
Since the program's inception in 1973, 857 mortgage banking professionals have received the CMB designation. Following is
the list of most recent 2005 designees.
Timothy W. Almquist, CMB, AMP, Vice President, Countrywide Financial Corporation; Gary L. Avery, CMB, CRMP, Vice President, First Republic Mortgage Corporation; Michael P. Azzarello, CMB, AMP, Senior Vice President, Washington Mutual; Magdy E. Badr, CMB, AMP, President, Pacific Empire Investments Corporation; Paul G. Balaschak, CMB, AMP, Mortgage Solutions, Operations Manager, GMAC Mortgage Corporation; Wendy S. Beach, CMB, AMP, Vice President- Quality Assurance, ABN AMRO Mortgage Group; Rick S. Beardsley, CMB, AMP, Assistant Vice President, Popular Warehouse Lending, LLC; Paul A. Best, CMB, Senior Vice President, National City Bank; Cindy Bradley, CMB, CML, Loan Production Manager, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority; Jeffrey L. Briggs, CMB, AMP, Senior Vice President, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc.; Aaron Brill, CMB, Vice President-Operations, Metrocities Mortgage Corp; Robert D. Broeksmit, CMB, President & Chief Operating Officer, B.F. Saul Mortgage Company; Eric Brooks, CMB, AMP, National Bank Examiner, Comptroller of the Currency; Edward V. Casanova, CMB, President, PrimeDirect Mortgage, Inc.;Samuel M. Chazanow, CMB, AMP, Vice President Lending, Sussex Bank; Todd Cheney, CMB, Senior Vice President, Synovus Mortgage; Eric Christensen, CMB, AMP, Account Executive, Fair Isaac Corporation; Daniel E. Cooper, CMB, Managing Director-Mortgage Banking, Franklin Bank, SSB; Jo Ann Crook, CMB, AMP, Product Executive, Fidelity National Financial; Gary J. Culbreath, CMB, AMP, Training Manager-Retail Lending, GMAC Residential Holding Corporation; Diane DeHeer, CMB, Senior Accountant, General Growth; Stanley G. Dickerson, CMB, AMP, Mortgage Credit Policy, AmSouth Bank; Angela Dodson, CMB, AMP, Senior Project Manager, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage; Marito Domingo, CMB, Executive Vice President-Finance and Strategy, Retail Bank, Countrywide Financial Corporation; Daniel Duplantis, CMB, ARU, Government Underwriter, Clayton Services Inc.; G. William Elliott, Jr., CMB, AMP, Branch Manager, Rocky Mountain Mortgage, Ltd.; Peter Elmer, CMB, Senior Manager-Mortgage Analysis, Deloitte; Leonard A. Fischer, CMB, CRMP, Vice President, Terre Haute First National Bank; Jennifer J. Fortier, CMB, Assistant Vice President, Secondary Marketing, Eustis Mortgage Corporation; David E. Frase, CMB, AMP, Executive Vice President, Texas Capital Bank, N.A.; Michael Friedman, CMB, Director, IXIS Capital Markets; Edwin E. Fuchs, CMB, AMP, Executive Vice President, Central Pacific Mortgage Company; Rian Furey, CMB, AMP, Senior Vice President-Secondary Marketing, LendingTree, Inc.; Serge Gharibian, CMB, Executive Vice President, American General Mortgage Corporation; Larry L. Gilmore, CMB, Director, Industry Relations, Option One Mortgage; Patrick V. Glemser, AMP, Product Development Manager, GMAC Mortgage Corporation; Dana Gompers, CMB, Chief Executive Officer, First Houston Mortgage, Ltd.; Alice Gronert, CMB, AMP, Vice President, EverHome Mortgage Company; Karen S. Harkin, CMB, CML, Director, Home Finance, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority; George C. Hawkins, IV, CMB, AMP, Executive Vice President, Castle Mortgage Corporation; James Hopkins, CMB, Chief Operations Officer, First Houston Mortgage, Ltd.; Stacey L. Interlandi, CMB, Vice President, Morgan Stanley; Patrick V. Intiso, CMB, AMP, Chief Financial Officer/Director-Secondary Marketing, Mortgage Process Center; Michael J. Johnson, CMB, AMP, Vice President, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc.; Dennis Kieft, CMB, Senior Manager, Global Realty Outsourcing, Inc.; Carroll P. Kisser, CMB, AMP, Senior Vice President, Washington Mutual; Joseph J. Laquidara, CMB, Senior Vice President, City & Suburban Federal Savings Bank; Michael L. Larssen, CMB, Executive Vice President, Mortgage Investors Group, LP; Walter H. Laughlin, CMB, AMP, State Director, Fannie Mae; Michael Lepore, CMB, Executive Vice President, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage; Josh R. Levine, CMB, Vice President Business Development, IndyMac Bank; Stanley Lyn Lindsey, CMB, AMP, Executive Vice President, Vision Bank; Jeff Lochmandy, CMB, AMP, Regional Production Manager, NetBank, Inc.; Dana C. Lock, CMB, AMP, National Account Manager, PMI Mortgage Insurance Inc.; Regina M. Lowrie, CMB, President, Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services, LLP; Marc D. Minnick, CMB, Assistant Vice President, Acre Mortgage and Financial, Inc.; Nina R. Mitchell, CMB, Executive Vice President, Chapel Funding; John Olinski, CMB, Executive Vice President, IndyMac Bank; Geoffrey A. Oliver, CMB, CPA, Managing Partner, Hilltop Advisors, LLC; Rudy A. Orman, CMB, Vice President, Goldman, Sachs Co.; C. Ware Palmer, CMB, Vice President-Business Development, Countrywide Financial Corporation; Roberta Pek, CMB, Vice President, IndyMac Bank; Jackson H. Pence, CMB, Vice President-Product Management & Business Development, Fiserv Lending Solutions; M. Diane Pendley, CMB, Managing Director, FITCH Ratings; Michael W. Perry, CMB, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, IndyMac Bank; James C. Picard, CMB, AMP, District Manager, GMAC Mortgage Corporation; Jeffrey Pierick, CMB, AMP, Counsel-Law Department, Principal Financial Group; John C. Reed, CMB, AMP, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, JC Reed & Co., Inc.; Leslie Rohrabacher, CMB, Operations Audit Manager, Radian Guaranty Inc.; Wanda R. Sanchez, CMB, AMP, Corporate Chief Underwriter, HF Mortgage Bankers; Peter F. Saso, CMB, AMP, Director-Production Services, Ditech.com; Eric S. Schambow, CMB, AMP, Vice President, Operations Policy & Analysis, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago; Terry L. Schmidt, CMB, Chief Financial Officer, Guild Mortgage Company; Jeffrey P. Shafer, CMB, President, JS MultiCapital Corporation; Susan Sheffer, CMB, AMP, Vice President, IndyMac Bank; Mark Silva, CMB, CRO, AMP, Regional Account Manager, Saxon Mortgage, Inc.; Nicole Smith, CMB, Director of Wholesale; NetBank, Inc.; Amy Swaney, CMB, President-Elect, Arizona Mortgage Lenders Association, Inc.; Robert V. Taylor, CMB, AMP, Chief Executive Officer, Greater Nevada Mortgage Services; James E. Tew, CMB, Senior Vice President-Equity Lending, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation; Pamela Trudeau, CMB, Production Manager, Towne Mortgage Company; Stanley H. Tucker, CMB, AMP, Assistant Vice President, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc.; Glen G. Turner, CMB, Servicing Officer, Alaska Housing Finance Corp.; Drew Van Meeteren, CMB, CMT, AMP, First Vice President-Operations, IndyMac Bank; Brian Vieaux, CMB, Vice President National Sales, IndyMac Bank; Wesley E. Waddle, CMB, AMP, Senior Loan Officer, Chase Home Finance; Lisa M. Weaver, National Training Director, Genworth Financial; Jane M. White, CMB, AMP, Sales Director, GMAC Residential Funding; Robert Wilderotter, CMB, CRO, AMP, Executive Vice President, Real Estate Mortgage Network, Inc.; Dean C. Williams, CMB, President & Chief Executive Officer, Williams & Williams Auctioneers; Martha Merkson Williams, CMB, AMP, Senior Audit Officer, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation; Paul Wirth, CMB, Vice President/National Sales Manager, Family Lending Services, Inc.; Richard H. Wohl, CMB, Chief Executive Officer-Mortgage Bank, IndyMac Bank; Janet Wong, CMB, Vice President/HLS Risk Management, IndyMac Bank; Robert Antone Woodall, CMB, CMT, AMP, Business Technology Officer, Opteum Financial Services, LLC; Cathleen Malone Zack, CMB, Vice President of Mortgage Loan Production Training, BB&T; and David Zugheri, CMB, President, First Houston Mortgage, Ltd.
For more information on CampusMBA, winner of the 2004 Best Virtual Corporate University/Best Use of Technology CUBIC Award,
or to enroll in the CMB designation program, visit Professional Designations at www.campusmba.org. For inquiries, email campusmbaeducation@mortgagebankers.org or call (800) 348-8653.
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