“Reaching a landmark of 1,000 CMBs is a major achievement for our industry, said MBA Chairman, Kieran Quinn, CMB.  “Given the intense rigor of the CMB designation process and the commitment needed to achieve it, this is further proof that we as an industry take professional education and commitment of excellence to a new high— we are setting the bar high for ourselves and we are tremendously proud of that fact.  As a CMB myself, I’m proud to be part of this distinguished and honorable ‘group of 1,000’ and I congratulate our newest class of CMBs for their extraordinary achievement.” 

CMB candidates must amass 150 points earned through a combination of professional experience, secondary education, continuing education through MBA-sponsored events and CampusMBA courses, as well as 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.

“The CMB program provides a roadmap to professional success- and is different from other programs because candidates must meet stringent requirements both through professional education and industry involvement,” said John Golden, MBA’s Vice President of Education.  “The CMB demonstrates that this is an industry of career professionals, highly qualified and of the highest caliber.  This is an important message that customers, business partners, regulators and legislators need to know about.” 

Designation candidates have the option of choosing among the Commercial CMB, Residential CMB or Master CMB designations. The Master CMB is a combination of both commercial and residential mortgage banking disciplines, while the Residential CMB and Commercial CMB focus on their respective subfields of the mortgage industry. In order to be eligible for the CMB designation, candidates must either work for an MBA member company or be a member of a recognized state MBA.

CampusMBA awarded the following industry professionals with the CMB designation during the calendar year, October 2006 to October 2007:

Commercial CMB Designees:
• Maynard C. Ahner, II, CMB, Senior Vice President, Midland Loan Services, Inc./PNC Real Estate Finance
• John Delancey Barbie, CMB, Vice President, PNC ARCS Commercial Mortgage
• Joan S. Biro, CMB, Director, Standard & Poor’s
• Philip H. Buckley, CMB, Director, Ginnie Mae
• Paul Gardaphe, CMB, President & Chief Operating Officer, iCap Realty Advisors
• Jayne R. Hulbert, CMB, Vice President, CMB, Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage, Inc.
• H. Richard Noon, CMB, President, Bankers Mortgage & Investment Group, Inc.
• Vivianne J. Schuur, CMB, Regional Sales Manager, EverBank
• Jon Van Hoozer, CMB, Vice President, Financial Federal Savings Bank
• J. Raymond Walker, CMB, Director, CBRE | Melody
• Linn G. Warren, CMB, Deputy Director-Multifamily Programs, California Housing Finance Agency
• Robert G. Wright, CMB, Vice President, Financial Loan Services, Midland Loan Services, Inc./PNC Real Estate Finance

Residential CMB Designees:
• Verinda K. Allen, CMB, Vice President-Risk Management, Chase
• Rouel Barranda, CMB, AMP, Countrywide Financial Corporation
• Rhonda Beck, CMB, Vice President-Eastern Divisional Director, Indymac Bank
• West Beibers, CMB, President, Delta Trust Mortgage Corporation
• Maida H. Bell, CMB, Senior Relationship Manager, Chase
• Jeffrey M. Birdsell, CMB, Chief Information Officer, Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation
• Joseph Anthony Bonaventura, Jr., CMB, Vice President, BB&T
• Richard E. Booth, CMB
• Bruce J. Brenkus, CMB, AMP, Vice President, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
• Roger F. Brown, CMB, Executive Vice President, VirtualBank
• Jeffrey D. Buchanan, CMB, AMP, Point of Sale System Manager, GMAC Mortgage Subservicing
• Scott Burchett, CMB, AMP, Account Executive, ABN AMRO Mortgage Group
• Jennifer J. Burlison, CMB, Vice President-Mortgage Purchases, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
• Rose T. Burton, CMB, AMP, First Vice President-Mortgage Custody Services, SunTrust Bank
• Brandon W. Case, CMB, AMP, Hedge Manager, Lion, Inc./TRMS
• John Chan, CMB, Chief Information Officer, Just Price Solutions
• Alan S. Craib, CMB, AMP, Vice President-Appraiser Director, GMAC Mortgage Subservicing
• Amy Summers Creason, CMB, First Vice President, Secondary Marketing, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc.
• Anne Marie Danko, CMB, AMP, Director of Education, JC Reed & Co., Inc.
• Geoffrey Davies, CMB, CMS, Vice President, Fidelity National Information Services
• William Dolan, CMB, AMP, Vice President-Secondary Market, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
• Rachel M. Dollar, CMB, Attorney, The Dollar Law Firm
• Susan J. Duncan, CMB, Assistant Vice President, Market Street Mortgage Corporation
• Richard T. French, CMB, Vice President, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc.
• Michael J. Frenz, CMB, CFA, Executive Vice President, Ginnie Mae
• Z. Vanessa Giacoman, CMB, AMP, President, CityMutual Financial
• Barbara Gonzalez, CMB, Director, Barrett, Burke, Wilson, Castle, Daffin & Frappier, LLP
• Dianne M. Goodwin, CMB, Vice President-Sales & Marketing, Group 9, Inc.
• Jason Griesser, CMB, AMP, Senior Mortgage Consultant, Trident Mortgage Company Lp
• Robert J. Hearn, CMB, AMP, Vice President and Eastern Divisional Director for Financial Institutions, Indymac Bank
• Christa Hubble, CMB, AMP, Vice President/Production Administration, Market Street Mortgage Corporation
• Gary W. Hutto, CMB, Principal, Gary Hutto Management Consulting, LLP
• Mark A. Jankiewicz, CMB, AMP, Risk Advisory Services, Ernst & Young LLP
• Barbara Jan Jenkins, CMB, Senior Vice President, Market Street Mortgage Corporation
• Charles Johanek, CMB, AMP, Account Manager, Freddie Mac
• Barton Johnson, CMB, Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation
• Peter A. Kehoe, CMB, Senior Vice President, NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc.
• Thomas M. Kenny, CMB, AMP, Sales Manager, Bank of America
• Robert W. Kenyon, CMB, Branch Manager, Countrywide Financial Corporation
• Michelle Knoebel, CMB, AMP, Vice President, Chase
• Robert Kraft, CMB, AMP, Executive Vice President, Access National Mortgage Corporation
• Michael P. Lau, CMB, Executive Vice President, Phoenix Capital, Inc.
• Sherry Light, CMB, First Vice President, Countrywide Financial Corporation
• Charles P. Lisinski, CMB, Senior Vice President, Mortgage Cadence, Inc.
• Ken D. Logan, CMB, Director, Residential Mortgage & Consumer Group, Wachovia Securities
• Marc Luby, CMB, Regional Manager, imortgage.com, Inc
• Joell J. Maddox, CMB, Vice President-Financial Institutions, Indymac Bank
• Robert R. Maddox, CMB, AMP, Attorney, Burr & Forman, LLP
• Bob Mansur, CMB, National Training Director, Oak Street Mortgage LLC
• Brad Mauritzen, CMB, AMP, Vice President-Secondary Marketing, First Houston Mortgage, Ltd.
• Michael R. McFarland, CMB, Vice President-National Account Manager, Stewart Lender Services
• Thomas K. McKnight, CMB, Loan Officer, American Bank FSB
• Richard W. Miller, CMB, Vice President Business Development, Cenlar FSB
• Tom R.S. Millon, CMB, CFA, President, Capital Markets Cooperative, LLC
• Walter H. Morris, Jr., CMB, Principal, Ernst & Young LLP
• Bronwyn D. Morrissey, CMB, AMP, National Account Manager, PMI Mortgage Insurance Co.
• Sergio Murer, CMB, Regional Vice President, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
• Nicole Nahodil, CMB, Director of Operations, Tranex Financial
• Glen B. Ogden, CMB, Vice President, Mountain America Financial Services dba The Mortgage Co-op
• Canda S. Olmi, CMB, President, Mortgage Division, The First, A National Banking Association
• Cheryl A. Paul, CMB, AMP, Vice President-Mortgage Field Manager, Johnson Bank
• Thomas Potts, CMB, Principal, Risk-Matters, LLC
• Marge Ptacek, CMB, CMS, Senior Mortgage Banking Consultant, Fidelity National Information Services
• Kurt Raymond, CMB, Assistant Vice President, Indymac Bank
• Chip S. Register, CMB, CMT, AMP, Chief Information Officer, Netbank, Inc.
• Kimberly A. Renock, CMB, CRO, Vice President, Towne Mortgage Company
• Lydia Rios, CMB, San Diego Division Sales Manager, Standard Pacific Mortgage
• Barbara Santner, CMB, Senior Underwrtiter, Pinnacle Financial Corporation 
• Robert A. Sassi, CMB, President, Lafayette Mortgage Services Inc.
• Tay Sauveur, CMB, President/CEO, Renaissance Home Mortgage, Inc.
• Charles Schley, CMB, Fulfillment Coordinator, Morgan Stanley
• Merle D. Sharick, CMB, Vice President, Sales, Mortgage Asset Research Institute, Inc.
• Scott Slifer, CMB, Senior Vice President, ABN AMRO Mortgage Group
• Carol Spiller, CMB, AMP, Manager, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
• Seth D. Sprague, CMB, First Vice President, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc.
• Hilde Stapgens, CMB, AMP, Mortgage Loan Originator, Residential Mortgage Corp.
• Frances M. Stec-Faias, CMB, Vice President - Transaction Manager, Chase
• Mark A. Stiles, CMB, Manager, AmeriDream, Inc.
• Debra W. Still, CMB, President & Chief Executive Officer, Pulte Mortgage LLC
• Peter L. Struck, CMB, First Vice President, WaMu
• Michael N. Tano, CMB, CRO, ARU, AMP, Chief Operations Officer, Abwin Mortgage Corporation
• Michael Thomasson, CMB, AMP, Account Executive, Fiserv Lending Solutions
• G. Todd White, CMB, Senior Vice President-Production Manager, Arvest Mortgage Company

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The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is the national association representing the real estate finance industry, an industry that employs more than 370,000 people in virtually every community in the country. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the association works to ensure the continued strength of the nation's residential and commercial real estate markets; to expand homeownership and extend access to affordable housing to all Americans. MBA promotes fair and ethical lending practices and fosters professional excellence among real estate finance employees through a wide range of educational programs and a variety of publications. Its membership of over 2,400 companies includes all elements of real estate finance: mortgage companies, mortgage brokers, commercial banks, thrifts, Wall Street conduits, life insurance companies and others in the mortgage lending field. For additional information, visit MBA's Web site:  www.mortgagebankers.org.