Council will focus on creating solutions that will ease ongoing affordability challenges
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has appointed 30 members to its 2023 Homeownership Advisory Council.
Formed in 2019, the council provides strategic and practical guidance to MBA's CONVERGENCE Initiative, the association's affordable housing effort.
"Creating affordable housing opportunities and closing the racial homeownership gap are long-standing goals for MBA," said Steve O'Connor, senior vice president for MBA's affordable housing initiatives. "The Affordable Homeownership Advisory Council provides us with crucial insight on how we can create a more affordable and equitable housing market for all households."
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Charles Lowery (director of legislative policy and external affairs at New American Funding) and Julie Steinhagen (mortgage region manager of community lending at The Huntington National Bank) will co-chair the advisory council. Jorden Gonzales-Richard, MBA's program and policy specialist, will manage and oversee the council's staffing.
"It is my honor to serve as Co-chair of the Affordable Homeownership Advisory Council. I look forward to working with my industry colleagues to determine solutions to ease the ongoing affordability challenges facing our country," Lowery said.
"The Council represents a vast group of experts who are committed to creating affordable housing opportunities, as well as developing sustainable homeownership options for those seeking to enter the housing market," said Steinhagen.
According to its release, the members of the 2023 Affordable Homeownership Advisory Council include:
- Charles Lowery, New American Funding (Co-chair)
- Julie Steinhagen, The Huntington National Bank (Co-chair)
- Efe Aghimien, SWBC Mortgage
- Lesley Alli, HomePoint
- Meghan Bartholomew, Radian
- David Battany, Guild Mortgage Company
- Cerita Battles, JP Morgan Chase
- Chuck Bishop, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
- Melissa Blout, Associated Bank
- Geoff Cooper, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation
- Rose Marie David, HomeBridge Financial Services
- Bryan Deaton, Enact Mortgage Insurance
- Courtenay R. Dunn, ICE Mortgage Technology, Inc.
- Jennifer Hedgepeth, DHI Financial Services
- Kelly Hollinger, Home Street Bank
- Deborah Momsen-Hudson, First Citizens Bank
- Tawn Kelley, Taylor Morrison Home Funding
- Kasey Kier, Bell Bank Mortgage
- Bill Lowman, American Pacific Mortgage
- Lenny McNeil, U.S. Bank
- Mike Patterson, Freedom Mortgage
- Jay Plum, Fifth Third Bank
- Sharon Rivers, Mortgage Investors Group
- Debra W. Still, Pulte Financial Services
- Michelle Swindell, Bank of America
- Michael Innis-Thompson, TD Bank
- Eileen Tu, Rocket Mortgage
- Miguel Vega, First Community Mortgage, Inc.
- Allan Voltz, Arch Mortgage Insurance Group
- Loretta Williamson, Truist
