Connect 2018 | National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America (NAMMBA) | 12 April 2018 | Westin Buckhead Atlanta, 3391 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326, USA

Connect 2018 is the mortgage industry’s premiere educational, networking and professional development experience. This conference is designed to engage, enlighten and empower real estate and finance professionals from across the country. Come Connect with some of the mortgage industry’s most diverse women and minority talent real-estate!

2018 Speakers

Ennis Antoine
Past President, Atlanta Board of Realtors

Helen Hernandez Archer
Associate Broker, Keller Williams

Rick Bechtel
EVP, Head of US Mortgage Banking, Td Bank

Christine Beckwith
National VP of Realtor and Sales, AnnieMac Home Mortgage

Todd Bookspan
Founder, Win By Noon

Valarie Brooks
CEO, Valarie R. Brooks Real Estate Co

Casey Cunningham
Founder/CEO, Xinnix The Mortgage Academy

Marcia Davies
COO, Mortgage Bankers Association

Marc Demetriou, CLU, ChFC
Branch Manager, Residential Home Funding Corp; Author of: Lessons From My Grandfather

Jen Du Plessis
Vice President, Regional Sales Director, Apex Home Loans

DeAnne Ellis
Sr Mortgage Consultant, Element Funding, Scotsman Magazine Top 1%

Gwen Muse-Evans
President & CEO, Gme Enterprises

Vergie Flowers
Credit Terms Manager, Single Family Credit Risk Management

Danny Garcia-Velez
Senior Marketing Program Manager, Mgic

Danny Gardner
VP - Affordable Lending & Access to Credit, Freddie Mac

Nima Ghamsari
CEO, Blend

Retta Gardner
President and CEO, Guaranty Trust Company

Shaun Graham
Senior Vice President, Southeast Mortgage

Rick Guerrero
Director, US Mortgage Corp

Tamela Hartsfield
Regional Affordable Lending Manager, Freddie Mac

Jeffrey Hoerster
Vice President & General Manager, AllRegs, Ellie Mae

Tim Hur
Treasurer, Areaa

Mat Ishbia
President/CEO, United Wholesale Mortgage

Cheryl Travis Johnson
Co-Founder, Cifs

Inky Johnson
Motivational Speaker

Jonathan Lawless
VP - Product Development & Affordable Housing, Fannie Mae

Corey Mason, MPM
Lending Manager, JP Morgan Chase & Co

Robin McCauley
Senior Loan Officer, Caliber Home Loans

Claudia Merkle
Chief Operating Officer, National Mi

Kristin Messerli
Managing Director, Cultural Outreach Solutions

Amanda Morrow
Account Executive, Genworth Financial

Gibran Nicholas
Chairman/CEO, Cmps Institute

Eddy Perez, CMB
President, Equity Prime

Nela Richardson
Chief Economist, Redfin

Julie Piepho, CMB, CML
President of National Operations, Cornerstone Home Lending, Inc.

Ben Slayton
Publisher, Mortgage Compliance Magazine & Mortgage Women Magazine

Dave Stevens
President and CEO, Mortgage Bankers Association

Nicole Smith
Vice President of National Sales, Home Lending, Flagstar Bank

Lisa Skeete Tatum
CEO, Landit

Tony Thompson
Founder and CEO, Nammba; VP - Growth and Strategy, Silverton Mortgage

Ron Vaimburg
President, Ron Vaimburg International

Schuyler Vaughan
National Sales Manager, Cibc

The Honorable Mel Watt
Director, Fhfa

Stefan Welch
Director Diversity & Inclusion, Quicken Loans

Jeremy Williams
SVP/Head of Retail Mortgage Operations, Bb&T

Shawn Williams
EVP, Head of Production, Atlantic Coast Mortgage

Tujuanna Williams
Vice President, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer - ‎Fannie Mae

Wendy Wilson
Manager, Dhi Mortgage

Sue Woodard
Chief Customer Officer, Total Expert

2018 Sponsors

DIAMOND:
• Arch Mi
• Chase
• Essent
• Fannie Mae
• Flagstar.
• Freddie Mac
• Genworth
• Mba
• Mgic
• National Mi
• Radian
• Uwm
• Wells Fargo

SPONSORS:
• Alterra
• Angel Oak
• Apex
• Arch Mi
• Areaa
• Associated Bank
• Assurant
• Avantus
• Boa
• Bbt
• BbvaCompass
• Blend
• Caliber
• Carrington
• Certified Credit
• Chase
• Cibc
• Cmg
• Cmps
• Colonial
• Cornerstone
• Council for Inclusion
• Dhi Mortgage
• Ellie Mae
• Equity Prime
• Essent
• Fannie Mae
• Fidelity Bank
• Flagstar
• Freddie Mac
• Freedom
• Genworth
• George Mason
• Guaranty Trust
• Leuder
• Mba Alabama
• Mba
• Mba Arkansas
• Mba Carolinas
• Mba Florida
• Mba Georgia
• Mba Miss
• Mec
• Mdmba
• Mgic
• Mmba
• Mnn
• Mortgage Coach
• Mpower
• Nahrep
• Nareb
• Nation Star
• National Mi
• Nmp
• Ocwen
• Prime Lending
• Prosperity
• Radian
• Regions
• Remn
• Renasant
• Silverton
• Suntrust
• Surefire
• Td Bank
• Tn Mba
• ToddDuncanGroup
• Synovus
• Tx Mba
• US Bank
• Uwm
• Vantage
• Veritas
• Vmla
• Vrm
• Wells Fargo
• Xinnix

EXHIBITORS:
• Boa
• Bbt
• BbvaCompass
• Chase
• Cibc
• Fannie Mae
• Freddie Mac
• Mgic
• National Mi
• Prime lending
• Wells Fargo