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SOMB Faculty

Meet our amazing faculty.

Terry Aikin, CMB, AMP
VP, Managing Director MGIC

Richard Andreano
Partner, Ballard Spahr

James Baublitz

VP, Capital Markets, First Home Mortgage Corporation

Russ Brady, CMB
President, Blue Loans

Aaron Chastain
Partner, Bradley

Melanie Coulton, CMB, AMP

Regional Vice President, Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc.

Becky Crain, CMB

SVP, Real Estate Products, Pricing and Secondary Marketing, Regions Mortgage

Ron Culver, CMB
Vice President - Real Estate Market Manager, Stockman Bank of Montana

Elly Cummings, CMB
Senior Vice President, New American Funding

Vanessa Davison, CMB
Managing Partner, Panorama Consulting Solutions

Frank Donnelly, CMB, AMP
Assistant Vice President, Mortgage Producing Sales Manager, Truist

Bob Dowell

Managing Director, Analytics, Incenter Mortgage Advisors

Jennifer Fortier, CMB

STRATMOR Group

Alan Fowler, CMB, AMP
SVP, Mortgage Services, Nusenda Credit Union

Retta Gardner, CMB, AMP
President/Chief Executive Officer, A Mortgage Boutique

Patty Gong, CMB
Head of Secondary Marketing, Home Mortgage, First National Bank of Omaha

Christy Hancock
Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

Ron Happell
Vice President Trading, Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc.

Patrick "PJ" Harrigan, CMB
Divisional Vice President, West, Radian Guaranty

Tom Healy, CMB
VP, Sales & Marketing, Level1Analytics

Michael Hyman, CMB
Retired Industry Professional

Cecilia Janson, CMB, CTC

Chief Delivery Officer/Partner, BlackFin Group

Jonathan Kolodziej
Attorney, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

Kris Kully
Partner, Mayer Brown

Ruth Lee, CMB
Founder & CEO, Big Think

Melissa Leidy

Product & Pricing Solutions Specialist, Optimal Blue, LLC

Robert Maddox
Partner, Bradley

Bob Mansur, CMB
Managing Partner, Performance Consultant, Credit Employee Performance Solutions

Brian O'Dell, AMP
Partner, Bradley

Nick Pabarcus, CMB, AMP
Executive Vice President, Wholesale and Correspondent Lending, loanDepot

Jon Patterson
Partner, Bradley

Dan Phelan, CMB, CCMS, CRI
President/CEO, Pacific Southwest Realty Services

Kevin Popoli, CMB, AMP
VP - National Accounts & GSSE Relations, Arch Mortgage Insurance Co.

Melanie Reid, CMB, AMP
SVP, Head of Core Mortgage Servicing, Citizens Bank

Stephanie Robinson
Partner, Mayer Brown

Leora Ruzin, CMB, AMP

Founder, Ruzin Creative, LLC

Dr. Andy Schell, CMB
CEO, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Mortgage Banking Solutions

Bill Schwietz, CMB

VP Community Relations, Summit Mortgage

Nick Serrano, CMB, AMP

EVP of Growth, Infinity Equity Group

Sanat Shankardass, AMP
Pricing Transaction Director, Freddie Mac

Laura Kay Sheely
VP, Head of Sales, Arch MI

Steve Shoemaker, CMB
Director of Residential Mortgage Production, SVP, Synovus Mortgage

Holly Spencer-Bunting
Partner, Mayer Brown

Seth Sprague, CMB
Director, Consulting Services, Richey May

Dave Stagnitti, CMB
Corporate Account Manager, Genworth Mortgage Insurance

Patricia Taylor
Principal, New Directions Consulting Services

Sara Taylor, CMB
Executive Advisory Consultant, Teraverde Financial

Steven Valladares, CMB, AMP
Consultant

Cheryl Wiebe, CMB, AMP
Business Consultant, ICE Mortgage Technology

Steve Wojnar, CMB, AMP, CMT
Principal, Battalion Group, LLC

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