WORKING LUNCH: Residential & Commercial/Multifamily (CMF) Legislative Issues Briefing (Closed to Media)

Senior Vice President, Legislative and Political Affairs, Mortgage Bankers Association

Bill Killmer is Senior Vice President for Legislative and Political Affairs at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). A veteran of over three decades in the housing arena, Bill joined MBA in 2010 and is responsible for managing the real estate finance industry's federal legislative, grassroots, and political fundraising activities, in close coordination with the MBA member leadership and its public policy, economics, public affairs, and lobbying teams. He oversees MBA's direct outreach to Congress, and is a regular guest speaker on the intersection of politics, policy, and industry issues. Under Killmer's leadership, grassroots participation through MBA's Mortgage Action Alliance has doubled, while donations to MORPAC, the industry's political action committee, have more than tripled, enhancing the association's ability to develop and execute effective advocacy strategies on the industry's behalf. Killmer came to MBA after nearly 20 years in the policy space at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), where he last served as Executive Vice President for Advocacy, managing all aspects of the group's public policy outreach. During his tenure at both organizations, he has been named as a Washington trade association "Top Lobbyist" by publications such as The Hill and CEO Update. He previously served as a Senior Legislative Officer for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor during the George H.W. Bush administration. Killmer holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (BBA), with a concentration in Finance, from Baylor University.

Vice President of Political Affairs, Mortgage Bankers Association

Jamey Lynch, AMP, is the Vice President of Political Affairs at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Joining MBA in 2017 as an Assistant Political Director, she was first promoted to the post of Associate Director in 2019 and then to Associate Vice President (AVP) in February 2024. Over the past several election cycles, she has worked cross-functionally to strengthen the association’s advocacy programs, including MBA’s grassroots affiliate, the Mortgage Action Alliance (MAA), and participation in MBA’s annual legislative fly-in, the National Advocacy Conference (NAC). Her direct efforts helped elevate MBA’s federal Political Action Committee (MORPAC) to be among the top ten ranking industry trade association PACs in the country, launching MBA’s political giving program, MORPAC Direct, in June 2025. Prior to MBA, Lynch worked at a D.C.-based public affairs agency where she led integrated campaigns to execute winning advocacy programs for clients at the local, state, and federal levels, including projects for the National Association of Realtors (NAR). She also managed a corporate PAC for one of Forbes’ “America’s Largest Private Companies,” Day and Zimmermann. She is an active member of the National Association of Business Political Affairs Committees (NABPAC) and co-leads the Company-Based Trade Association Political Action Committee (PAC) professionals’ group. A former Capitol Hill intern, Lynch holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Florida State University. Jamey and her husband, Russell, are the parents of three sons.

Vice President of Legislative Affairs, Mortgage Bankers Association

Jeremy Green is the Vice President of Legislative Affairs with the Mortgage Bankers Association, where he primarily works with Democratic members of the United States Senate. Prior to joining MBA, Green was a Vice President of Federal Government Affairs at the multi-national law firm McGuireWoods, where he represented companies and organizations before Congress and federal agencies. Green spent nearly a decade working with the National Association of REALTORS®, advocating on behalf of 1.4 million members nationwide. In that role, he engaged on legislative strategy across key housing and financial services issues, maintained relationships across Congress and the executive branch, and advanced major policy changes affecting veterans, homebuyers, and mortgage lending programs. Green holds a Bachelor of Arts from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Vice President of Legislative Affairs, Mortgage Bankers Association

Rachel Kelley is the Vice President of Legislative Affairs at the Mortgage Bankers Association, focusing her lobbying efforts on the Republicans in the House of Representatives. She was previously Assistant Vice President of Political Affairs at the MBA since 2021. Kelley was formerly in political fundraising working for CLT Host 2020, Inc, the RNC (Republican National Committee), and NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee). Prior to fulltime political fundraising, she managed the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) PAC and helped represent ICSC on the Hill and worked on the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) PAC. Before NAHB Kelley was a junior lobbyist at a boutique lobby firm.

2026 MBA Chair-Elect; Chief Executive Officer, Success Mortgage Partners, Inc.

Owen Lee is the 2026 MBA Chair-Elect and Chief Executive Officer at Success Mortgage Partners, Inc., (SMP). He co-founded the company with his father, Vincent, in 2002. Under his leadership, SMP has closed billions of dollars of mortgage loans yearly since 2016, is licensed in 42 states, and has more than 600 employees. Lee is also a Managing Member of Title Partners, LLC, a full-service title insurance and escrow services agency. An active leader in the mortgage and financial services sectors, Lee serves on MBA’s Board of Directors, is Co-Chair of its Independent Mortgage Bankers Executive Council, and is currently the 2023-2024 Chairman of MORPAC, MBA’s political action committee, where he has been a successful political fundraiser, helping to advance the association’s top legislative priorities.

Vice President of Legislative Affairs, Mortgage Bankers Association

George Rogers is a strategic government affairs executive with 25 years of federal and state experience. With deep policy expertise, great government contacts, and expert procedural skills, Rogers specializes in outmaneuvering the opposition. He joined MBA in 2023 after being a multiclient lobbyist for a decade, including work for MBA from 2016-23. Prior to his corporate work, Rogers spent nearly fourteen years in key leadership roles in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, including serving as a senior Policy Advisor and Counsel to the Speaker of the House and to the Minority Leader. He also served as General Counsel of the Committee on Rules, as Oversight and Investigations Counsel for the Government Reform Committee, and as Legislative Counsel to the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Prior to DC, Rogers was the Deputy Chief Counsel for the Indiana State Senate leadership. Before that he was an attorney in private practice. Rogers is a 6th degree blackbelt and has a passion for scuba diving.

Chief Executive Officer, Northmarq

Jeffrey Weidell is the chief executive officer of Northmarq. After serving as president for eight years, he assumed the role of CEO in 2020 to continue to lead the company’s growth and transformation strategy. As part of this effort, Weidell launched the Investment Sales business for Northmarq, created talent development with the Associate Producer/Associate Broker program, and initiated broader client offerings to include a new investment advisory fund business. Under his leadership, Northmarq’s loan servicing business has expanded quickly and offers customized client services with industry-leading capabilities. Earlier in his career, Weidell was a highly successful mortgage banker, structuring debt and equity financing to meet the unique needs of his clients. He began with Trowbridge, Kieselhorst & Company, which was acquired by Northmarq in 2000, after which he became a managing director for Northmarq in San Francisco. He is an active leader in the industry serving as board member of the Silicon Valley chapter of NAIOP, vice chair of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s COMBOG Multifamily Council, a member of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), and former president of the Bay Area Mortgage Association. Weidell holds the certified mortgage banker (CMB) designation, and earned a BA in Economics from Columbia University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.