General Session: Introductions and Key Workshop Takeaways
Get to know your fellow attendees from across the country as the MBA’s State and Local Association team outlines the Workshop objectives and invites everyone to introduce themselves.
Speakers
Facilitator
Liz Facemire is the Associate Vice President of State Government Affairs at MBA and helps lead the association’s policy and advocacy engagement at the state and local levels, including serving as primary staff to the association’s State Legislative and Regulatory Committee. Prior to joining MBA in 2023, she spent her career in the industry in a variety of roles, including as a licensed mortgage loan originator and underwriter. In 2018, she served as a state policy lobbyist, mostly covering the Northwestern states. In 2021, she moved into a specialized role in mortgage policy, supporting MBA membership priorities and external advocacy efforts. Facemire has been a member of many of our state MBA counterparts and has assisted in driving MBA’s policy initiatives throughout her time in Government Affairs.
William Kooper is Vice President of State Government Affairs and Industry Relations at the Mortgage Bankers Association and in that capacity leads MBA's advocacy efforts at the state and local level as well as MBA's engagement with mortgage banking associations across the country. William is responsible for the MBA State Legislative and Regulatory Committee, staffs the State Association Relations Committee and leads the State Relations Initiative -- MBA's program to partner with state associations to align business development, communications and advocacy interests.
Ainsley Zimmer is MBA's Senior Specialist for State and Local Association Engagement, working with state and local association volunteers and professional staff to support their unique and vital efforts to represent their members and the real estate finance industry in their states and localities. Before joining MBA in 2024, Ainsley worked in outreach and communications in the nonprofit sector, supporting members and community partners and coordinating programs to increase engagement in state and local advocacy efforts in the New York Metro area. Ainsley was born and raised in Westchester County, New York. She received her B.A. in Government and Sociology with a minor in Data Analytics from the University of Virginia, where she graduated with Highest Distinction in 2023.
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