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FHA Closing Group

  • Christine Chandler
    Chair
    2026 MBA Chair; Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
    M&T Realty Capital Corporation
    Baltimore, MD
  • Elizabeth A. Audoersch
    Senior Vice President
    ColumbiaNational Real Estate Finance, LLC
    Towson, MD
  • Vicki A. Boyd
    SVP - FHA Closing and Asset Management
    Capital One Commercial Real Estate
    Dallas, TX
  • Samuel J. Butler
    Executive Vice President
    Colliers
    Minneapolis, MN
  • Jon S. Camps
    Managing Director, HUD Lending
    Forbright Bank
    Chevy Chase, MD
  • Craig Casagrande
    Originator
    Capital Funding, LLC
    Baltimore, MD
  • Norma Christie
    FHA Team Lead – Senior Vice President
    M&T Realty Capital Corporation
    Baltimore, MD
  • Heather Cox
    Vice President
    Walker & Dunlop, LLC
    Bethesda, MD
  • Joe DeGiorgi
    Managing Director
    Berkadia
    Ambler, PA
  • Leslie Duchene
    Managing Director - FHA Chief Underwriter
    M&T Realty Capital Corporation
    Broomfield, CO
  • John Faheem, MBA
    National Executive
    Altisource Portfolio Solutions, Inc.
    Huntington Beach, CA
  • Wendy Farmer
    Deputy Chief Underwriter
    Harper Capital Partners, LLC
    Englewood Cliffs, NJ
  • Sara Fizur
    FHA Closing Manager
    BWE
    Cleveland, OH
  • Charlotte Frye
    Senior Asset Manager
    Apprise by Walker & Dunlop
    Bethesda, MD
  • Rania Galan
    Partner
    Ballard Spahr LLP
    Arlington, VA
  • Garland W. Gantt, III
    Associate
    Ballard Spahr LLP
    Washington, DC
  • Mary Jo George
    Partner
    Ballard Spahr LLP
    Washington, DC
  • Ann Gurley
    NewPoint Real Estate Capital
    Plano, TX
  • Mandi Hackett
    MAP Chief Underwriter
    Hudson Realty Capital
    New York, NY
  • Katelynn Harris Walker
    Associate Director | Affordable Housing Initiatives
    Mortgage Bankers Association
    Washington, DC
  • Molly A. Haywood
    Senior Director
    Lument
    Columbus, OH
  • Lisa Hermann
    VP - Closing
    Colliers
    Minneapolis, MN
  • Sam Herold
    MAP Underwriter
    Lument
    New York, NY
  • Nicole Hoffpauir
    Partner
    Miles & Stockbridge
    Washington, DC
  • Tara Holman
    FHA Underwriter
    Arbor Realty Trust
    Uniondale, NY
  • Morgan Johnson
    Analyst
    George Smith Partners
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Raelee Jones
    FHA Chief Underwriter
    Centennial Mortgage, Inc.
    South Bend, IN
  • Shavon Jones
    Servicing Operations Analyst
    Merchants Capital Corp.
    Carmel, IN
  • Eric M Keifer
    SVP
    Rockport Mortgage Corporation
    Gloucester, MA
  • Katie King
    Chief Risk Officer, Head of Operations
    Gateless, Inc.
    Chicago, IL
  • Jeffrey N. Leeth
    Managing Director
    Lument
    New York, NY
  • Andy Lien
    Principal
    Miles & Stockbridge
    Washington, DC
  • Barbara P. Lloyd
    Managing Director - FHA Construction Lending
    NewPoint Real Estate Capital
    Plano, TX
  • Kate Loughnane
    AVP, Underwriting & Strategic Projects, FHA
    Merchants Capital Corp.
    Carmel, IN
  • Todd Maki
    Snapdocs
    San Francisco, CA
  • Lisa Maloney
    Assistant General Counsel
    Berkadia
    Ambler, PA
  • Bill Mejia
    Managing Director - Closing and Servicing Operations
    Gershman Mortgage
    Chesterfield, MO
  • Amy Michel
    Senior Managing Director, Closing, Construction & Servicing Operations
    Gershman Mortgage
    Chesterfield, MO
  • Kristin L. Michels
    Operations Manager
    Ziegler Financing Corporation
    Westerville, OH
  • Brock Miller
    Director of Business Development
    ACES Quality Management
    Denver, CO
  • Susanna C. Mitchell
    Associate
    Nixon Peabody, LLP
    Washington, DC
  • Tommy Nance
    Director
    PGIM
    Dallas, TX
  • Lee A. Oller
    Executive Vice President
    Merchants Capital Corp.
    Carmel, IN
  • Chris Painter
    Chief Underwriter
    Sheridan Capital
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  • Jose A. Perez
    MD, FHA Mortgage Operations
    NewPoint Real Estate Capital
    Parsippany, NJ
  • Angela Pomeroy
    Commercial Closing Manager
    ArrowMark Partners
    Denver, CO
  • Tony Rago
    FHA Underwriting Analyst
    Merchants Capital Corp.
    Carmel, IN
  • Kathy Ratliff
    Senior Vice President
    PNC Real Estate
    San Francisco, CA
  • Cassie Reis
    MAP Underwriter
    Q10 Capital, LLC
    Salt Lake City, UT
  • Rhonda Ronnow, CMB, CMCP, CRU
    Director of Loan Operations
    Tennessee Housing Development Agency
    Nashville, TN
  • Jacky Salazar, CCMS
    Associate Vice President
    Mortgage Bankers Association
    Washington, DC
  • Samantha Schneck
    Shareholder
    Carlton Fields
    Washington, DC
  • Kelly Scott-Borda, AMP
    SF Collateral Risk Senior Analysis
    Fannie Mae Multifamily
    Antioch, CA
  • Ronald Scuola
    Director of Finance
    Rockhall Funding Corp.
    Cedarhurst, NY
  • Chris Simal
    Director
    PGIM
    Arlington, VA
  • MANU SOJAN, Sr.
    Senior Mortgage Underwriter
    Sutherland
    Pittsford, NY
  • Lacey Steele
    Associate Underwriter
    Churchill Stateside Group LLC
    Clearwater, FL
  • Monica Hilton Sussman
    Partner
    Nixon Peabody, LLP
    Washington, DC
  • Deborah Turner
    Partner
    Miles & Stockbridge
    Washington, DC
  • Ramkumar Venkataraman
    Cofounder & CTO
    Sei Software Technologies Inc.
    Lewes, DE
  • John E. Vihstadt, Esq.
    Partner
    Miles & Stockbridge
    Washington, DC
  • Dean Wantland
    Senior Vice President
    Harper Capital Partners, LLC
    St. Louis, MO
  • Suzanne M. Weiss
    Senior Vice President
    Draper & Kramer, Inc. Commercial Finance
    Chicago, IL
  • Terry W. Wellman
    Chief Underwriter
    Berkadia
    Irvine, CA
  • Kenneth J. Wessel
    Director of HUD Closing and Legal
    Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC
    Charlotte, NC
  • Sophia White-Oden
    Vice President
    Regions Commercial Lending / Real Estate Capital Markets
    Atlanta, GA
  • Carlos Winfield
    Director/Closer/Construction Loan Administrator
    NewPoint Real Estate Capital
    Plano, TX