FHA Closing Working Group

Shawn Aylward
Senior VP and FHA General Counsel
Rockport Mortgage Corporation
Gloucester, MA

Ken W. Buchanan
EVP & FHA Group Head
Walker & Dunlop, LLC
Baltimore, MD

Christine Chandler
2026 MBA Chair; Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
M&T Realty Capital Corporation
Baltimore, MD

Sarah E. Garland
Senior Managing Director, Production for Affordable Housing
CBRE Capital Markets
Studio City, CA

Mary Jo George
Partner
Ballard Spahr LLP
Washington, DC

Katelynn Harris Walker
Associate Director | Affordable Housing Initiatives
Mortgage Bankers Association
Washington, DC

Shanekwa Jones
Managing Director - FHA Closing
Newmark
Bethesda, MD

Eric M Keifer
SVP
Rockport Mortgage Corporation
Gloucester, MA

Tommy Nance
Director
PGIM
Dallas, TX

Jacky Salazar, CCMS
Associate Vice President
Mortgage Bankers Association
Washington, DC

Blair L. Schiff, Esq.
Partner
Troutman Pepper Locke
Washington, DC

Lisa K. Smith
Managing Director
CBRE Capital Markets
Houston, TX

Nicole Swentek
Senior Vice President
Merchants Capital Corp.
Bloomington, MN

Scott Thurman
Senior Managing Director, FHA Platform
CBRE Capital Markets
Vancouver, WA