mPower Lunch: Five Truths and a Lie: Improving Your Reality by Confronting Your Illusions

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 12:00 PM-1:30 PM Napoleon Ballroom C, Third Floor
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As a professor to hundreds of students, an executive coach to nearly as many, and a mother to two young daughters, Dr. Meg Myers Morgan spends her day listening to the stories of others. Whether it's the student who claims she's not smart enough to pass the class, the client who declares she's not good enough to lead, or her daughters explaining why they didn't finish their homework, Dr. Morgan constantly works to distinguish the truths from the lies. This talk examines the stories you tell yourself, gives you strategies for improving your self-perception, and uncovers the five truths about confidence, attitude, boundaries, motivation, and energy that will change the way you approach your life and work. Sponsored by Lennar Mortgage.

Speakers

Introductions

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    Laura Escobar

    2024 MBA Chair-Elect; President, Lennar Mortgage

    Laura Escobar is the 2024 MBA Chair-Elect and President of Lennar Mortgage. A 30-year mortgage industry veteran, Escobar has held leadership positions with both bank-owned and independent mortgage companies overseeing all aspects of mortgage banking, including production, operations, compliance, accounting, and training. Her personal ground level experience in every facet of mortgage lending has enabled her to manage and fully integrate all of these departments within Lennar Mortgage. Escobar is highly engaged in the industry, serves on MBA’s Board of Directors, and was co-chair of MBA’s IMB Executive Council from 2020–2022. She is also a director of the MBA Opens Doors Foundation, which she has supported by successfully fundraising for the foundation’s work and leading Lennar in company campaigns. Beyond her industry work, she is also a licensed mental health counselor and devotes much of her time to working with underprivileged women.

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    Marcia M. Davies

    mPower Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Mortgage Bankers Association

    Marcia M. Davies is MBA’s Chief Operating Officer, responsible for ensuring cross-organizational alignment and facilitating the implementation of strategic initiatives, as well as maintaining oversight of key organizational priorities. She provides leadership, guidance and overall management to the Public Affairs, Marketing, Conferences, Membership, Education, Information Technology and Office Services divisions. She also provides management oversight to, and is a Board member of, MBA’s Opens Doors Foundation. Previously, Marcia worked at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner and in various roles at Freddie Mac for 21 years. She is the founder of mPower — MBA Promoting Opportunities for Women to Extend their Reach — MBA’s networking platform for women in the real estate finance industry. She is a member of the NAWRB Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council (NDILC), three-time recipient of Women with Vision award, and was honored by HousingWire as one of its 2015 Women of Influence.

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    Meg Myers Morgan, PhD

    Associate Professor, Best-Selling Author, and Executive Coach, University of Oklahoma

    Dr. Meg Myers Morgan is an award-winning author, college professor, and certified executive coach. Her latest book, Everything is Negotiable (Seal Press, 2018) --based on her notable TEDx Talk--is a best-seller and has been translated in multiple languages. Her collection of essays, Harebrained, won the gold medal for humor from the Independent Publishers Book Awards (2015). She is an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma and received her certification in executive coaching from Columbia University.

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