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Ann Hambly is the founder and CEO of 1st Service Solutions, a full-service CMBS advisory company with a singular focus on owners and borrowers. Founded in 2005, the company also is the first borrower-advocate company ranked by Morningstar Credit Ratings. Hambly has 30 years of experience heading up some of the largest servicing groups in the industry, including Prudential, GE Capital and Nomura, and has negotiated hundreds of pooling and servicing agreements for CMBS transactions.
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Jordan Hamling serves as senior director of mortgage verifications services at Equifax. Hamling is responsible for solution sales, client management, project management, strategic planning, market analysis and negotiations. He possesses nearly a decade of experience in the mortgage industry, where he has served as an executive consultant to businesses seeking growth and expansion, and as the lead to a successful mortgage banking team. He also served as an intelligence officer with the U.S. Army National Guard.
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Pamela Hamrick is president of Incenter Diligence Solutions, which provides due diligence, quality control and document management services for lenders and depositors. Prior to working for Incenter, Hamrick held roles as senior vice president of operations for Lending.com and First Financial Services. She managed the company’s processing, underwriting, closing, funding, compliance, disclosure, quality control and post-closing departments, as well as the development and maintenance of its loan origination system. Visit incenterdiligence.com.
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Ethan Handelman is executive director of the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC), which provides predevelopment lending and technical assistance to support affordable housing, community development, and child care centers in Massachusetts. A seasoned affordable housing leader, he was deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs at HUD, appointed by President Joe Biden in 2021. He previously served as senior policy analyst at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, overseeing affordable housing efforts of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks. Earlier, he was vice president for policy and advocacy at the National Housing Conference, and he began his housing career in consulting at Recap Advisors.
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Alec Hanson is senior vice president of production at loanDepot and oversees the retail channel’s Pacific Southwest Division. He has been recognized over the years as a top 1% loan originator, team builder and industry thought leader. Hanson was instrumental in the development and execution of loanDepot’s Modern Lending Playbook, which aims to help originators thrive in today’s industry. Learn more about the playbook at showupevolve.com. Reach Hanson at (714) 464-1157 or ahanson@loandepot.com.
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Devin Haran is president and chief operating officer of Kukun. Previously, Haran served as managing partner at Somerset Hills Capital and as a research analyst at ARX Investment Management and the Royal Bank of Canada. Kukun partners with top-tier providers in the lending, insurance, retail, real estate and wealth-management sectors to aid homeowners’ financial needs. Kukun’s solutions are available on a white-label basis via trusted partners such as Chase and SoFi.
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John Hardesty is vice president of mortgage at Argyle, a platform for consumer-permissioned payroll connectivity that empowers mortgage lenders to auto-retrieve paystubs and W-2s, verify income and employment and qualify for government-sponsored enterprise rep and warrant relief. Prior to joining Argyle, Hardesty was a brand ambassador and primary business partnership contact for Surefire CRM. He earned a Bachelor of Science at the Ohio State University and a master’s degree from Kent State University.
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Mike Hardwick is founder and president of Churchill Mortgage, a leader in the mortgage industry providing conventional, FHA, VA and USDA residential mortgages across 46 states. Hardwick’s autobiography, “Keep Chopping Wood: A Pastor’s Son Who Had it All, Lost it All, and Then Regained True Wealth,” offers guidance and advice on how to achieve both business and personal success while leading a happier, more meaningful life in the service of others.
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John Haring serves as director of product management for Ellie Mae, the leading cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry. Throughout his career, Haring has helped banks, lenders and brokers implement significant regulatory changes that impact the mortgage industry.
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PJ Harley, EVP of Business Development at Lendz Financial, drives strategy and innovation across product and technology. He leads initiatives that streamline loan origination, broker engagement and borrower experience. Bridging financial expertise with tech, PJ ensures Lendz stays ahead in mortgage innovation. His leadership spans product design, partnerships and scalable digital solutions, transforming complex systems into user-friendly tools that shape the future of modern lending.
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Siobhan Harold Fink is vice president of workspace consulting for Pacific Program Management (PPM). A member of PPM’s senior leadership team, she powers the firm’s strategic consulting practice and drives innovation in markets across the U.S. and Canada. Fink focuses on helping businesses reimagine their workspace strategies to value real estate as an asset rather than as a cost center, drawing on more than 20 years of experience as an adviser on the creation of global real estate portfolio plans for Fortune 500 and 1000 companies. Reach Fink at siobhan.haroldfink@pacificpmg.com.
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Chris Harrington is CEO and co-founder of Usherpa, the company that developed the original customer relationship management (CRM) technology for the real estate and mortgage industries. She has more than 25 years of experience in high-tech real estate and mortgage relationship management. Usherpa has helped tens of thousands of mortgage loan officer and hundreds of companies increase their production through smart CRM technology and relationship engagement platforms.