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Jack Macdowell

Jack Macdowell is the co-founder, managing member and chief investment officer at the Palisades Group. He is responsible for leading all investment activities, including research, portfolio allocation and risk-management functions. Prior to founding Palisades, Macdowell held various leadership roles at buy-side companies focused on mortgage and securitized credit. He has sell-side experience with Credit Suisse First Boston and RBC Capital Markets.

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Alex Machuca

Alex Machuca is the founder and CEO of Lyncrest Media, a mortgage marketing company that guarantees clients 60 appointments over the course of 90 days. He has been featured in top publications such as Yahoo Finance, CBS, Fox News, Thrive Global, SmallBizClub and Young Upstarts, among others. He also has been featured on various podcasts, including the “Million Dollar Mortgage Experience” and “Hooked on Startups.”

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Jonathan MacKinnon

Jonathan MacKinnon is vice president of product strategy and business development at Hometap, where he is responsible for defining and executing new product offerings as well as forming strategic partnerships. He previously served as head of growth and operations for consumer finance at CarGurus, and as senior director of business operations and general manager for PistonHeads.com. He holds an MBA from Dartmouth College and a bachelor’s degree in economics and history from Amherst College.

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Tom MacManus

Tom MacManus is president and CEO of Money360, a direct commercial real estate lender. MacManus is a tenured commercial real estate executive with more than 30 years of experience in commercial mortgage banking, lending and capital markets. His previous roles have included serving as president and chief operating officer at ARA Finance; as chairman and CEO at Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick-Goldman; as president of GMAC Commercial Mortgage; and as CEO of North American Operations.

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Susan Makin

Susan Makin is chief operating officer at Kriss Law/Atlantic Closing & Escrow. Makin has served the title and settlement industry for 20 years, coming to her current company in 2011. She has been a key reason for the company growing into one of the nation’s largest title and closing firms. Today, Kriss Law/Atlantic Closing & Escrow is licensed in 30 states and partners with mortgage lenders of all sizes.

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Rohit Malik

Rohit Malik is the founder and principal of consulting firm Business Anatomy. He has been a business consultant for 25 years, specializing in strategic-execution, cost-reduction and tax-deferral strategies for a variety of industries. His work includes cost-segregation and research-and-development tax credits. Malik earned an MBA in operations and general management from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Thom Malone

Thom Malone is a principal economist at Cotality, where he analyzes housing markets and home price trends. He brings extensive expertise in urban and real estate economics and applied econometrics, and is regularly interviewed by industry publications on topics including home price trends, real estate investors and global housing dynamics. His peer-reviewed research and contributions to the Cotality Insights blog are frequently cited and quoted across the industry. Thom holds a bachelor’s degree in economics, statistics and history from the University of Auckland, a master’s in economics from Tufts University and a doctorate in urban planning and development from the University of Southern California.

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George Maravilla

George Maravilla is senior vice president at Tower Capital, a Phoenix-based company specializing in debt and equity placement ranging from $2 million to $300 million. Tower Capital recently arranged $120 million in financing for a built-to-rent development. Prior to joining Tower Capital, Maravilla spent 14 years at DMB Associates Inc., which specializes in large-scale master-planned communities.

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David Marden

David Marden is designated managing broker at
Hausmarkt. He’s a third-generation real estate professional with 20-plus years of experience in buying
and selling real estate and property management.
He’s managed and mentored some of Chicago’s
top real estate professionals, managed leasing operations for multiple new construction high-rise buildings in the Chicago market
and now specializes in search-engine optimization lead generation.

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Troy Marek

Troy Marek is managing director and head of the real estate capital markets group within Regions Bank, a multifamily and senior housing real estate lender serving borrowers nationwide. Regions Real Estate Capital Markets is a licensed lender partner to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and HUD, offering a suite of loan programs providing qualifying borrowers with solutions for a range of community types. Visit Regions Real Estate Capital Markets at regions.com.

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Anthony Marino

Anthony T. Marino is a managing director at Cambridge Realty Capital Companies and the primary contact between the borrowers and the Cambridge team throughout the loan process, from origination through asset management, addressing all borrowers’ concerns while achieving their financing goals. Marino began his career with Cambridge in 1999. Since then, he has completed more than $2 billion in transactions. Marino earned a bachelor’s degree in management and marketing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Reach Marino at (312) 357-1601.

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Sean Marr

Sean Marr is director of correspondent lending for Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions. Prior to Angel Oak, Marr served in the mortgage industry for 25 years in various sales and sales leadership roles with organizations such as HomeSide Lending and Citibank.

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