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  • Luke Baynes is news editor for Scotsman Guide.

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  • John Beacham is CEO and founder of Toorak Capital Partners, a tech-enabled investment manager of business-purpose mortgage loans backed by residential, multifamily, and mixed-use properties throughout the U.S. and U.K. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Toorak sources loans through strategic partnerships with top loan originators including sister company Merchants Mortgage, which is responsible for over half of Toorak's 1-4 unit residential transition loan (RTL) volume – and also via direct origination including table funding. For more information, visit Toorakcapital.com. Reach Beacham at (212) 393-4100.

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  • Rick Bechtel

    Rick Bechtel is executive vice president and head of U.S. residential lending for TD Bank. He is accountable for all aspects of consumer lending across TD’s mortgage and home equity businesses. This includes strategy, product and profit-and-loss management, as well as leading the bank’s national sales team and secondary-markets groups. He has been immersed in the industry for nearly 30 years and is focused on growing TD’s residential lending business while ensuring alignment to the bank’s risk profile and continuous focus on clients. 

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  • Gary Bechtel serves as CEO of Michigan-based Red Oak Capital Holdings LLC, a group of capital entities that lends and invests on commercial real estate by raising funds through retail and institutional channels. He leads the company’s investment management leadership teams with direct oversight of all portfolios. Prior to joining Red Oak in 2020, Bechtel served as president of Money360.  Over the past 34 years, he has been involved in all aspects of commercial real estate finance and has closed more than $10 billion in commercial debt transactions.

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  • Maureen Bensily is director of product management for the financial services compliance program management team at Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions. She brings more than 20 years of expertise to her role, including leadership positions in compliance operations in the insurance, securities and banking industries. Bensily has expertise in developing products relating to regulatory insight and change management, and in working with financial institutions to implement innovative, scalable solutions to compliance challenges.

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  • Kirill Bensonoff

    Kirill Bensonoff is managing partner at New Silver, a technology-enabled nonbank lender primarily focused on providing real estate-backed financing for the U.S. fix-and-flip market, with a concentration on single-family residential and small-balance commercial assets. New Silver’s proprietary technology automates and stream-lines loan originations while using data to reduce loan default risk. The company’s complimentary FlipScout tool uses intelligence in order to help find projects with the highest return on investment. Visit newsilver.com.

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  • Eric Bernstein

    Eric Bernstein is the co-founder and president of LendFriend Home Loans, an Austin-based mortgage lender servicing thousands of homebuyers in central Texas and other communities around the U.S. Along with his brother Michael, he co-founded LendFriend in 2018, and they have grown the company to surpass $375 million in loan originations annually through a focus on client experience and community engagement. 

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  • Jeffrey Bernstein is the director of cybersecurity and compliance advisory services for Kaufman Rossin’s risk advisory consulting practice. Kaufman Rossin is a certified public accounting firm that provides professional services to businesses, organizations, institutions and their leaders. Bernstein advises clients in highly regulated industries on the protection and compliance of their networks, applications, systems, data, devices, people and property. Follow him on Twitter @Jeff_Bernstein1.

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  • Nick Bertino

    Nick Bertino is a managing director at Wells Fargo Multifamily Capital. He co-authors Wells Fargo’s “Manufactured Home Community Financing Handbook.” Visit wellsfargo.com/mhc for more information.

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  • Francis Betancourt-Molina

    Francis A. Betancourt-Molina is senior vice president of national mortgage-credit policy for Florida Capital Bank Mortgage. Betancourt-Molina has more than 22 years of experience guiding the development, maintenance and communication of the bank’s mortgage-credit policies across retail, wholesale and correspondent lending channels. Additionally, she monitors credit-policy changes, tracks results to ensure acceptable credit-risk exposure, and mentors her peers in areas of regulatory and compliance requirements. 

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  • Joyeeta Bhattacharjee is a seasoned writer specializing in articles, blogs and press releases. With a rich background in customer service, her writings provide insightful, relevant, and up-to-date content that resonates with both industry professionals and customers alike. Her passion for effective communication and her knack for storytelling make her articles both engaging and informative, setting her apart in the bustling field of call center services.

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  • Prabhakar Bhogaraju is executive vice president and head of strategy and product development with FinLocker, a financial fitness app that mortgage lenders, banks and credit unions can use to attract and engage with homebuyers and homeowners. Bhogaraju has more than 20 years of mortgage technology and consulting experience, with extensive experience in design thinking and digital business strategy, product development and customer engagement. Prior to joining FinLocker in 2021, Bhogaraju held executive leadership positions at Fannie Mae for 10 years.

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