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Berekk Blackwell

Berekk Blackwell is president and chief operating officer of Zoned Properties. He has also served as president of Daily Jam Holdings LLC and vice president of Due North Holdings LLC. Prior to joining Zoned Properties, Blackwell developed domestic and international markets for Kahala Brands, a global franchise organization with more than 3,000 retail locations in over a dozen countries. He also led emerging brand and portfolio operations for several private equity groups investing in the restaurant franchise space.
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Stuart Blend

Stuart Blend is regional sales manager for Planet Home Lending LLC, the correspondent division of Planet Financial Group LLC, a multi-channel nonbank with industry-leading pricing and products. Coming from a background of retail sales and running midsize retail organizations, Blend has focused his attention on assisting clients in growing their business through innovative products and knowledge of how to sell these products to referral partners. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect or represent the policies or positions of Planet Home Lending.
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Daren Blomquist

Daren Blomquist is vice president of market economics at Auction.com. In this role, Blomquist analyzes and forecasts complex macroeconomic and microeconomic data trends to provide value to both buyers and sellers using the platform. Blomquist has been cited by thousands of media outlets nationwide, including major news networks, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and USA Today. Prior to Auction.com, Blomquist worked at Attom Data Solutions.
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Brad Blumberg

Brad Blumberg is the founder of Aster Key, a mobile app that stems cybersecurity risk for mortgage companies by empowering consumers to anonymize, organize and encrypt their financial data on their mobile phones. Blumberg is an entrepreneur who co-founded Smarter Agent Mobile, which was acquired by Keller Williams International. Read more about Aster Key at www.asterkey.com.
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Jeff Bode

Jeff Bode is president and CEO of Addison, Texas-based Mid America Mortgage. A pioneer in the adoption of digital mortgages and e-notes, Mid America Mortgage offers a number of loan programs designed to address the challenges that face today’s buyers (including downpayment-assistance programs) through its retail, wholesale and correspondent channels.
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Brian Bodo

Brian Bodo is director of government lending at Firstrust Bank, based in the Philadelphia metro area. He has specialized in small-business lending for more than 20 years. As head of SBA lending at Firstrust, a PLP lender, Bodo works in tandem with the team at Firstrust subsidiary APEX Mortgage Corp. in Horsham, Pa., and has been instrumental in introducing a new 7(a) loan-product offering for APEX.
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Mike Boggiano

Mike Boggiano is a founding member of the Academy for Commercial Lending. He has over 35 years of experience in commercial real estate and finance, having originated over $5 billion in commercial mortgages across various loan sizes and programs. Through the academy, he helps residential mortgage brokers and Realtors transition into commercial lending. He developed and teaches the ‘Small Balance Commercial Mortgages Made Easy’ course, providing brokers with essential tools for success.
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Jill Bohlken

Jill Bohlken is mortgage strategic lead at PayNearMe, which partners with lenders and mortgage servicers to help automate the payment and collections processes while increasing client satisfaction by allowing borrowers to pay how, when and where they want. Bohlken has more than 20 years of experience in mortgage servicing with a focus on solving problems within the payment-processing space and driving up self-serve transactions while driving down operating costs.
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Mark Boleky

Mark Boleky is national vice president of business development at Plaza Home Mortgage. Prior to mortgages, he was a sports broadcaster and stand-up comic. Boleky is as comfortable doing data analysis as he is cracking jokes on stage, and that has helped him for the past 17 years in the mortgage industry. He joined Plaza Home Mortgage in 2007 as an account executive, then served as the company’s regional sales manager and divisional vice president. He aids Plaza’s sales team with training, motivation and sales tactics.
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Steve Bond

Steve Bond is president of Trius Lending Partners, which is headquartered in Maryland. Trius is a direct private-money and hard money lender that funds residential investment properties, fix-and-flip and rehab projects, and commercial properties throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Trius Lending Partners underwrites from a “common-sense” approach and handles every aspect of a loan in-house, typically closing deals within a week.
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Jim Bopp

Jim Bopp is vice president of national renovation lending at Planet Home Lending LLC, where he manages retail and correspondent renovation loan programs, including FHA 203(k), VA alteration and conventional loan offerings. Bopp has more than 25 years in the financial industry. He is an active Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) member, helped to start the New York MBA, sits on the national trade association’s FHA committee and leads its FHA 203(k) working group.
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Cindy Borden

Cindy Borden is head of MCP Essentials sales at Mortgage Cadence. With five decades in financial services and 35 of those in mortgage lending, Cindy’s expertise runs deep. She can be reached at cynthia.d.borden@mortgagecadence.com.

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