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  • 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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  • Nathan Bossers is president of Boston National Title Agency LLC, one of the nation’s largest title agencies. He joined the company in 2013 as chief operating officer and was promoted to his current role in 2020. Boston National Title is part of the Incenter family of companies, which deploys innovative solutions for optimizing mortgage industry performance. 

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  • Chris Boyle

    Chris Boyle is chief client officer of Freddie Mac’s single-family business, which includes client experience and management, marketing, bulk purchases and servicing-exchange executions. Since coming to Freddie Mac in 1990, Boyle has helped to implement numerous programs and strategies to support women.

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  • Laura Brandao is chief growth officer and a partner at mortgage lender EPM, where she oversees operations and business development. She also serves as the CEO of Lighthouse Lending Capital, a new division of EPM that specializes in unique loan programs and private lending. She serves with several organizations dedicated to lifting others, including as chair of the visionary program for the National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America (NAMMBA) and on the Mortgage Bankers Association of New Jersey’s women's committee.

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  • Sundance Monty Brennan is the vice president of revenue at Nada and oversees sales in North America. Nada is an investment, financing and banking platform that aims to redefine how people access real estate assets. Brennan’s writing focuses on proptech, fintech and blockchain technologies, drawing on 20 years of financial industry experience. He also has advised on projects on the Algorand cryptocurrency blockchain. Connect with Brennan at linkedin.com/in/sundancebrennan.

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  • Michael Brenning

    Michael Brenning is chief production officer of Deephaven Mortgage, overseeing sales and client development. Deephaven Mortgage is a leading provider of non-QM solutions for both the wholesale and correspondent communities. Prior to Deephaven, Brenning held many senior leadership roles in correspondent and wholesale sales, capital markets and marketing. 

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  • Jason Bressler

    Jason Bressler is chief technology officer at United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM). With more than two decades of information-technology experience in the mortgage banking industry, Bressler excels in application development and enterprise implementation. He is constantly developing intuitive technology platforms that help independent mortgage brokers grow their businesses. Under Bressler’s leadership, UWM has set the tone for the entire mortgage industry by reacting to clients quickly, efficiently and with scale.

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  • Lori Brewer

    Lori Brewer is founder and CEO of LBA Ware, an Inc. 5000 company. Brewer is an entrepreneur and technology leader whose forward thinking has given rise to award-winning fintech applications, including incentive-compensation management platform CompenSafe and business-intelligence platform LimeGear. With over 20 years of mortgage banking experience, Brewer is a recipient of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s prestigious Tech All-Star award. For more information, visit the company’s website at lbaware.com.

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  • Brady Bridges is the broker-owner of Reside Real Estate. A seasoned Realtor with roots in Fort Worth, Texas, Bridges initially delved into the oil and gas industry even after earning his real estate license in 2007. His passion for his hometown led him back to the real estate arena, where he’s flourished for over a decade. A graduate of Texas Christian University, Bridges has garnered recognition as a top Realtor in Fort Worth.

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  • Clark Briner

    Clark Briner is founder and CEO of Revere Capital, which serves real estate investors, operators and developers by directly providing private-capital debt for their projects throughout the U.S. The company lends on acquisitions, refinance, note purchases, discounted payoffs and cash outs. Bridge loans are offered from $3 million to $30 million. Headquartered in Dallas, Revere Capital also operates offices in San Francisco, Atlanta and Darien, Connecticut.

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