Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Thomas Vartanian is the chairman of the financial institutions practice at Dechert LLP and a former regulatory official at two different federal banking agencies.

Debora Aydelotte is the chief operating officer at Altavera in Westminster, Colo.

Dominic Iannitti is president of Torrance, Calif.-based mortgage doc prep vendor DocMagic.

Jim Blatt co-founded Mortgage Returns in 2004, bringing consumer and database-driven marketing expertise to the company. As CEO, Blatt leads Mortgage Returns’ focus on providing automated, relevant and timely marketing solutions for more than 260 financial institutions nationwide. With more than 15 years of senior leadership experience and small business development, Blatt provides strategic direction for the company ensuring continuous growth. Prior to Mortgage Returns, Blatt led the expansion of Mary Engelbreit Retail Stores, doubling revenues from $3.8 million to $7.8 million in 12 months. Prior to Mary Engelbreit, Blatt was a senior financial manager for The Wild Pair, a 200-store footwear chain. Blatt earned his MBA from Washington University.

Lisa Binkley is senior vice president of Platinum Data Solutions, where she is responsible for mortgage solutions and business development. Lisa is a renowned expert in quality assurance, data verification and mortgage fraud with over 25 years of mortgage industry experience. She has held executive positions with organizations that include Equifax, Rapid Reporting, IMARC and GMAC ResCap. Lisa is former chair of the MBA Quality Assurance Leadership Council, former vice chair of the MBA Fraud and Ethics working group, and a current member of several MBA working groups for risk management, compliance and production.

Carolyn B. Maloney represents New York’s 14th Congressional District. She is a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee and Ranking Member of its Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

Christine Clifford is President and a Principal owner of Access Mortgage Research & Consulting, Inc. and has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry spending much of that time as a consultant at Access Mortgage Research. She divides her time between on-going benchmark studies, on which she directs the analytical work, proprietary research, new project development and managing business operations of the firm. Maximizing the usefulness of the benchmark studies’ findings is Christine’s primary commitment to clients. Through individual analysis of each participant, she develops strategies to improve each firm’s profitability. As an outgrowth of her experience analyzing mortgage banking profitability and operations, she is frequently commissioned for proprietary research and consulting projects. Recently she has worked on a series of projects helping clients manage risk and improve sales’ efficiency and effectiveness. Christine has helped write a series of definitive studies on subservicing and the mortgage banking and brokerage industry. These studies were used by industry members and other interested parties to understand the size and shape of these segments of mortgage lending.Christine is a Certified Mortgage Banker and has a Masters Degree in Business and Management from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Prior to joining Access Mortgage Research in 1993, Christine gained financial services and real estate experience at Alex. Brown & Sons, TRW, Trans Union, Freddie Mac, and SMR Research.

Lorenz Schwarz is chief operating officer of Green River Capital LC, an REO asset management and loss mitigation provider. Schwarz joined the company in 2011 and supervises the operations of GRC’s sister companies, GR Financial, a short sale company, and Infinity Valuation Services, a BPO provider. Schwarz has more than 20 years of experience in the commercial and residential mortgage servicing industries to the position.Prior to joining GRC, Schwarz was president of Phoenix Asset Management, LLC. He has also had several management positions for some of the industry’s top servicers, including the director of REO for Salt Lake City, Utah–based Select Portfolio Servicing, vice president of REO for Wilshire Credit Corp. and director of real estate at J.E. Robert Co in McLean, Va.

Joe Corno is a recognized lending professional as a national trainer—speaker–innovator—marketer, delivering ahead-of-the-curve presentations on products and services for the needs of the industry. He can be reached at: joecorno@hotmail.com 801-836-2077 and on Linked In.