Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.
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Paul Anastos is president of Walpole, Mass.-based Mortgage Master, one of the country�s largest privately owned mortgage companies. He can be reached at panastos@mortgagemasterinc.com.
�Nicolle Nelson is a vice president at business process management firm SLK Global.
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 Yorks 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 Christines primary commitment to clients. Through individual analysis of each participant, she develops strategies to improve each firms 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.
