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The Indiana Mortgage Bankers Association (IMBA) was organized in 1958 as a trade association in the real estate finance industry. The mission of the IMBA is to provide services, support, and information to its members, and to promote sound and ethical business practices consistent with industry standards.
President's Message
What a convention! For those of you who were fortunate enough to attend the annual Indiana Mortgage Bankers Association state convention I think you’ll agree with me, it was one of the best in recent memory. I would like to thank those in attendance; I hope it was worth the time you sacrificed to be there. I would also like to thank Scott Weghorst, Chair of the Convention Committee, Steve Piper, Chair of the 50th Anniversary Gala Committee, the volunteers who served on these committees, Executive Director Al Thorup, the many past Presidents who attended, along with our generous sponsors for making this year’s convention such an overwhelming success.
The convention started with two ‘regular’annual convention speakers, Tom Dinwiddie of Wooden & McLaughlin and Brian Chappelle of Potomac Partners giving the 125+ in attendance state and federal legislative updates. Griff Straw, CMB from AIG United Guaranty gave a recap of what caused some of the problems in the mortgage business and some insights as to the future. Dave Kittle, Chairman-Elect of MBA nationally, started Thursday morning off presenting his thoughts on the state of the mortgage industry and the future we face. We received valuable insight into electronic mortgages by Nance Pratt Pratt of eMortgage Services PropertyInfo Corp. and Alice Alvey from Mortgage U, one of the region’s foremost experts on FHA financing provided a humorous yet informative presentation on FHA financing, which now makes up approximately 40% of all loans origination. Sales and marketing training was done by nationally know mortgage trainers and coaches Doug Smith of Douglas Smith and Associates and Casey Cunningham of Xinnix. Both were excellent!
The 50th Anniversary Gala was an event of its own. Hosted by Chris Denari, the voice of the Indiana Pacers, we had the rare opportunity to hear Quinn Buckner, IU All American, NBA ring holder and Olympic gold medalist talk about teamwork and dedication. Two of the highlights of the evening were a proclamation presented by Joseph Heerens, Chief Counsel for Governor Daniel's office forever proclaiming June 4, 2008 as “Indiana Mortgage Bankers Association Day” and a special recognition plaque presented by Dave Kittle recognizing the Indiana Mortgage Bankers Association for its 50 years of service to the real estate finance industry and communities throughout Indiana. I was extremely humbled and honored to accept both on behalf of the association. Several of the past presidents in attendance recognized Karen Burch for her many years of service to both IMBA and GIMBA and the evening came to a close with an informative and humorous slide show presentation narrated by 1980 IMBA Past President, Meredith Wilson, covering the past 50 years in the USA and mortgage industry.
I would like to again congratulate Tom Dinwiddie and Meredith Wilson who received the first IMBA Lifetime Achievement Award and Steve Piper of Countywide Home Loans who received IMBA’s annual Distinguished Service Award. These three individuals have dedicated countless hours to the organization and are certainly deserving of this recognition.
In closing my first Presidents Message I would like to give special thanks to Jerry Hays for the outstanding job he did in serving 2 ½ terms as President. He guided us through one of the most difficult periods in the history of the organization and we will always be indebted to him for his service to the Indiana Mortgage Bankers Association.
Don Reber
2008-2009 IMBA President
First Horizon Home Loans
877-367-0044
dreber@firsthorizon.com
Indiana Mortgage Bankers Association
P. O. Box 596
Fishers, Indiana 46038-0596
Phone: (317) 773-7344
Fax: (317) 773-7354
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