Three Officers Join MBA Leadership

The ""Mortgage Bankers Association"":http://www.mbaa.org/default.htm (MBA) swore in three officers at the association's 99th Annual Convention & Expo in Chicago, MBA announced Monday.

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Debra W. Still, CMB (Certified Mortgage Banker), is now MBA's 2013 chairman. E. J. Burke became the chairman-elect, and Bill Cosgrove, CMB, was elected as vice chairman. All three officers are slated for a 2012-2013 membership year.

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Still will lead the association's efforts by collaborating within the industry and with policymakers to restore the real estate market. Still, who is the president and CEO of Pulte Mortgage LLC, has been an active member of MBA for more than 10 years and has served as chairman-elect of the MBA since October 2012.

Burke served as MBA's vice chair since October 2011 and was the chair of MBA's Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG). Burke is currently the executive VP and group head of KeyBank Real Estate Capital and Corporate Banking Services and has been in the mortgage industry for more than three decades

Cosgrove, CMB, is a longtime member of MBA's board. He is the president and CEO of Union National Mortgage Company. During the 2009-2010 election cycle, Cosgrove served as chairman of MORPAC, the industry's political action committee, and raised more than $1 million to bolster MBA's advocacy efforts.