Guild, Figure, Loandepot grow leadership teams

The Mortgage Bankers Affiliation employed accounting and administrative chief Astrid Vermeer as its new senior vice chairman and chief monetary officer. Earlier than ascending to the function on the Washington-based commerce group, Vermeer held related institutional CFO roles at Perkins Faculty for the Blind and the Worldwide Basis for Electoral Methods and can faucet into her expertise to handle MBA monetary operations, together with reporting, budgeting, forecasting and danger administration.

Vermeer’s appointment comes following the promotion of Amber Lawrence and Wendy Penn to vice chairman roles. Lawrence steps up as vice chairman of variety, fairness and inclusion accountable for DEI packages, growth of equitable practices and cooperation with each MBA management and members in selling initiatives. She not too long ago held the title of affiliate vice chairman of DEI and beforehand supported MBA’s training efforts.

MBA elevated Penn to vice chairman for inexpensive housing, a job through which she’s going to oversee initiatives aimed toward growing home-owner and rental affordability and proceed to steer the Convergence program serving minority communities. She most not too long ago served as affiliate vice chairman, becoming a member of MBA this decade after holding related positions on the Nationwide Affiliation of Realtors.