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Dear Mortgage Industry Colleague:
The initial version of the RiskSummit 2008 Agenda is now posted to the LoanPerformance website. As you might imagine in a year of crisis, it represents significant change from previous years, a new “holistic” approach focused intensely on solving the current mortgage finance crisis—from several key perspectives:
- Capital markets
- Loan servicing
- Collateral quality
- Modeling and analytics
Our keynoter this year, Cerberus Chairman and former Treasury Secretary John Snow, personifies the new RiskSummit approach, combining public and private expertise in his carefully focused investigation of the current market impasse and its potential consequences—a holistic perspective that includes both immediate business and long-term social considerations.
Our 2008 approach has produced a talented “track session” lineup of presenters and panelists, who will explore specific mortgage risk crisis-related subjects. Here’s who you’ll meet, learn from, and get to know at the conference (alphabetical by first name):
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 Adam Garfinkle |
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President, RoundPoint |
| Amy Crews Cutts, PhD |
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Deputy Chief Economist, Freddie Mac |
| Anand Bhattacharya |
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Managing Director, Fixed Income Research and Strategy, Countrywide Capital Markets |
| Andre Gao |
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Director, Home Price Models, Fannie Mae |
| Chris Flanagan |
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Managing Director, Global Structured Finance Research, JP Morgan Securities |
| Christine Stumbo |
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Director, Credit Risk, Genworth |
| Dave Reedy |
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Managing Director, Ranieri Partners |
| David Berson, PhD |
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Chief Economist and Strategist, PMI |
| Dennis Stowe |
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President and CEO, Residential Credit Solutions |
| Don McCabe |
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Managing Director, Arbor Residential Mortgage |
| Farhad Nanji |
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Analyst, Highfields Capital |
| Frank Nothaft, PhD |
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Vice President and Chief Economist, Freddie Mac |
| James DePalma |
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President, Team Loan Servicing |
| Jim Fratangelo |
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Whole Loan Sales & Acquisitions, Bayview Financial Trading Group |
| Jim Hacker |
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Vice President, Consumer Risk Management, Wachovia Bank, NA |
| John Draghi |
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Managing Director, Mortgage Special Situations, Goldman Sachs |
| John Snow |
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Chairman, Cerberus Capital Management |
| Josh Leventhal |
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Vice President, Mortgage Backed Securities, BNP Paribas |
| Lakhbir Hayre |
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Managing Director, CitiGroup Global Markets |
| Marc Rosenthal |
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Managing Director and Trader, Morgan Stanley FrontPoint Partners |
| Mark Fleming |
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Chief Economist, First American CoreLogic |
| Matt Slonaker |
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President, EMC Mortgage Real Estate Services |
| Michael Commarato |
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Managing Director, Apollo Management LP |
| Michael Lau |
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Executive Vice President, Phoenix Capital |
| Mike Dubeck |
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Founding Partner, Alator Capital |
| Nick Krsnich |
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CEO and President, JMN Financial |
| Paul Calem, PhD |
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Director, Housing Economics, Freddie Mac |
| Phil Comeau |
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Principal, Phillip Comeau Company, Inc. |
| Randy Banner |
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Vice President, Bank of America |
| Ray Morris |
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Director of Sales and Marketing, GMAC Mortgage Subservicing |
| Richard Harmon |
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EVP, Fixed Income Research, Countrywide Capital Markets |
| Robert Gaither |
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Principal, Secondary Marketing Head, Bank of America |
| Sean Dobson |
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President, Amherst Securities Group |
| Steve Buisson |
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SVP, Credit Risk, Corporate Risk Management, AIG |
| Steve Katz |
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Chief Investment Officer, Arbor Residential Mortgage |
| Steve Ornstein |
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Partner, Thacher Proffitt & Wood |
| Susanna Kondracki |
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Managing Director, RiskSpan |
| Todd Hempstead |
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SVP, Fannie Mae Single-Family Business |
| Tom Warrack |
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Managing Director, Structured Finance, Standard & Poor's |
| Tom Zimmerman |
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SVP, Fixed Income Research, UBS |
| Troy Haines |
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SVP, Modeling and Analytics, WaMu |
| Yung Lim |
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Managing Partner, Treesdale Partners LLC |
| Zan Hamilton |
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Chief Executive Officer, Lime Financial Services |
This lineup won’t be final until RiskSummit 2008 actually opens July 20th. As the date approaches, however, you can keep current by checking on the Conference Agenda.
Due to the unusual national situation this year, RiskSummit 2008 must commit to space earlier than in the past—well in advance of the opening day. If you plan to attend this year, and haven’t registered yet, please do so now:
Early Bird rates—$1195 plus travel and lodging—still apply and will be available until July 7th (when they’ll go to $1495). We have a special La Costa hotel rate for conference attendees: $284 per night plus $16 resort fee (limited Plaza rooms also available at $235 per night plus the $16 fee). Suites and villas available at discounted rates on request:
- La Costa room reservations: call (800) 854-5000 and mention “RiskSummit”
RiskSummit 2008 promises to be a game-changing, paradigm-shifting, mind-bending moment in the accelerating national quest for bullet-proof mortgage risk management. Serious mortgage risk professionals simply can’t afford to miss this year’s intense, holistic, crisis-focused RiskSummit!
Hope to see you in Carlsbad…
Jim Reynolds
Senior Vice President
For more information, please contact:
The RiskSummit Team
Phone: (415) 536-3500
Email: (click here)
All non-LoanPerformance partners, vendors and consultants must have prior approval to attend RiskSummit 2008. For consideration, please send us an email.
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