2023 Mortgage Lending Conference Agenda

March 9, 2023

Doubletree Hilton Hotel Oak Brook
1909 Spring Road, Oak Brook, IL
8:00am - 5:30pm

The Conference will include General Sessions with Keynote Speakers:

Conference Agenda:
8:00am – 9:00am Registration Check-In/Networking

9:00am – 9:50am Opening General Session:
Mortgage Market/Economic Update
Speakers:
Joel Kan, Mortgage Bankers Association
Venkat Veeramani, Ph.D., Chief Economist, Wintrust Financial

10:00am – 10:50am Legal Experts Powerhouse Panel on what's
Happening on the Regulatory Front
Speakers:
Brett Natarelli, Member, Dykema
Daniella Casseres, Partner, Mitchell Sandler
Ari Karen, Partner, Mitchell Sandler
Solomon Maman, Partner, Noonan and Lieberman

1100am – 11:50am Bridging the Wealth Gap with Affordable
Housing/Lending Programs
Speakers:
Sandra Heidinger, Freddie Mac
Ezekiel "Zeke" Morris, IAR
Erika Villegas, CAR, NAHREP
TBA, AREAA
Don Meadows, NAMMBA

12:00pm – 1:30pm Conference Luncheon
Luncheon Speaker:
Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business

1:30pm – 2:30pm View from the Top: Hear from the C-suite on
the Mortgage Business in 2023
Speakers:
Neena Vlamis, CEO, A & N Mortgage
Tony Ameti, Co-Owner, Neighborhood Loans
Paul Diamond, CEO, Diamond Residential

2:30pm – 3:30pm Qualify your Variable Income Borrowers
and Close more Deals
Presenter:
Fran Gallo, Essent

3:30pm – 4:30pm Top LO Super Stars Sales Strategies
Speakers:
Jason Gansho, Key Mortgage
Tammy McNeany, Wintrust Mortgage
Roy Taylor, Draper and Kramer Mortgage
Raul Perez, JPMorgan Chase

4:30pm – 5:30pm Happy Hour Networking Reception

2023 Mortgage Lending Conference Sponsors:
Signature Conference Sponsors: