CMIS Executive Awards Leadership:

CMIS Chairman, Director
Richard Rydstrom, Esq.
Rydstrom Law Office
4695 MacArthur Court
11th Floor
Newport Beach, Ca 92660
(949) 678-2218
rrydstrom@gmail.com


CMIS General Counsel, Director
Andrew J. Sherman
Partner--M+A and Corporate
Jones Day, Washington, DC

The Work of the Coalition:

The Coalition for Mortgage Industry Solutions (CMIS) provides a unique forum in which leaders from across the mortgage, finance and credit industries can work together and take a leading role in defining meaningful and viable solutions for the welfare and benefit of their industries, the economy and the consumer. The coalition acts to convert all related industry and consumer, diverse and conflicting self-interests, into comprehensive workable solutions, legislative and regulatory initiatives.

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The CMIS/AFN June 2008 Executive Leadership Summit Webinar is Available for Viewing



The AFN filmed the Executive Leadership Summit on June 17, 2008 for the Coalition for Mortgage Industry Solutions (“CMIS”), hosted by Dickstein Shapiro in DC. The AFN developed a Webinar of the Summit which aired over three days on September 24-26, 2008.  If you are interested in viewing this webinar, send an email to Matt Bartel, Chief Operating Officer, American Legal & Financial Network (AFN) located at 12400 Olive Blvd., STE 555 St. Louis, MO 63141 Phone:  314-878-2360 Fax:  314-878-2236 mbartel@e-afn.org.

The breakdown for CMIS Webcast was as follows: 

 1.     Introduction/ Welcome -  (30min) Overview of the Crisis and State of the Marketplace

·         Michael E. Nannes, Chairman, Dickstein Shapiro, LLP

·         Richard Rydstrom, Esq., CMIS

·         Andrew Sherman, General Counsel, CMIS

 2.     Keynote: w/Richard Rydstrom moderating (30min)

·         Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. , Chairman & CEO, WL Ross & Co. LLC

 3.     Panel One: Impact on Capital Markets, Financial Institutions, Consumer and Communities (1hr)

·         Moderator: David W. Dworkin, CEO and Founder, Affiniti Network Strategies, LLC

·         Douglas G. Duncan, Vice President and Chief Economist, Fannie Mae

·         Richard H Neiman, Superintendent of Banks, New York State Banking Department

·         Rick Sharga, Vice President Marketing, RealtyTrac, Inc.

 4.    Luncheon Keynote Speaker (45 min)

·         Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League, former Mayor, City of New Orleans, Former President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors

 5.     Panel Two: Loss Mitigation- Workouts that Work (and Those that Don't) (1hr)

·         Moderator: Richard Rydstrom, Esq., CMIS

·         Bruce Dorpalen, Co-Founder, Director of Housing Counseling, ACORN Housing Corporation

·         Arnold Gulkowitz, Partner, Bankruptcy Practice, Dickstein Shapiro, LLP

·         Patricia A. Hasson, President, Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Delaware

·         Steve Horne, President, Wingspan Portfolio Advisors, LLC

·         Andrew Jakabovics, Associate Director for the Economic Mobility Program, Center for American Progress

·         Laurie Maggiano, Deputy Director, Office of Single family Asset management, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

 6.    Panel Three: Charting a Future Course- The Case for Self- Regulation (1hr 15min)

·         Moderator: William LeRoy, CEO, American Legal and Financial Network (AFN)

·         R.K. Arnold, President and CEO MERSCORP, Inc.

·         Francis P. Creighton, Vice President of Legislative Affairs, Mortgage Bankers Association

·         Henry E. "Hank" Hildebrand, Chapter 13 Trustee

·         Robert Klein, Chief Executive Officer, Safeguard Properties

·         Hon. Raymond T. Lyons, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey

·         Debra L. Miller, Chapter 13 Trustee

·         George W. Stevenson, Chapter 13 and 7 Trustee

·         Carolyn A. Taylor, Partner, Hughes, Watters & Askanase

7.     Closing Keynote (15 min)

·         Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (MI-11)

We express our gratitude to the support of our Panelists, Guest Speakers, Keynote Speakers Wilbur Ross, Congressman McCotter, Marc H. Morial (CEO NUL), our summit quests, and participants, the CMIS Summit Executive Team, MortgageOrb and John Clapp, and contributing SPONSORS:

American Legal & Financial Network (AFN)

Dickstein Shapiro, L.L.P. 

Excel Innovations, Inc.

Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. 

Phelan, Hallinan & Schmieg, L.L.P.
 

Potestivo & Associates, P.C..

RealtyTrac

Safeguard Properties, Inc.

Trott & Trott, P.C.

Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, L.L.C.


Lisa McGreevy