Category: News
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2018 California Fires: Resources for Safety Preparedness and Financial Recovery
California has dealt with an onslaught of fires in the past few weeks. The Mendocino Complex Fire, Carr Fire, Ferguson Fire and Holy Fire are some of the largest that have been ravaging the state from North to South. While Cal Fire firefighters still work hard to contain these fires and affected homeowners plan their…
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Stories of Character and Courage-NDILC Luncheon Panel
After a jam-packed morning of information and new industry developments, our conference attendees were treated to an informal panel session led by NDILC (NAWRB Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council) Chairwoman, President & CEO of NAWRB Desirée Patno, Co-chair Vanessa Montañez, and Council Members Sarah Goldfrank, Dr. Chitra Dorai, Stacey M. Walker, and Teresa Palacios Smith.
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Women’s Homeownership – Women Buyers & How to Serve Them
The penultimate panel of the 2018 NAWRB Conference was our Women’s Homeownership Panel focused on women buyers and how best to serve them. The panel featured a diverse speaker list of experienced real estate professionals, including Moderator Lenny McNeill, SVP, Managing Director of National Strategic Markets and Specialized Sales, U.S. Bank Home Mortgage; Adenike “Nike”…
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Unspoken Issues Impacting Women: Poverty, Health, Sexual Exploitation and Self-Confidence
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From its title alone, you can tell this panel was a little different from the others. Wide-ranging in scope, yet narrow in its focus on issues that derail women from advancing in life, the conversations held on stage focused on topics people are sometimes uncomfortable talking about including sexual exploitation and poverty.
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PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi Stepping Down in October
Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo’s CEO for the last 12 years and one of two women of color to lead a Fortune 500 company, has announced that she will be stepping down from her position on October 3rd, 2018. Her successor will be Ramon Laguarta, PepsiCo’s President.
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Knowing Your Partners — Financial Support and Legal Community
Following the “Freddie Mac Today” Panel at the 2018 NAWRB Conference, which offered valuable information on opportunities for homebuyers and businesses, the “Knowing Your Partners, Financial Support and Legal Community” Panel, including Sarah Goldfrank, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Fannie Mae; Alexander Almazan, Attorney, Almazan Law; Mark Ferguson, Deputy District Director, Illinois District…
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Women in the Housing Ecosystem Report (WHER) Panel
After the excitement of our morning SHETalks by Tami Bonnell, CEO of EXIT Realty, and Rebecca Steele, President & CEO of National Foundation for Credit Counseling, our attendees heard from our Women in the Housing Ecosystem Report (WHER) Panel, featuring Dr. Chitra Dorai, Former IBM Fellow, Master Inventor, VP, CTO Cognitive Services, IBM Services, Member…
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U.S. Small Business Administration Celebrates 65th Anniversary
Monday, July 30th, marked 65 years that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has been in service for millions of entrepreneurs and small businesses. Founded on July 30, 1953, the SBA has provided small businesses “with access to funding, mentoring, counseling, and when disaster strikes, support to recover and get back to business,” their press…
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Keynote Address Diana Mendley Rauner, First Lady of Illinois and President of the Ounce of Prevention Fund
Attendees at the 2018 NAWRB 5th Annual Conference, “Year of Women” at The Standard Club in Chicago, IL are still buzzing from the Keynote Address by Diana Mendley Rauner, Ph.D., First Lady of Illinois and President of the Ounce of Prevention Fund. Rauner’s address discussed empowering women, children and families to help break the cycle…
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Wells Fargo and Justice Department Reach $2.09 Billion Settlement
It was announced this week that Wells Fargo and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached a settlement requiring the bank to pay a $2.09 billion fine for issuing mortgage loans containing incorrect income information prior to the financial crisis a decade ago.