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Ed Gillespie
Former Chairman of the Republican National Committee and
Former Counselor to President George W. Bush
Session: Opening General Session: 2012 Political Update
Monday, February 6
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Ed Gillespie is former counselor to President George W. Bush and former Chairman of the Republican National Committee. One
of the country's top communications strategists with a long record of success in business, politics and government, Gillespie
currently serves as Chairman of the Republican State Leadership Committee, a position he accepted after successfully serving
as Chairman of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell's campaign in 2009.
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Terry McAuliffe
Former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and
Former Chairman of Hillary Clinton for President
Session: Opening General Session: 2012 Political Update
Monday, February 6
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Terry McAuliffe is former Chairman of the Democratic Committee and Chairman of Hillary Clinton for President. A lifelong entrepreneur,
key strategist, presidential confidante, party chairman and fundraiser extraordinaire, McAuliffe has played an incalculable
part in making the electoral map bluer than ever and has been called the most successful political fundraiser of all time.
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Dr. Thomas J. Cunningham
Vice President and Associate Director of Research
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Session: Closing General Session: A View from the Fed
Wednesday, February 8
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Tom Cunningham is Vice President and Associate Director of Research for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He serves on
the Bank's Information Technology and Risk Management Committees, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System's Information
Security Group and Technology Services Council. He is currently the Acting Director of the Bank's Center for Real Estate Analytics.
Prior to his appointment as Associate Director of Research he served as Vice President in the research department, where he
has been responsible for the Regional, Latin American and Finance research teams. Dr. Cunningham joined the Bank as an economist
with the macropolicy group in 1985, specializing in macroeconomics and monetary theory. Dr. Cunningham previously worked as
an instructor of economics at Barnard College at Columbia University. He is a member of the American Economic Association,
the Western Economic Association and the Southern Economic Association.
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Jay Brinkmann, Ph.D.
Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Research and Education
Mortgage Bankers Association
Session: Second General Session: Outlook on the Economy and the Commercial/Multifamily Market
Tuesday, February 7
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Jay Brinkmann, Ph.D. is Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research and Education for the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Brinkmann's responsibilities include economic forecasting, mortgage industry analysis, the benchmarking of industry profitability,
and analysis of legislative and regulatory issues. In early 2001, Brinkmann joined the Mortgage Bankers Association and headed
MBA’s research group. He was named Chief Economist in 2008. Immediately prior to MBA, he worked in Fannie Mae’s portfolio
strategy group. He has published articles on bank regulation and capital requirements in various academic journals and on
the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal. Brinkmann is frequently quoted in print and electronic news outlets on real estate topics.
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Jamie Woodwell
Vice President, Commercial/Multifamily Research
Mortgage Bankers Association
Session: Second General Session: Outlook on the Economy and the Commercial/Multifamily Market
Tuesday, February 7
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Woodwell is responsible for MBA’s research on the commercial/multifamily real estate markets, is a regular speaker at industry
events and has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business and in other major print and television outlets.
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David H. Stevens
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mortgage Bankers Association
Session: Opening General Session: 2012 Political Update
Monday, February 6
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
David H. Stevens is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Stevens has a background in
housing which includes experience as a Senior Executive in finance, sales, mortgage acquisition and investment, risk management
and regulatory oversight. Stevens started his professional career with a sixteen-year tenure at the World Savings Bank. He
later was a Senior Vice President at Freddie Mac and an Executive Vice President at Wells Fargo. Stevens was President and
Chief Operating Officer of Long and Foster Companies, the nation’s largest, privately-held real estate firm. David H. Stevens
has been named one of Swanepoel TRENDS Report’s “Top Ten Newsmakers” of the year, made Bloomberg’s “50 Most Powerful People in Real Estate” list, and was named one of the “Top 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders” by
Inman News .
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Michael W. Young
Chairman
Mortgage Bankers Association
Session: Second General Session: Outlook on the Economy and the Commercial/Multifamily Market
Tuesday, February 7
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Michael W. Young, 2012 Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association, is Chairman of the Board of Cenlar FSB. Young became
Vice Chairman of MBA in October 2009. An active MBA member for more than four decades, Young is a former member of MBA Board
of Directors and currently sits on MBA's Council on Ensuring Mortgage Liquidity, a task force of MBA members created to examine
policy options and issue recommendations for the future of the secondary mortgage market. Young has also served on MBA's Residential
Board of Governors and its Strategic Planning Committee.
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