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Paul Begala
Political Analyst
CNN
Session: Opening General Session
From the White House's Situation Room to CNN's news program of the same name, Paul Begala's experience gives him an unmatched
perspective on politics and the media as he comments on the 2008 political season. As a political strategist or pundit, Begala
has been at the center of every election cycle of the last 20 years.
The CNN political analyst and former top aide to President Clinton was reportedly the first person to predict the Democratic
takeover of the House in 2006, and as senior strategist to the campaign of Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey, he helped unseat
the third-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, allowing the Democrats to take control of that chamber as well.
Along with Tucker Carlson, Begala was formerly co-host of Crossfire, CNN's popular political debate program.
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David Kittle, CMB
Executive Vice President
Vision Mortgage Capital, LLC
Session: Opening General Session
David G. Kittle, CMB, is currently Executive Vice President of Vision Mortgage Capital, LLC, a division of American Home Bank
located in Pennsylvania. He opened his own company, Associates Mortgage Group, in 1994 and sold it in 2006.
Kittle has been active in the Mortgage Banking industry since 1978. Beginning with American Fletcher Mortgage Company as
a top producing loan originator, he moved to the management side in 1986.
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Jay Brinkmann, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief Economist
Mortgage Bankers Association
Session: Second General Session: The Economic Outlook
Jay Brinkmann, Ph.D. has published articles on bank regulation and capital requirements in various academic journals and on
the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal. He is frequently quoted in newspapers and magazines across the country on real estate topics and has been interviewed on
all of the major cable and business networks.
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Jamie Woodwell
Vice President, Commercial/Multifamily Research
Mortgage Bankers Association
Session: Second General Session - The Economic Update
As the leader of MBA's research on commercial and multifamily finance issues, Jamie Woodwell is responsible for providing
economic and policy analysis for legislative and regulatory proposals and industry trends from a commercial/multifamily finance
perspective.
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