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Manager of High Yield Municipal Evaluators, Refinitiv

Even with the small increase in mortgage rates this past week, the home purchase market stayed active and should remain so for the peak buying season.

Dr. Amanda Graham leads the Innovations Center within Truth Initiative, a national public health organization that is inspiring tobacco-free lives. Under her leadership, the Innovations team has built a suite of technology solutions for tobacco control, including the EX Program, an enterprise quit-tobacco platform designed for employers. She is internationally recognized as a thought leader in web and mobile quit-smoking interventions and online social networks and has been awarded over $15 million in NIH research funding. Dr. Graham is also Professor of Medicine (adjunct) at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

The CEO of Freedom Mortgage, Stanley Middleman, provides his take on trends affecting independent mortgage bankers as well as the residential real estate finance industry at large.

Following a record 2019 for the Central Texas housing market, 2020 has kicked off in much the same way, with home sales and median sales prices again reaching record highs in January.

Ananda Radhakrishnan is vice president of bank derivatives policy at the American Bankers Association. Before joining the ABA, he worked in private practice and in government, including 12 years in senior positions at the CFTC, including as director of the division of clearing and risk.

Brett Manwaring is a managing director in K2 Intelligence’s regulatory compliance practice.

Austen Jensen is senior vice president of government affairs for the Retail Industry Leaders Association.

Michelle Goodsir is a managing director in K2 Intelligence’s regulatory compliance practice.

Thomas Bock is an executive managing director and leader of K2 Intelligence’s regulatory compliance practice.