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Brice Luetkemeyer is president and CEO the Bank of St. Elizabeth in Missouri, where he has served in various leadership roles for the past three decades. During his 41 years in banking, Luetkemeyer was also a bank examiner with the Missouri Division of Finance from 1978 to 1988.

Samuel Dibble is a partner at Baker Botts.

President Trump has signed the Protecting Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act, which aims to address concerns that rules around certain VA refinances were impeding those loans' inclusion in secondary market pools.

Gabrielle M. Luoma, CPA, CGMA, founder and visionary of MOD Ventures, began building her business in 2004 in the living room of her own home. The MOD Ventures firm is unique in that it was built upon the aspiration to not only help businesses grow, but to change the way they see accounting, taxes, day-to-day business operations, and their big-picture vision. Luoma is currently working on her third book, this time for CPAs who are also passionate about innovation. When Luoma isn’t innovating, she can be found rooting on her youngest daughter in her cheer competitions, dreaming, drinking coffee, or watching Game of Thrones. Luoma graduated from New Mexico State University with a bachelor of accountancy and is an advisor for the accounting department at Pima Community College and an executive committee member of the PCPS section of the AICPA.

Timothy Mattke replaced Patrick Sinks as CEO of MGIC Investment Corp., just two days after the company announced earnings that beat expectations.

The. U.S. housing market is splitting along racial lines, with black homeownership dropping to the lowest level since at least 1970 — just two years after the Fair Housing Act was passed.

Christopher Strand leads Carbon Black’s global security risk and compliance program strategy. With more than 20 years of information technology and security assessment experience, Chris oversees the development of enterprise platforms that help organizations deploy proactive security and compliance solutions. Throughout his career he has concentrated on refining a framework that bridges the gap between security policy and cyber-regulatory requirements, while helping to maintain, measure, and improve enterprise risk posture. Previously, Strand held security/compliance positions at Trustwave, Tripwire, EMC/RSA, and Compuware.

Angel Bennett is the assistant vice president of paid leave at Unum, a leading employee benefits and leave services provider.

Kevin Fromer is president and CEO of the Financial Services Forum, which represents the eight largest, most diversified U.S. banking institutions. Previously, Fromer was the executive vice president and head of public affairs for HSBC North America Holdings, where he was responsible for public policy and government affairs at the federal and state levels. Fromer spent over two decades in U.S. federal government, including as assistant secretary of the Treasury for legislative affairs from 2005-2009.

Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. is president and CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.