Austin Kilgore | 12.23.08

The Mortgage Bankers Association announced Monday the promotion of five employees to the position of associate vice president or director.

- Mark Brady, associate vice president of sponsorships
Brady will direct and supervise meeting and conference sponsorships, and organize and direct sponsorship sales programs. He previously served the MBA as director of sponsorship, and before that, co-founded and was assistant editor of Talking Drums magazine.
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- Kimberly Newell, associate vice president of exhibits
Newell will direct sales and coordinate trade show activities and will manage the planning, promotion, supervision and on-site management of MBA meetings and conferences. She previously was the MBA's director of exhibits, and before that, managed more than 20 events a year as senior sales manager at GES Exposition Services, a general services contractor in the tradeshow industry.

- Teresa Betz, associate vice president of facilities management
Betz will be responsible for identifying, developing, managing, and implementing the administrative services to meet the MBA's operational needs, specifically in the areas of leasing/subleasing, property management, space/facilities, insurance, business continuity, and emergency preparedness. She was previously the director of facilities management.

- Jennifer Moffitt, director of advertising
Moffitt will manage advertising for the MBA's Mortgage Banking magazine, NewsLink, a group of online newsletters, show guides and other ad-related materials. She will also be responsible for directing the MBA's Home Loan Learning Center Web site, and a series of online workshops, managing the ad traffic process, and developing a new ad library to organize materials for ongoing use. She was previously the MBA's previously manager of advertising, and before that, was was traffic director at the public relations firm Porter Novelli.

- Jeffrey Malik, director of development
Malik will manage a team of developers and oversee custom software development projects for the MBA's internal projects and the for-profit consulting services arm of Lender's Technology Corporation. He will be the lead technical architect for application development, and direct the deployment and upgrade of new applications. He previously was the manager of development, and was also database manager at Callahan and Associates.

“I am proud to recognize these hardworking and dedicated individuals for the many invaluable contributions they have made to MBA,” said John Courson, MBA's chief operating officer. “In their expanded roles, they will each continue to play an important part in representing our industry, particularly in this time of change, and we look forward to many successes in their new roles.”