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Click here to read David Rosenthal's Economic Update Blog.

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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES are always available!

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PANEL OF TOP MORTGAGE BANKERS DISCUSS THEIR LENDERS

Thursday, February 23rd
Luncheon
11:30 – 2:00

NOTE LOCATION:
Monsoon Cafe
1212 3rd Street Promenade
Santa Monica, CA 90401
 
 Standard Registration $35
Late Registration (after Feb 16) $50
 
  Click Here to Register On-Line

FEATURED PANELISTS:

Kostas Kavayiotidis
Vice President   
Pacific Southwest Reality Services 

Pacific Southwest Realty Services is a full service mortgage banking company providing clients with a wide spectrum of financing instruments such as fixed or floating rate mortgages, equity, mezzanine debt, bridge and construction financing. PSRS directly represents many life insurance companies including: Allstate, John Hancock, AIG, Prudential, Thrivent, Standard, Ameriprise, Southern Farm Bureau, and American National.

Steven Hinds 
Principal 
George Elkins Mortgage Banking Company
George Elkins Mortgage Banking, established

in 1922, is Southern California's oldest Mortgage Banking Company. Focused exclusively on arranging debt and equity financing for commercial real estate properties, today George Elkins Mortgage Banking originates in excess of $725 million of loans annually and provides loan servicing functions for their correspondent lenders for a loan portfolio valued at nearly $1 billion.  GEMB directly represents the following lenders: Farm Bureau, Genworth Financial, Symetra Financial, Guggenheim, Aegon, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company.  
Mr. Hinds is a co-founder of Los Angeles Mortgage Association.

Kamron Aghevli 
Vice President  
Sunrise Mortgage and Investment 

Sunrise Mortgage & Investment Company is a full service mortgage banking firm that has been engaged by life insurance and pension fund lenders to actively place debt for them on commercial real estate property nationwide. They also have strong working re­la­tion­ships with numerous national, regional and local funding re­sources who do not utilize a cor­re­spon­dent system for orig­i­nat­ing loans.  Sunrise directly represents the following lenders:   Aegon USA, American Fidelity Assurance, Assurant Asset Management, Genworth Financial, HomeStreet Capital, Key Commercial Mortgage, National Life of Vermont, PPM Finance, Inc., Riversource Investments, The Standard, Symetra Life Insurance Company, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and Wells Fargo.

Mike Tanner - MODERATOR 
Vice President
Pacific Southwest Realty Services 

Pacific Southwest Realty Services is a full service mortgage banking company providing clients with a wide spectrum of financing instruments such as fixed or floating rate mortgages, equity, mezzanine debt, bridge and construction financing. PSRS represents many life insurance companies including: Allstate, John Hancock, AIG, Prudential, Thrivent, Standard, Ameriprise, Southern Farm Bureau, and American National.
 

 
OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
 
April 19: Mezz/Equity panel 
June 14: Active Bank Lender panel
August 23: Summer Social, joint evening program with CMBA

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Many thanks to our sponsor for making this program affordable:

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In Memoriam

On August 22, 2011 our good friend Adele Pool passed away after a courageous six month battle with lung cancer.

Adele will be remembered for her straightforward, no nonsense approach to business and to life.  She was a warm, engaging person, a fiercely loyal friend, and a smart, tough banker who seemed to know everyone in town.  

Adele built a successful career as a lender with Southern California Savings, GMAC Commercial Mortgage, Barry S. Slatt Mortgage Company, Sterling Bank, Security Pacific Bank, and most recently the FDIC where she was Chief of Staff to the Western Director, regularly interfacing with FDIC executives in Washington including Sheila Bair.

We will miss her warm smile, her laughter, her wisdom and her friendship.

Adele - May your soul be at peace, and may your loved ones be comforted with memories of good times they shared with you.  We will miss you.

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