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ABOUT MBAC

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MEET OUR 2025-2026 BOARD MEMBERS

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PRESIDENT

Bruce Buckless
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SECRETARY

Gina Andrews

Secure Choice Mortgage
gina.andrews@mottomortgage.com

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Simin Bhagat

Confluent Strategies
mbac@mbac.org
Office: (901) 321-6742

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PRESIDENT ELECT

Dawn Hooper
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TREASURER

Brandon Moye

Ameris Bank Mortgage Services
brandon.moye@amerisbank.com

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Caitlin Guerra

Confluent Strategies
mbac@mbac.org
Office: (901) 321-6742

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VICE PRESIDENT

Amber Hoots

Essent Guaranty
amber.hoots@essent.us

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PAST PRESIDENT

Angela Fulton

C&F Mortgage Corporation

afulton@cfmortgagecorp.com

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Julie Osborn

Confluent Strategies
mbac@mbac.org
Office: (901) 321-6742

MBAC NC DIRECTORS

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2025-2028

Stephen Chilton

Atlantic Coast Mortgage
schilton@acmllc.com

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2024-2027

Clint Cowell

Uwharrie Bank
CCowell@uwharrie.com

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2023-2026

David Millsaps

Movement Mortgage
David.Millsaps@movement.com

MBAC SC DIRECTORS

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2024-2027

Ed Brown

Capital City Home Loans
ebrown@cchl.com

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2023-2026

Ric Spiehs

Coastal States Mortgage
rspiechs@coastalstatesbank.com

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2025-2028

Shelly Wetherell

MBAC PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL

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2023-2025

Kip Byrne
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2024-2026

George Camisa

MBAC PAST PRESIDENTS

2024-2025  Angela Fulton

2023-2024  Amy Congdon

2022-2023  Bryan Parker

2021-2022  Chuck Stiles

2020-2021  Kathy Bickett

2019-2020  Owen Edwards

2018-2019  Bryan Wright

2017-2018  Carol Addy

2016 -2017  Kevin Rodriguez

2015-2016 

2014-2015 

2013-2014 

2012-2013 

2011-2012 

2010-2011 

2009-2010 

2008-2009 

2007-2008 

2006-2007 

2005-2006 

2004-2005 

2003-2004 

2002-2003 

2001-2002 

2000-2001 

1999-2000 

1998-1999 

1997-1998  Robert W Speir, CMB

1996-1997  Joseph R. Parker, Jr.

1995-1996  Alan H. Verch, CMB

1994-1995  Linda T. Barnhill

1993-1994  Geoge D. Rosario

1992-1993  Donna D. Rosario

1991-1992  Leb I. Dixon, CMB

1990-1991  Henry V. Cunningham, Jr., CMB

1989-1990  Terry W. Woodlief

1988-1989  Wade H. Britt, III

1987-1988  B. Elaine Dillon

1986-1987  Peter VanGraafeiland, CMB

1985-1986  Thomas L. Thomason

1984-1985  James A. Abbott, CMB

1983-1984  Robert M. Turner

1982-1983  George W. Hayworth

1981-1982  Joseph C. Reynolds, CMB

1980-1981  Dee McCandlish

1979-1980  Thomas G. Hawpe, Jr.

1978-1979  Roger L. Earnhardt

1977-1978  W. Watson Chamblin

1976-1977  Willard Gourley, Jr., CMB

1975-1976  Aaron J. Jones

1974-1975  David L. Francis

1973-1974  Jack  W. Newton

1972-1973  Jack  W. Newton

1971-1972  Claude E. Pope, CMB

1970-1971  James D. barber, Jr.

1969-1970  Aubrey C. Doggett, Jr.

1968-1969  William E. Sellars

1967-1968  B.C. Fowler

1966-1967  Lonnie A. Garvin, Sr.

1965-1966  Lawrence Z. Crockett

1964-1965  J.B. Aiken, Jr.

1963-1964  J. Alton Stanford

1962-1963  Julian Henning, Jr.

1961-1962  Charles P. Landt

1960-1961  Walter H. Andrews

1959-1960  Marion G. Follin

1958-1959  Calvin G. Ridgeway

1957-1958  Lex Marsh

1956-1957  S. Carlyle McDowell

1955-1956  N. G. Speir

1954-1955  C. C. Cameron, CMB

If you have any information on the missing president names, please email us at mbac@mbac.org.

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