Whether we’re talking about political or economic changes, regulatory adjustments, consumer demands, technological advancements, or the natural disasters that impact our customers, our industry stands ready to roll up our sleeves with passion, experience, and grit to get the job done. MBA Chairman-Elect Chris George provides a national update on just how much your passion and hard work have paid off and what lies ahead for the future of the mortgage banking industry. Then we’ll open the floor to a moderated Q&A to discuss with Chris our members’ perspectives and questions.

Learn to create powerful and purposeful traditions and rituals that build community, commitment and enable you to create not just the culture you want, but the culture your people deserve. Kirk’s sessions are traditionally filled with immediately actionable content so you can go home ready to better engage your tribe as you engage better with your tribe. Culture Warrior?! In this session, you will learn how to cultivate the grit to be one!

As an awareness campaign for breast cancer, survivors and well-wishers around the world came out to walk with her. Every day strangers welcomed her into their homes and shared meals. Across four continents she had dinner conversations with poets, politicians, country singers, olive growers, pig farmers and the female bomb maker in Australia. The world had embraced her.

But in the middle of Polly’s five-year journey, the world suddenly shifted on its axis when September 11 flung us all into a crossroads in world history.

To rapt audiences, she richly details her journey with humor and honest reflection, the good times and the hardships. Sometimes serious, sometimes funny, always inspirational, Polly’s program personifies the spirit of commitment and perseverance that will compel you to conquer life’s challenges -- one step at a time.

Jeff meshes his 19 years as a nationally touring stand-up comedian with his outdoor lifestyle and his own computer screen struggles to deliver a compelling, yet refreshingly humorous, multi-media presentation that encourages unplugging from our electronic devices, stepping outside, and pursuing experiences rather than likes while, as a double bonus, enjoying the health benefits of the outdoors.

Imagine, if you will, Dead Poet’s Society meets National Geographic with a healthy dose of Comedy Central.