AMBA Education ReportEd LagmanEducation, AMBA Can you believe the response the Educational Committee had to the March Madness
educational blitz that took place during the 6th through the 9th? Starting at the top of the
state in Huntsville and ending at the bottom in Mobile, with stops in-between at
Birmingham and Montgomery, we experienced the largest turnout in the state's history,
which is something to be extremely proud of, with more than 120 students from 57
companies. Our hats off to the AMBA Educational Committee, who worked so hard in
putting this program together. The team effort consisted of Committee Chair Ann
Steadman of First Choice Funding and committee members Karen Bascom of The
Mortgage Connection, Jean Chatham of First Title Corporation, Jason Counts of Old Stone
Mortgage, Sherry Counts of InterFirst, Paul Todd of EquiPartners, Wayne Yates of
Mortgage Finance Inc., Nollie Hathorn of PCFS, Janice Gilbreath of Sebring, Donna West
of Commonwealth United, John Braswell of First Union, and Nancy Blankensopp of First
Performance Mortgage. Our two MVP instructors were Patrick Nola of United Guaranty,
who taught our Huntsville, Montgomery, and Mobile classes, and Sara Vasura from GE
Capital Mortgage Insurance, who taught our Birmingham class.
Many thanks to our class sponsors including: Seis, Inc. for the Huntsville class, Holloway
Credit Bureau for the Montgomery class, GE Capital Mortgage Insurance for the
Birmingham class, and Gulf Coast Credit for the Mobile class.
The following are companies that participated in the educational classes at its respective
sites:
Huntsville
Alabama Mortgage
Countrywide
Dependable Mortgage
Executive Mortgage
Family Security Credit Union
FCF Mortgage
Gordon Group Mortgage
Innovative Mortgage
Listerhill Credit Union
Mortgage Group
Mortgage South
Platinum Mortgage
Select Mortgage
Shoals Mortgage
South Bank
The Bank
Montgomery
Montgomery Mortgage
The Bank
Mortgage Funding
Principle Equity Mortgage
Bank of Pratville
First Mortgage Consultants
First Southeast Mortgage
Flagship Mortgage Company
Malone /Gordon Mortgage
American Mortgage Lenders
Creative Mortgage
Essence Financial Services
AAA Mortgage
Lincoln Mortgage
Birmingham
National Real Estate
Alabama Mortgage Solutions
Star Financial Mortgage
Gagliano Mortgage
Crown Capital Mortgage
First Southeast Mortgage
Capital City Funding
AFPC
Pinkerton Financial Corporation
Holloway Credit Bureau
First Security Mortgage
Mortgage Partners, Inc.
Metro Bank
Southern Home Mortgage
First Choice Funding
Unlimited Potential Mortgage
Central Mortgage of Atlanta
Rutledge Mortgage
American House
O Down Mortgage
Hometown Mortgage
Family Security Credit
Integra Mortgage, Inc.
First Bank
Mobile
Magnolia Mortgage
First Southern Mortgage
Great Atlantic Mortgage
Mortgage USA
Mortgage Source
Pinnacle Mortgage
InterFirst
Access Mortgage
Transouth Acceptance Corporation
NCR Mortgage
First Gulf Bank
AFC Mortgage
Kemp's Tax Service, Inc.
Pioneer Financial Services
Gulf Shores Mortgage
Ed Lagman is AMBA President. He may be reached at (334) 666-8998, or by fax at (334)
666-9132.
