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NRMLA Elects Jahangiri and Norman as Co-Chairs

Nov 16, 2018
The Board of Directors of the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) has unanimously elected Reza Jahangiri of American Advisors Group (AAG) and Scott Norman of Finance of America Reverse (FAR) to serve as Co-Chairs of the association from

The Board of Directors of the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) has unanimously elected Reza Jahangiri of American Advisors Group (AAG) and Scott Norman of Finance of America Reverse (FAR) to serve as Co-Chairs of the association from now until the 2019 Annual Meeting.
 
Jahangiri, who was first elected Co-Chairman in 2014, is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AAG, based in Orange, Calif. Jahangiri has served on the NRMLA Board of Directors since 2013.
 
Based in Austin, Texas, Norman is the Vice President of Field Retail & Government Relations for FAR and the driving force behind the original campaign to amend the Texas Constitution to authorize reverse mortgages in the state in 1999. Norman was first elected to NRMLA’s Board of Directors in 2012.
 
In addition to Jahangiri and Norman, NRMLA congratulates the following individuals for being elected officers:
►Jason McNamara of Celink–Vice Chair
►Jim Cory of Live Well Financial–Vice Chair
►Mike Kent of Liberty Home Equity Solutions–Secretary
►Mike McCully of New View Advisors–Treasurer
►Joe DeMarkey of Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC–Chairman, Executive Committee
 
NRMLA also welcomes four new Directors to the 2018-2019 Board:
►Harlan Accola of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, Marshfield, Wis.
►Terry Connealy of Mutual of Omaha Bank, Omaha, Neb.
►Scott Harmes of C2 Financial Corporation, San Diego, Calif.
►Elly Johnson of United Northern Mortgage Bankers Ltd., Levittown, N.Y.
►Jim Miller of Champion Mortgage, Irving, Texas

 
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