Digital mortgage solutions provider DocMagic has announced that two of its senior executives have been elected to vice chair positions within key Community of Practice (CoP) workgroups in the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) for the 2026–2027 term.
Brian D. Pannell, chief eServices executive at DocMagic, will serve as vice chair of MISMO’s Digital Interoperability Community of Practice, while David Garrett, director of integration and technical services, will serve as vice chair of the eMortgage Community of Practice. In addition to this new role, Garrett will continue as vice chair of MISMO’s Origination Community of Practice, a position he was elected to last year, and will hold for the remainder of his two-year term.
MISMO, the mortgage industry’s standards organization, develops and maintains data standards that enable lenders, servicers, investors, government agencies, and technology providers to communicate more efficiently and securely. Its Communities of Practice are collaborative workgroups that focus on specialized areas of mortgage data standards and implementation of best practices.
The Digital Interoperability CoP addresses inconsistencies in electronic documents and eVault systems, establishing practices and long-term solutions to improve interoperability across platforms. The eMortgage CoP, one of the largest MISMO communities with more than 200 members, focuses on specifications, document profiles, and implementation guidelines for electronic mortgage documents across the loan lifecycle, from origination through investor delivery and servicing. The Origination CoP focuses on data standards for application, underwriting, and closing processes.
“Digital interoperability is foundational to a functioning secondary market and scalable digital lending,” said Pannell. “The work happening within MISMO’s Digital Interoperability Community of Practice directly affects how documents, data, and collateral move between systems. My focus is on helping ensure those standards translate into practical, reliable execution for lenders operating at scale.”
Garrett added, “MISMO’s Communities of Practice are where many of the industry’s most consequential decisions around eMortgage adoption and origination standards take shape. Serving in leadership roles across the eMortgage and Origination communities allows us to bring lender realities into the standards process and help drive specifications that support accuracy, compliance, and consistent execution across the loan lifecycle.”
