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contributors Get to know the experts and insiders behind this issue. MEGAN R. CELLO is an associate attorney with South & Associates, P.C. She works in the firm's judicial foreclosure department in its Overland Park, Kansas office. She has concentrated her practice in the area of judicial foreclosure, primarily in the state of Kansas. She was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 2008 and the Kansas Bar Association in 2009. She completed her undergraduate studies at William Jewell College with a bachelor's degree in political science in 2005 and obtained her law degree from the University of MissouriColumbia in 2008. GEORGE FITZGERALD is SVP of product management for the servicing solutions and technology division of Lender Processing Services (LPS). He has 26 years' experience in the mortgage banking industry and has been with LPS for 19 years. He's held a number of senior management roles at LPS, including SVP of sales support, VP of professional services, and senior business analyst for mortgage product development. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of San Francisco and is an active member of the Mortgage Bankers Association. 6 MARK LIEBERMAN, economist for the Five Star Institute, parent company of DS News, lends his analysis and observations to the many financial and industry reports crossing the news desk. He is also managing director and senior editor for Economics Analytics Research. He previously worked as an analyst for Fox Business, was VP and manager of analysis and research for Washington Mutual Bank, and managed the foreclosure department at Dime Savings Bank of New York. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania. ANDY BETH MILLER is an experienced freelance writer and travel blogger. She was recently sponsored to blog about her experiences while traveling throughout Europe. Her blog, PonoPeople, is about her desire for all to become and embrace being people of "pono," which is "the personal and organizational value of rightness and balance." In addition to DS News, she has also written for Hawaii Home + Remodeling, the leading home improvement magazine for Island homeowners for the past 30 years and Pasadena Magazine, a monthly regional publication serving the greater Pasadena, California, area. DS News would also like to thank those who contributed to our feature "The Future of Default Servicing": ALEX VILLACORTA, PH.D., is director of research and analytics for Clear Capital. He created the statistical models behind the Clear Capital Home Data Index (HDI) and contributes his insight to the company's monthly HDI Market Report, which offers a near-real-time look at pricing conditions. He also provides local market analysis to banks, investment firms, and mortgage servicers for portfolio acquisitions, short sale decisions, nonperforming loan repurchases, and REO valuation assessments. He obtained his doctorate degree in applied probability and statistics from University of California, Santa Barbara. Brandon Boudreau, Metro-West Appraisal Co. Chris Carlisle, Varolii Corporation Paul Carlson, Field Asset Services Celia Chen, Moody's Analytics Services Scott P. Ciupak, Reimer, Arnovitz, Chernek & Jeffrey Co. Sanjeev Dahiwadkar, IndiSoft Ron D'Vari, NewOak Capital Lynn Effinger, Assurant Property Advantage Mark Fleming, CoreLogic Jeffrey Frieden, Auction.com Melanie Gamble, 212 Degrees Realty Karen Glasgow, Field Asset Services Laurie Goodman, Amherst Securities Group Rohit Gupta, Genworth Financial Steven Horne, Wingspan Portfolio Advisors Robert Hosch, Butler & Hosch Lionel Hotard, Cityside Management Corp. Tom Hurst, StreetLinks Lender Solutions Ron Lopez, Gateway Mortgage Group Jim McDonald, McDonald Computer Corporation Dale McPherson, Field Asset Services George Mehok, Safeguard Properties Minnesota REO, www.MinnesotaREO.com Chad Mosley, Mortgage Contracting Services Richard M. Nielson, Nielson & Sherry Tom O'Grady, Pro Teck Valuation Services John R. Recser, First American Mortgage Services Bob Repass, Consultant and the Five Star Institute Sara Stephens, The Appraisal Institute Art Tyszka, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services John Vella, Equator