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January 2024 » thefivestar.com 51 January 2024 E X P O S U R E Moderator Kara Soppelsa, Manager of Client Accounts, Safeguard Properties, next moderated a panel discussion featuring near- ly a half-dozen Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac representatives. The lineup included: • Shubha Shivapurkar, Senior Director Non-Performing Loans Management, Freddie Mac • Geoff Williams, Loss Mitigation Manager, Freddie Mac • Kimberly Dawson, SF Collateral Risk-Real Estate Asset Management Director, Fannie Mae • Jeff Mager, Field Services Manager, Fannie Mae • Kimberly Shurtleff, Hazard Claims and Code Compliance Manager, Fannie Mae Soppelsa and the panelists engaged in a wide-ranging conversation, starting with broad discussions of where the economy may be headed in 2024 and the top challenges facing the property pres- ervation sector currently. The various GSE representatives discussed changes in pricing and allowable fees, pre-fore- closure repair processes and procedures, managing code and hazard claims, and how emergent technologies may impact the prop pres space. The 2023 National Property Preser- vation Conference sponsors included Brookstone Management (Platinum), MFS Supply (Gold), the American Association of Code Enforcement (Gold), Sterling Claims Management (Silver), Altisource (Bronze), National Field Representatives (Bronze), Auction.com (Partner), Auto- mated Print & Promo (Partner), DhanInfo (Partner), First Allegiance (Partner), IMS Datawise (Partner), Occutrack (Partner), RepairBase (Partner), Verisk (Partner), VRM Mortgage Services (Partner), and the Five Star Institute and MortgagePoint Magazine (Speaker Sponsors). Next year's NPPC will be held at MGM National Harbor on November 11-13, 2024, celebrating the event's 20th anniversary. Tai Christensen, President of Arrive Home and Chair of Five Star's Amer- ican Mortgage Diversity Council, will be delivering a Keynote Speech at the event. For more information, please visit nppconf.com. 6. The Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac panel. 7. Five Star Global Chairman Ed Delgado moderates the "Leadership Insights" panel 6 7