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15 February 2025 February 2025 » while increasing member engagement and attendance at MBA conferences. Prior to joining MBA, Booth served as SVP of Policy at the Manufactured Housing Institute. Before that, Booth held ascending roles at the National Associa- tion of Realtors (NAR) for nearly 24 years, where she worked on federal housing and commercial, multifamily, and property management issues. Booth also has previous experience in construction management and maritime policy and as a legislative aide on Capitol Hill. NEIGHBORWORKS AMERICA ADDS NEW DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE NeighborWorks America has named Cormac Molloy as its Director of Sustain- ability and Resilience, a new position on the National Real Estate Programs team within the National Initiatives Division. The position follows increased emphasis by NeighborWorks America and its national network of nearly 250 locally managed nonprofit community development organizations on building resiliency and sustainability for all types of affordable homes throughout the country. "I am so pleased to welcome Cor- mac to the National Initiatives team," National Real Estate Programs Vice President Lisa Getter said. "In this new role, Cormac will be responsible for strategies that promote healthier, more affordable and disaster-resilient homes in collaboration with new and existing lenders and other business partners." Cormac has been a leader in the NeighborWorks Training Division, es- tablishing professional development pro- grams that build technical and financial expertise necessary to access investment funds that improve the sustainability and resiliency of our built environment. A 2024 national survey for Neighbor- Works America found that 51% of adults said that the weather-related risk to their homes was either growing somewhat or a lot, while nearly 20% of the nation's homeowners and renters reported having trouble getting disaster-related insurance. The cost of housing-related disaster in- surance rose much faster than inflation in recent years, and people in multiple states are finding it difficult to get insurance against disaster at all. "Given this reality for homeown- ers and renters, it's vital that everyone associated with housing work better together to find affordable solutions," Molloy said. "I'm excited by this oppor- tunity to forge new alliances that will increase accessibility to strategies that improve affordability and sustainability for households." VISIO HIRES NEW CEO Visio Financial Services Inc. has announced the hiring of Jenny Coupland as CEO. Coupland is poised to lead the next phase of rapid expansion and growth for Visio, leveraging her expert management of Visio from the Board of Directors, optimization of hedge fund private investments, and her legal and business experience with financial institutions in the financial industry and beyond. Coupland replaces Founder CEO Jeff Ball and President Matt Matza upon their recent retirements. Most recently, Coupland served as Managing Director of Private Investments at Beach Point Capital Management in Santa Monica, California, where she not only was responsible for managing and optimizing the hedge fund's private investments, but also sat on the Board of Directors for Visio. Prior to Beach Point, Coupland was an Attorney for both Winston & Strawn, and Morgan, Lewis & Bokius LLP, advising issuers and financial institutions on complex structured trans- actions. Coupland also spent a number of years focused on correspondent lending, whole loan pricing and trading at one of the largest mortgage lenders in the country. "Real estate investors are a critical driver of our economy and addressing the housing crisis, and Visio has done an impressive job at focusing so heavily on loan products for this vital group," Cou- pland said. "I am thrilled to join the team and look forward to working for such an innovative and reputable company." M O V E R S & S H A K E R S "Real estate investors are a critical driver of our economy and addressing the housing crisis, and Visio has done an impressive job at focusing so heavily on loan products for this vital group." —Jenny Coupland, CEO, Visio Financial Services Inc.