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Contact Information
Registration: (800) 848-4904 Sponsorship: (651) 289-4804 Related Websites |
Program Speakers
As conference speakers are confirmed, their pictures and bios will be added to the list below. William Brewster
Ellen L. Cohen, AUSA
Kathy Coon, SRA
Jon R. Daurio, Esq.
Rachel Dollar, CMB
Carl R. Ernst
Timothy Ervin
Linda S. Finley
Ann Fulmer
William P. Heller
Douglas C. McNabb
Geoffrey K. Milne
Barbara E. Nelan
James R. Park
Michael R. Pfeifer
Ralph Roberts
Robert Russell
Merle Sharick
Robert Strupp
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Participants will also be provided with a complimentary copy of Protect Yourself from Real Estate and Mortgage Fraud, co-authored by Rachel Dollar and Ralph Roberts. |
Bill Brewster is Fannie Mae's Director of Anti-Fraud Initiatives. Bill’s unit in Dallas, Texas, is responsible for conducting Fannie Mae’s mortgage fraud investigations, analyzing and reporting mortgage fraud incidents, and partnering with industry and law enforcement on anti-fraud efforts.
Ellen L. Cohen is an Assistant United States Attorney in the West Palm Beach office of the United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Florida. She has been a prosecutor for more than 27 years. Ms. Cohen began her career as a prosecutor in 1980 at the District Attorneys Office for Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
As Chief Appraiser-Director of Appraisal Quality Control
at FNC, Inc., Kathy Coon’s responsibilities include the creation of FNC’s Generally Accepted Appraisal Rules®, which provide an automated review of appraisals for both compliance and risk issues. Kathy is a consultant in the detection of faulty or fraudulent appraisals and conducts training in the appraisal, quality assurance, and underwriting departments for lenders, government agencies, and GSE’s.
Jon R. Daurio, Esq. is Chairman & CEO of Kondaur Capital Corporation, a Tustin, California-based Delaware corporation formed by Mr. Daurio to acquire, manage, service and liquidate distressed and undervalued mortgage loans. 
Rachel Dollar is a California attorney and recognized expert in the mortgage lending industry. She is the editor of the acclaimed public service industry website Mortgage Fraud Blog (www.mortgagefraudblog.com) which is committed to raising awareness of the growing problems associated with Mortgage Fraud.
Carl R. Ernst, CEO of Ernst Publishing Co., LLC, is co-chair of the Land Fraud Workgroup of the Property Records Industry Association (PRIA www.pria.us). The workgroup focuses on developing programs to bring together government and industry at the local and national levels to prevent, detect and deter land fraud schemes. 
Tim Ervin manages EMC Mortgage Corporation’s FPD/EPDAudit Team and supervises the fraud investigations at EMC Mortgage. In addition, Mr. Ervin works with Fraud Prevention staff at Bear Stearns’ wholesale and correspondent lenders, Bear Stearns Residential Mortgage Corporation and Encore Credit.
Linda S. Finley, shareholder in the Atlanta office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, concentrates her practice in the areas of business litigation involving the mortgage lending and servicing industry and real estate. Ms. Finley has experience in lender liability defense, real estate title clearance and litigation, real estate foreclosure, mortgage fraud civil prosecution and defense, loss mitigation involving mortgage fraud and other lending related issues, QC/QA training and review and creation of lending documents.
Ann Fulmer, a Vice President with Interthinx and a former victim of mortgage fraud, has been identified by People Magazine as “perhaps the savviest mortgage-fraud sleuth anywhere”(10/27/05). She has helped authorities arrest nearly 200 felons; has lectured to law enforcement agencies; and has been quoted in leading national publications, including USA Today, the New York Times and the Washington Post.
William P. Heller is a Shareholder in Akerman Senterfitt's Fort Lauderdale office. He chairs the firm's Consumer Finance Litigation Team, concentrating on representing mortgage loan originators, servicers and investors, as well as collectors of consumer debt.
McNabb Associates has brought together a team of professionals that understands the global criminal defense system in a way that few firms do. The firm's practice focuses exclusively on contentious criminal defense and international extradition. The firm concentrates the entirety of its efforts on defending individuals who are under investigation or who have been charged with having committed a crime. And it does so on a U.S. national and international scale.
Geoffrey K. Milne is a Partner in the Litigation Department of Hunt Leibert Jacobson, PC, a Hartford, CT law firm specializing in the representation of lenders. Mr. Milne has practiced for over 15 years representing banks, mortgage companies and servicers in lender liability, mortgage fraud, and consumer related claims under truth in lending, fair credit reporting, and fair debt collection. 
Using her accounting and prosecution background, while at the United States Attorney’s Office, Ms Nelan has specialized in the prosecution of complex financial crime. Most recently, she has been on the prosecution team of every successful trial conviction of Mortgage Fraud in the Northern District of Georgia.
Jim is currently the Senior Vice President and Chief Appraiser for Aurora Loan Services, a Lehman Brothers Company. Previous positions include: Director of Research and Technical Issues for The Appraisal Foundation (2000-2003), Senior Real Estate Analyst, PMI, and Senior Review Appraiser, Chevy Chase Bank (1992-1997).
Michael R. Pfeifer is the managing partner of Pfeifer & Reyolds, LLP, an "AV" rated law firm that concentrates on representation of mortgage lenders, brokers, servicers, and investors. Mr. Pfeifer has over 30 years of experience in representing clients in the financial services industry, with particular emphasis on financial fraud recovery and investigation, lender liability defense, regulatory compliance, and creditor representation in bankruptcy. 
Ralph works alongside federal law officials to help educate state and local law enforcement agencies, regulators, and financial institutions on the problems associated with real estate and mortgage fraud, and writes about real estate and mortgage fraud on a daily basis at 
In August 2005, Mr. Russell became Counsel to OTS Director John Reich. He had been Deputy to Mr. Reich at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation since 2001 when Mr. Reich joined the FDIC Board of Directors. Beginning in 1999, Mr. Russell served as Deputy to Andrew C. Hove, Jr., Vice Chairman of the FDIC.
Merle Sharick is responsible for all business development activities for MARI. Clients of MARI include the “Who’s Who” of financial services and lending. He manages a team that markets ChoicePoint, Inc. data solutions to the mortgage and real estate industries.
Robert Strupp is the Director of Research and Policy with the Community Law Center, in Baltimore, Maryland ( 
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