The Mortgage Banker’s Association (MBA) announced earlier this week that Jonathan L. Kemper, current President and CEO, will be stepping down on December 31, 2008. According to the same MBA statement, during Kempner’s seven years with the MBA, the association doubled its revenues and operating reserve fund.

“This has been an extremely intellectually stimulating and rewarding period in my professional life,” said Kempner. “Navigating the highs and lows of the real estate cycles, with a first rate leadership and wonderful membership, afforded me a rare opportunity to contribute to one of the most important industries in our society. I am very proud for the extraordinary staff I have helped assemble at MBA, as my colleagues’ dedication, intelligence, and expertise make a true difference in the overall quality of life for many Americans. MBA’s mission, I am convinced, will be enhanced with new leadership, and on a personal level I very much look forward to a new position of leadership myself after nearly eight wonderful years at MBA.”

Kieran P. Quinn, MBA Chairman of the Board of Directors had this to say of Kempner, “Jonathan has been an exceptional leader for MBA. He has led a major transformation in our operations, and put in place a first rate staff that is widely acknowledged to be one of the most effective in the Washington association world. He has poured his heart and soul into MBA with the highest degree of professionalism, integrity, and devotion to our members, and always with a personal warmth and sense of humor. The entire MBA family will miss him.”

Quinn also announced that John A. Courson, former MBA Chairman, will become their COO effective August 1, and will assume the position of President of MBA, effective January 1, 2009.

Quinn said that, “John Courson brings tremendous industry knowledge, business savvy, and political skills to MBA. John has worked tirelessly on behalf of our industry for more than 40 years. He has been an advocate ensuring safe and affordable housing for all Americans and for simplifying the mortgage process. We are lucky to have John join MBA and steer our association to represent the real estate finance industry as we continue to build America’s communities.”

Courson, who currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the California Housing Finance Agency, served as Chairman of MBA in 2003 and as a member of MBA’s Board of Directors, the Residential Board of Governors (RESBOG) and the Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG).]

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Duane Laible, Seattle Marine architect, engineer and Business Leader sea snails, died Monday of pancreatic cancer at her home in Hood Canal Hans City. He was 67

“His talents have been true when the merger of science and economy,” said John “Mike” Wallace, a longtime friend and business associate, he is a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington. “He recognized as a well managed company can be a contribution to the advancement of science.”

Laible (pronounced Lie-Blee) graduated in 1962, the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, a tuition-free facility in Glen Cove, New York

He is a graduate of the management program at the University of Washington’s Graduate School of Business Administration in 1985.

Laible began his career with The Boeing Co. Marine Engineering in Advanced Systems. After several other jobs, he joined Seattle’s Glosten Associates in 1971, as chairman of that company from 1981 to 2000 and as president until his death.

Laible has participated actively in the design of oceanographic research vessels over 35 years and played a key role in the development of Glosten leadership in this area, ladies and gentlemen.

He proceeded to the planning of the first tractor tug Zykloiden training in commercial exploitation in the USA, said Bruce Hutchison, Senior Principal of Glosten, worked closely with Laible. This technology allows a quick change of direction and speed, it is important in close quarter manoeuvring.

Laible, then led the company to the application of technology, tugs built specifically associated with protection against northern Puget Sound Out-of-control-tankers. The propulsion system gives them the ability for applications braking and driving forces vessels for people with disabilities, including high speed.

Even more important than its technical capacity, his leadership was the ability of Hutchison said.

“It leads us through a period of growth, 15 to about 50 employees, and a difficult time in 1985 requires that layoffs, while maintaining the high principles of integrity,” said Hutchison.

“It was a wise people, which I attended, and I think he has the wisdom, only slightly above everything he did.”

In 2003, President Bush appointed Laible the USA Arctic Research Commission. Mead Treadwell president of this organization on the website this week to recall Laible “the essential role shortly after the Exxon Valdez oil spills, to ensure the safe shipment to Prince William Sound.

Perhaps Mumbai Happening to the hip and global financial and maybe some competition, Singapore and Dubai? Given the City of bröckelt infrastructure, you are forgiven for thinking this is another future of music.

But Top-20 forces of USA and India believe that it is in the realm of possibility. And on March 2 William Harrison, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Sons, a report on exactly as India and the USA should consider improving the “enabling environment” for operations India, which is on strengthening capacity of financial sector in Mumbai.

That was part of the work, the Presidents of 20, Manmohan Singh and Bush met at the White House. And while the top-Presidents of India accompanies hour, Washington, a selection of the best Presidents and the USA are of the opinion that a trip to India by Mr. Bush at the beginning of March 1.

For the moment, it consists of five Top 10 Presidents, and it is anticipated that over time we stop the train. On March 2, Bush and Manmohan are scheduled for the Presidents of their delegation-level discussions and a one-to-house in Hyderabad.

The idea of the President “to circumvent the forum has been steady and commissions from government, you learn the heart of the problem - like India, more friendly investor, which ideas directly to the heart of the USA and Indian entrepreneurs .

Manmohan’s court was easy for them - and I think Think big, out of the box. The Presidents report thereon, such as India, for a hot destination for USA business will focus on six areas - physical infrastructure, energy, security, human resource development, technology, Trade and investment and intellectual property.

After his meeting with donors of order, the President is expected that intensive meetings with leaders of India and the USA economic dialogue, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Al Hubbard.

While Bush hobnobs with India, the CEO are geschlitzt long for the same calendar, with Montek Singh, Kamal Nath et al eat and drink the leading U.S. business. There are good reasons.

The U.S. exports to India rose by 30% during the last year, compared to an increase of 20% of exports from India to the USA - all trade is still a miserable 40 billion dollars (including goods and services), a fraction of the US-China-commerce.

Indeed, it is because the home can not place Hyderabad 70 people, that the PM’s lunch for George Bush Taj Palace for a flexible assessment of the list of 150

And when it does not attempt to solve nuclear issues with Singh, M. Bush is also in Hyderabad, for part of the March 3, an initiative of knowledge in agricultural production university.

Then, on the Indian School of Business, where apart from a High-Tech event, Bush takes a selection of 20 of the best young Indian entrepreneurs. And then to Pakistan at the 4th March.

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