Ain't My First Mortgage Podcast
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Ain't My First Mortgage Podcast
MBA Education, Future Leaders, and the Value of the CMB with David Upbin
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Today on the show, Skip welcomes David Upbin, VP of Education and Strategy at the Mortgage Bankers Association, discusses MBA education offerings supporting single-family and commercial/multifamily professionals, noting commercial knowledge is important even for residential-focused institutions.
He highlights key programs including School of Mortgage Banking, School of Loan Origination, and the oversubscribed CMB Future Leaders program tied to the National Advocacy Conference. He and Skip discuss new workforce-pipeline efforts through Mortgage Banking Bound, including executive certificate programs (Barry University, Middle Tennessee State, and planned University of Oklahoma) and accredited undergraduate courses (LSU and Cleveland State) taught with industry practitioners which has led to over 500 students have been exposed and 12–15 hired. He also addresses the support, scholarships, and networking ROI of earning the CMB designation,
Episode Highlights:
00:00 Welcome and Introductions
00:20 Meet David Upen
01:20 Commercial Lending Spotlight
04:05 MBA Programs Update
06:09 Mortgage Banking Bound Pipeline
10:56 Why the CMB Matters
15:25 GWU and Sports Trivia
18:18 Connect and Closing