Jan-Feb2020

Scribes Meet This Month’s Contributors Thomas A. Barstow ( In Reverse , p. 3, and The Rules of the Game , p. 26) is the senior editor for Reverse Mortgage magazine. He is a licensed loan originator (NMLS # 1590611) for Virginia-based City Lending Inc. and has had a 34-year career in journalism that has included being a reporter, writer and editor in Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and New York. He currently teaches journalism at Gettysburg College and writes for various business publications. He is a former president of the Pennsylvania Society of News Editors and a former president of the Associated Press Media Editors in Pennsylvania. Joel Berg ( Bursting Onto the Scene , p. 18, and A Rebound Afoot , p. 29) has been a B2B reporter and editor for more than 20 years, both in-house and freelance, covering finance, healthcare, environmental regulation and general business news for local, regional and national publications. Most recently, he was editor of Central Penn Business Journal and Lehigh Valley Business in Pennsylvania. He also has taught writing and communications at York College, Millersville University, Gettysburg College and Harrisburg University. Darryl Hicks ( Talking Heads , p. 12) is vice president, communications for NRMLA where he writes the Weekly Report and administers the CRMP program. He roots for the Steelers and the Phillies and reads mysteries as he rides the Metro to work each morning. Jamie Hopkins, Esq., LLM, MBA, CFP®, RICP® ( Retirement Prep , p. 6) is director of retirement research at Carson Wealth Management and a finance professor of practice at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business. He is author of Rewirement: Rewiring The Way You Think About Retirement. Mark Olshaker ( CRMP: Across the Kitchen Table , p. 16, Counseling: Integral to Getting Deals Done , p. 22, and Borrower Chronicles , p. 32) is a best-selling author of fiction and non- fiction and an accomplished researcher in the areas of crime and medicine, as well as a documentary film writer and producer. Olshaker has written 16 books, including Law & Disorder, with former FBI Agent John Douglas, and Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, with Dr. Michael Osterholm. His latest book with Douglas, The Killer Across the Table, was published by Harper Collins in 2019. Their book, Mindhunter, is the basis for the current Netflix series. Nationwide Property Inspections and Preservation Inspections Preservation Insurance Loss Inspections REO Services Violation Management Utility Management Vacant Property Registrations Foreclosure Registrations Special Services Protecting Your Properties. Protecting You. • NFROnline.com • 800-639-2151 2 REVERSE MORTGAGE / JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2020