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Scribes Meet This Month’s Contributors dent, communications. Hicks writes the Weekly Report newslet- ter, administers NRMLA’s social media accounts and websites and manages the CRMP designation. Steve Irwin ( Moving Forward , p. 5), president of NRMLA, over- sees the association’s initiatives to serve as an educational resource, policy advocate and public affairs center for consumers, lenders and related professionals. His background includes experience with strategic planning, organizational design, portfolio acquisition, risk management and quality control. He received his B.A. from Grin- nell College and his MBA from the University of San Francisco. Mike Kent ( Boardroom, p. 6) has served as the president of Liberty Reverse Mortgage since April 2015. Before that, he spent four years at Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. and was the president of Loan Originations. In addition to his reverse mortgage background, he has over 30 years of forward mortgage experience and has held leadership roles across various lending functions, including sales, operations and secondary markets. He currently serves as NRMLA’s co-chair. M. Diane McCormick ( CRMP: Across the Kitchen Table , p. 16) is a freelance journalist and former legislative press secretary. She covers issues involving a variety of national business associations, as well as basic and higher education. Her 2017 book, Well-Be- haved Taverns Seldom Make History, explores Pennsylvania pubs where rabble-rousers stirred up trouble, from the American Revolution to Prohibition. Thomas A. Barstow ( In Reverse , p. 3 and How Nuance Improves Sales, p. 26) is the senior editor for Reverse Mortgage magazine. Barstow has had a 36-year career in journalism that includes being a reporter, writer and editor in Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsyl- vania 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 ( Academics, Experts Talk Equity Release , p. 18 and Going Reverse in a Forward World, p. 22) has been a business-to-business reporter and editor for more than 20 years, both in-house and free- lance, covering finance, healthcare, environmental regulation and general business news for local, regional and national publications. Most recently, he was editor of the Central Penn Business Journal and Lehigh Valley Business in Pennsylvania. He also taught writing and communications at York College, Millersville University, Gettysburg College and Harrisburg University. Darryl Hicks ( From the Top , p. 12 and Those We Help, p. 32) joined NRMLA in May 1999 and currently serves as vice presi- 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 / NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2021

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