Scribes Meet This Month’s Contributors Darryl Hicks (From the Top, p. 12, and Those We Help, p. 32) joined NRMLA in May 1999 and currently serves as vice president, communications. Hicks writes the Weekly Report newsletter, administers NRMLA’s social media accounts and websites and manages the CRMP designation. Steve Irwin (Moving Forward, p. 5) president of NRMLA, oversees 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 Grinnell College and his MBA from the University of San Francisco. Joseph DeMarkey (Board Room, p. 7) is the strategic business development leader of Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC. He is also responsible for government and industry relations. Previously, he was an assistant vice president at MetLife Bank, where he was responsible for sales management, product development, strategic business development and government and industry relations for the reverse mortgage division beginning in 2008. He has served on NRMLA’s Board of Directors since 2003, was co-chairman from 2007 to 2009 and from 2012 to 2018 and currently serves as chairman of the Executive Committee. 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, WellBehaved 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 Regulators Ramp Up Investigations, p. 28) is the senior editor for Reverse Mortgage magazine. Barstow has had a 37-year career in journalism that includes being a reporter, writer or 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 (Sales Boost, p. 18) has been a business-to-business 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 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. Robert Bittner (Appraising the Industry, p. 24) has worked as a publicist, marketing copywriter and book editor for a number of Chicago-area publishers. A full-time freelance writer for more than 20 years, he now lives in Michigan and has traditionally published hundreds of magazine articles and five nonfiction books, including Your Perfect Job (Random House). To learn more, visit www.robertbittner.com. (800) 542-4113 PRClosings.com PRCthe missing piece to your puzzle SEARCHING FOR THAT MISSING PIECE? SEARCH NO MORE! PRC is a one-stop shop for YOUR reverse mortgage title and settlement needs. We provide Trust and POA reviews, 24-month tax histories, curative work for old liens, a quarterly CRMP credit course, in-house legal, and numerous additional effective business tools to ensure your success! Contact us today for more information! 2 REVERSE MORTGAGE / MARCH-APR I L 2022
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