Scribes Meet This Month’s Contributors 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. Elly Johnson (Board Room, p. 6) has spent over 40 years in mortgage banking with the past 29 years in an executive capacity with several of the industry’s largest reverse mortgage originators and servicers. She now uses her years of experience and knowledge of the reverse mortgage industry to assist others in all aspects of the business as the owner and president of All Reverse Pro. She is an active NRMLA member, industry speaker, cochair of the NRMLA HUD Issues Committee and now serves on the NRMLA Board of Directors. In 2017, Elly received a “Career Achievement Award” from NRMLA for her thoughtful and tireless leadership in the reverse mortgage industry. 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-Behaved 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, Equity Release Expands in Europe, p. 20, PAVEing the Way, p. 28, and Special Feature [Update on HECM Handbook Underway], p. 32) is the senior editor for Reverse Mortgage. 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 pres- ident of the Pennsylvania Society of News Editors and a former president of the Associated Press Media Editors in Pennsylvania. Joel Berg (Adjusting to Higher Interest Rates, p. 24) 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. Darryl Hicks (From the Top, p. 12, and Those We Help, p. 33) 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. 2 REVERSE MORTGAGE / JULY-AUGUST 2022
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