May/June 2023 RMM

Scribes Meet This Month’s Contributors Thomas A. Barstow (In Reverse, p. 3) is the senior editor for Reverse Mortgage magazine. Barstow has had a 38-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 (Understanding Longevity, p. 30) 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. Jennifer Cosentini (Board Room, p. 6) is the housing director at Cambridge Credit Counseling Corp. She oversees all aspects of the company’s housing counseling service offerings, including program development, execution, analysis, evaluation, innovation and refinement, and internal and external partnership management. Other responsibilities include supervising all counseling staff, hiring and training new staff as needed, and ensuring the program pipeline from intake to filing closure meets or exceeds national industry standards and complies with all funding and regulatory requirements. She also is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-certified housing counselor and has personally counseled over 3,500 potential reverse mortgage borrowers since 2011. Darryl Hicks (Hey, Members, p. 8, From the Top, p. 11, and Those We Help, p. 33) joined NRMLA in May 1999 and currently serves as vice president, communications. He 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. M. Diane McCormick (CRMP: Across the Kitchen Table, p. 14, Counseling the Counselors, p. 20, and Counselors Cut Confusion, p. 26) 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. 2 REVERSE MORTGAGE / MAY–JUNE 2023

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