The Five Star Institute Announces Top Women in the Mortgage and Housing Industry Banquet

DALLAS, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Five Star Institute, a mortgage industry group, announced today that it plans to honor several distinguished women in mortgage and the housing industry at the 2011 MPact Conference and Expo, held Dec. 4-6, 2011.

MPact will feature the honorees at the 2011 Top Women in the Mortgage and Housing Industry Banquet immediately before former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivers her keynote address.

The Five Star Institute developed a list of several criteria to assess and determine final candidates for the banquet. The criteria included industry impact, "Big Picture" thinking, name brand equity and reputation, and a record of accomplishment with other companies.

The Five Star Institute is pleased to announce the following final honorees:

• Caren Jacobs Castle, President, United States Foreclosure Network
• Francene DePrez, CRP/SGMS, President, Fidelity Residential Solutions
• Colleen Hernandez, President and CEO, Homeownership Preservation Foundation
• Margaret M. Kelly, CEO, RE/MAX World Headquarters
• Christine Larsen, COO of Trust and Securities Processing Division, JPMorgan Chase
• Rebecca Mairone, National Mortgage Outreach Executive, Bank of America
• Roseanna McGill, Chairman, PrimeLending
• Frances Martinez Myers, President, Employee Transfer Corporation/ETCREO Management
• Deb Still, President and CEO, Pulte Mortgage
• Ivy Zelman, CEO, Zelman & Associates

"This select group of mortgage and housing industry leaders gives testimony to the strength of our democracy and exemplifies the importance of real leadership, above and beyond gender," says Ed Delgado, CEO of the Five Star Institute. "It is our great esteem and pleasure to recognize these trailblazers for their substantive and continuing contributions to our industry and markets at a time when we need strong leadership the most."

Additionally, the 2011 MPact Conference and Expo is focused on increasing the viability and success of mortgage industry professionals working in originations, servicing, data and analytics, and the secondary market.

About the Five Star Institute

The Five Star Institute provides powerful, innovative, and strategic opportunities for education and collaboration between the mortgage industry, real estate agents, investors, and government agencies. Five Star is the architect behind the Five Star Default Servicing Conference and Expo, the industry's largest gathering of mortgage professionals, as well as DS News and MReport magazines for mortgage servicing and lending executives. For more information about the Five Star Institute, visit www.thefivestar.com.

SOURCE Five Star Institute