Webinar Speaker Bios
James P. Going, Jr.
Greystone & Co. - Managing DirectorCommercial Real Estate Lending Group
Located in Memphis, Tenn., James P. Going manages the origination, closing and funding of small-balance, income-producing real estate loans between $500,000 and $5 million. These loans are secured by office, industrial or retail properties. He has worked for 20 years in commercial real estate and financial services.
Prior to joining Greystone, Going was a director with Washington Mutual's commercial real estate division in Dallas, where he oversaw the design and implementation of the bank's COMPACT loan program.
Jennifer Story
Fitch Ratings - Managing DirectorCommercial Mortgage Group
Jennifer Story oversees the ratings process for specific issuers, and is instrumental in developing criteria for CMBS ratings.
Prior to joining Fitch in 1995, Story restructured a portfolio of commercial loans and worked on CMBS transactions at Bankers Trust Company. Earlier, she worked as an analyst for Salomon Brothers Inc. in the capital markets group.
Richard W. Wolf
Fannie Mae - DirectorMultifamily Lending
Richard W. Wolf manages the small-balance commercial loans channel at Fannie Mae in the government-sponsored enterprise's multifamily lending business. Fannie Mae's flagship product for this group is its 3Max program, designed as a low-documentation loan for owner-occupied and small multifamily properties.
Wolf is responsible for overseeing the production and delivery of multifamily loans that are $3 million or less, or $5 million or less in targeted markets.
Prior to his current responsibilities with Fannie Mae, Wolf purchased and securitized pools of loans in the multifamily capital markets group, managed multifamily e-business activities, and oversaw accounts with several large institutional lenders.
Scott Cunningham
Imperial Capital Bank - First Vice President and Western Regional ManagerUnder the leadership of Scott Cunningham, the Western regional origination department of Imperial Capital Bank will fund $500 million in commercial and multifamily loans in 2005.
Imperial is a NASDAQ publicly traded company with a market cap of $1.4 billion. The bank specializes in niche lending, B & C commercial and multifamily loans, mobile home park loans, construction loans, structured financing, franchise lending, and film finance.
Prior to working at Imperial, Cunningham was vice president, SBA lending, for Bank of the West, working out of its Walnut Creek, Calif., commercial lending center. He has also been the chief underwriter for multifamily lending at The Money Store, and has held various positions at other lending institutions, including Glendale Federal Savings Bank, Columbia Savings Bank, and Ready Mortgage Co.
