The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) promoted Jamie Woodwell to senior vice president of commercial/multifamily policy and strategic industry engagement.
Woodwell joined MBA in 2004, and most recently served as vice president and head of commercial real estate research, where he oversees the association’s economic research and analysis covering commercial and multifamily real estate finance markets. He has also initiated many of MBA’s research activities, created its Peer Business Roundtables, and co-founded MBA’s Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF) Careers program.
Prior to joining MBA, Woodwell worked at Fannie Mae, where he was responsible for multifamily data initiatives, and earlier in his career he served as senior director of business development at CapitalThinking in New York, research director at the WMF Group in Virginia, and research manager at the National League of Cities in Washington.
“Jamie is a widely respected and well-known voice in the commercial and multifamily real estate industry whose market expertise and economic insights are highly valued by MBA’s members, policymakers, and the media,” said MBA’s President and CEO Bob Broeksmit. “He is well-deserving of this new role, and I have the utmost confidence that he will excel in leading our commercial and multifamily team to continued success in executing our members’ key priorities.”