MBA Presents Burton C. Wood Legislative Service Award to Prudential Huntoon Paige's Marie Head

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) presented its annual Burton C. Wood Legislative Service Award to Marie Head, President and CEO of Prudential Huntoon Paige. The award was given during MBA's 2008 National Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.

The award is named after MBA Legislative Counsel Burton C. Wood, who has devoted 30 years of service to MBA's advocacy efforts. The award is given annually to an MBA member employee in recognition of his or her sustained, superior service to the association and the real estate finance industry as a whole.

'Marie's advocacy and service on behalf of MBA has been exemplary and we are thrilled to present her with this year's Burton C. Wood Legislative Service Award,' said Jonathan L. Kempner, MBA's President and Chief Executive Officer. 'Marie's lobbying efforts have helped MBA gain a number of significant successes on Capitol Hill and have played a key role in advancing our legislative agenda, particularly with affordable rental housing issues.'

A former employee for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Marie's lobbying efforts helped MBA prevent the Administration's proposed increases to the FHA Multifamily Mortgage Insurance Premium in both 2006 and 2007. She has also successfully advocated for higher FHA loan limits and a myriad of other industry-related issues. Marie has been involved with a number of MBA committees and work groups over the past 4 years, including the Multifamily Steering Committee and the FHA Insurance Subcommittee.