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Fannie Mae: Free Servicer Learning Series and Loss Mitigation Training

Investor Update
May 17, 2017

Knowledge is power: Sign up for a Servicer Learning Series webinar

Please join us for a new webinar in the Servicer Learning Series, hosted by the Servicer Support Center. We’ll discuss recent Servicing Guide announcements, Flex Modification program highlights, SMDU™ user interface features, and how to use Fannie Mae Connect™ to advance Simplifying Servicing™ efforts. This webinar, scheduled for May 22 and June 7, is recommended for general servicing, collections, foreclosure, default prevention, investor reporting, audit, and compliance personnel. Register here to take advantage of this opportunity.

Looking for free loss mitigation training? Attend a live webinar

Did you know that Fannie Mae provides participating servicers with free loss mitigation training? Our Know Your Options™ Customer CARE (Connect, Assess, Resolve, and Execute) team will present two live webinars in June. Sign up to learn how to leverage your own servicer model to develop rapport and establish consultative customer relationships, communicate more effectively with borrowers about their options to avoid foreclosure, increase your workout percentage, and more. Learn more and register today.  

Duty to Serve Plan posted for comment

Fannie Mae’s proposed Underserved Markets Plan, required by the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Duty to Serve rule, is available for public comment. The draft Plan addresses the needs of America’s most challenging housing markets and focuses on three key underserved areas: manufactured housing, affordable housing preservation, and rural housing. To learn more, visit our Duty to Serve page. FHFA is accepting public comments on our proposed Plan through July 10.  

Hawaii AAA Matrix clarification

A clarification to effective dates for a prior foreclosure allowable increase has been made to the Hawaii AAA Matrix. To view the updated matrix, visit the Excess Attorney Fee/Cost Guidelines page.  

Join us in San Antonio!

Stop by booth #67 at the Texas MBA’s 101st annual convention, May 21-23, to learn how Day 1 Certainty™ and Simplifying Servicing can help you improve your borrowers’ experience and reduce costs. Network with real estate finance industry leaders and top performers, and learn about the changes that are redefining the future of the mortgage industry.  

Join us at these upcoming events:

  • May 17-19 | NC Bankers American Mortgage Conference | Raleigh
  • May 21-23 | Texas MBA Annual Convention | San Antonio
  • June 6 | MBA’s Document Custody Workshop | McLean, VA

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CEO

Alan Jaffa

Alan Jaffa is the Chief Executive Officer for Safeguard Properties, steering the company as the mortgage field services industry leader. He also serves on the board of advisors for SCG Partners, a middle-market private equity fund focused on diversifying and expanding Safeguard Properties’ business model into complimentary markets.

Alan joined Safeguard in 1995, learning the business from the ground up. He was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2002, and was named CEO in May 2010. His hands-on experience has given him unique insights as a leader to innovate, improve and strengthen Safeguard’s processes to assure that the company adheres to the highest standards of quality and customer service.

Under Alan’s leadership, Safeguard has grown significantly with strategies that have included new and expanded services, technology investments that deliver higher quality and greater efficiency to clients, and strategic acquisitions. He takes a team approach to process improvement, involving staff at all levels of the organization to address issues, brainstorm solutions, and identify new and better ways to serve clients.

In 2008, Alan was recognized by Crain’s Cleveland Business in its annual “40-Under-40” profile of young leaders. He also was named a NEO Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award finalist in 2013.

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Esq., General Counsel and EVP

Linda Erkkila

Linda Erkkila is the General Counsel and Executive Vice President for Safeguard Properties, with oversight of legal, human resources, training, and compliance. Linda’s broad scope of oversight covers regulatory issues that impact Safeguard’s operations, risk mitigation, strategic planning, human resources and training initiatives, compliance, insurance, litigation and claims management, and counsel related to mergers, acquisition and joint ventures.

Linda assures that Safeguard’s strategic initiatives align with its resources, leverage opportunities across the company, and contemplate compliance mandates. She has practiced law for 25 years and her experience, both as outside and in-house counsel, covers a wide range of corporate matters, including regulatory disclosure, corporate governance compliance, risk assessment, compensation and benefits, litigation management, and mergers and acquisitions.

Linda earned her JD at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. She holds a degree in economics from Miami University and an MBA. Linda was previously named as both a “Woman of Influence” by HousingWire and as a “Leading Lady” by MReport.

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COO

Michael Greenbaum

Michael Greenbaum is the Chief Operating Officer of Safeguard Properties, where he has played a pivotal role since joining the company in July 2010. Initially brought on as Vice President of REO, Mike’s exceptional leadership and strategic vision quickly propelled him to Vice President of Operations in 2013, and ultimately to COO in 2015. Over his 14-year tenure at Safeguard, Mike has been instrumental in driving change and fostering innovation within the Property Preservation sector, consistently delivering excellence and becoming a trusted partner to clients and investors.

A distinguished graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Mike earned a degree in Quantitative Economics. Following his graduation, he served in the U.S. Army’s Ordnance Branch, where he specialized in supply chain management. Before his tenure at Safeguard, Mike honed his expertise by managing global supply chains for 13 years, leveraging his military and civilian experience to lead with precision and efficacy.

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CFO

Joe Iafigliola

Joe Iafigliola is the Chief Financial Officer for Safeguard Properties. Joe is responsible for the Control, Quality Assurance, Business Development, Marketing, Accounting, and Information Security departments. At the core of his responsibilities is the drive to ensure that Safeguard’s focus remains rooted in Customer Service = Resolution. Through his executive leadership role, he actively supports SGPNOW.com, an on-demand service geared towards real estate and property management professionals as well as individual home owners in need of inspection and property preservation services. Joe is also an integral force behind Compliance Connections, a branch of Safeguard Properties that allows code enforcement professionals to report violations at properties that can then be addressed by the Safeguard vendor network. Compliance Connections also researches and shares vacant property ordinance information with Safeguard clients.

Joe has an MBA from The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and holds a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University’s Honors Accounting program.

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Business Development

Carrie Tackett

Business Development Safeguard Properties