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Posted: February 8, 2008
Caroline Gilroy Brown Chair Mass. Mortgage Bankers Association
Name: Caroline Gilroy Brown
Title: Chair, Mass. Mortgage Bankers Association
Company: AAA Southern New England
Location: 110 Royal Little Dr., Providence, R.I. 02904
Birthplace and year: Providence, 1962
Family: Husband, Tom; children: Matt, Meredith
College: Providence College, BA in Political Science; JD, Syracuse University College of Law.
First job in finance or allied field: Tillinghast Collins & Graham, associate
attorney.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? We work to have the MMBA charitable foundation become self-supporting. We have a new community reinvestment organization on the part of mortgage lenders. We work with the Mass. Mortgage Association to provide educational and lending compliance programs for loan officers.
Hobbies: Reading (especially Civil War subjects), surfing, bike riding, cooking.
Favorite book: "Manhunt" by James Swanson
Favorite movie: "Sound of Music"
Keys to success: Work hard, be as competent and capable as you can.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Charitable activities
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